Grant Seeking Process, Limited Submissions, and Sponsored Activities

OIP utilizes the resources here to search for grant opportunities. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with these resources. Since you know your own research best, the most effective approach is for you to use these databases to identify foundations and corporations with interests most closely aligned with your current research or program. For more information on how to use these funding sources to identify potential prospects, please see the Trainings page on our website or email the Office of Institutional Partnerships team at guoip@georgetown.edu to set up a prospect research training for you and/or your team members.

OIP staff would be glad to discuss with you the results of your funding search and to strategize moving forward with the most promising opportunities.

We strongly encourage you to contact OIP to review your list of potential funding sources before formally applying to opportunities. If you have not worked with OIP before, please fill out our intake form to get in touch with the team.

OIP can provide information not available on foundation and corporate websites, gauge level of the funder’s interest and probability of success of a proposal, and potentially provide other viable funding options.

When considering major national foundations and corporations the OIP office should be contacted before any applications are pursued. Please contact the OIP team to see if your desired funder is in this category.

The scope of support from OIP varies depending on the organization, the funding program, the principal investigator, and the submission deadline. The Joint Office of Research Administration frequently collaborates with OIP and may support the proposal submission process.

OIP can be of most assistance if notified of the principal investigator’s intent to apply as early as possible. If you wish to receive support from OIP on a specific LOI or proposal submission, the office requires a minimum of 10 business days advance notice ahead of the deadline in order to dedicate sufficient time to review your materials and provide substantive feedback.

For applications to funding sources that are deemed viable, assistance from OIP may include:

• Reviewing and editing concept papers, proposal and budget drafts, and making suggestions from the perspective of a foundation or corporation program officer
• Providing university context for the proposed project to demonstrate institutional support and sustainability of a project, and assembling required documents (e.g., letter of support from senior or academic leadership, financial statements, IRS 501(c)3 determination letter, etc.)
• Reviewing final submission packages to ensure consistency with guidelines

If you are notified of a successful LOI or full proposal, please contact OIP at guoip@georgetown.edu. We can help in several ways:

• For successful LOIs, we can assist with the full proposal application.
• For successful full proposals, OIP can coordinate with the appropriate university offices to review grant agreements and arrange for authorized signatures. During this process, we collaborate with the Joint Office of Research Administration or the Office of Advancement’s Office of the Vice President.
• For funded projects we can assist with acknowledgements, payments, and reports.