The Proposal Writing Institute (PWI) is the annual, intensive training workshop offered each Spring by the Research Development division that is designed to assist researchers in learning the tools and techniques to develop high-quality proposals. The PWI features a small-group setting, allowing for individualized attention, and participants actively work on a proposal during the workshop sessions that they will ultimately submit to an external funding agency at the conclusion of the Institute.
Applications Available | December |
Completed to Dean’s Offices | Varies by College |
College finalists forwarded to Research Development | Mid-February |
Applications notifications sent | Early March |
PWI Sessions | May – early June |
Completion of all PWI requirements | Within 1 Year |
A comprehensive approach to the proposal development process will be achieved during the Institute through presentations, discussions, and small-group activities. Some of the Institute topics include: developing a proposal outline from the RFA/RFP and agency guidelines; creating timelines for proposal development; analyzing aims/objectives; building budgets based on project tasks; mock review panel(s); and understanding the proposal submission/resubmission process.
Participants are expected to attend all Institute sessions, complete proposal-related assignments, and constructively contribute in small-group activities. Within 1 year of the completion of the Institute, participants are expected to submit the proposal they worked on during the sessions to an external funding agency and provide a copy of the final proposal and proof of submission to Research Development.
Acceptance to participate in the Institute is a competitive process requiring the submission of an application. Approximately 12 participants are accepted for each annual Institute. The Dean’s Offices collect applications from faculty and rank their top three applicants, which are then forwarded to the Research Development division for final selection. The top candidate from each college is automatically admitted to the Institute, with the unoccupied Institute spots filled based upon the strength of the remaining applications.
PWI Alumni
Curious about what the PWI is like? Contact a previous participant to find out what you will learn and do.
Name | Department | Cohort Year | Notes |
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Ryan Larsen | Applied Economics | 2018 | |
Lindsey Shirley | Applied Sciences, Technology & Education | 2010 | No longer at USU |
Jong-Su Eun | Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences | 2009 | No longer at USU |
Clay Isom | Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences | 2010 | |
Zonda Wang | Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences | 2012 | |
Heloisa Rutigliano | Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences | 2013 | |
Jeff Mason | Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences | 2014 | |
Aaron Thomas | Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences | 2015 | |
Kara Thornton-Kurth | Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences | 2016 | |
Matthew Garcia | Animal, Dairy & Veterinary Sciences | 2017 | |
Bo Yang | Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning | 2011 | No longer at USU |
Ben George | Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning | 2016 | |
Brent Chamberlain | Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning | 2019 | |
Korry Kintze | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Sciences | 2009 | |
Marie Walsh | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Sciences | 2012 | |
Carrie Durward | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Sciences | 2015 | |
Clara Cho | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Sciences | 2017 | |
Luis Bastarrachea | Nutrition, Dietetics & Food Sciences | 2018 | |
Andrew Kulmatiski | Plant, Soils & Climate | 2013 | |
Yoshimitsu Chikamoto | Plant, Soils & Climate | 2017 | |
Youping Sun | Plant, Soils & Climate | 2019 |
Name | Department | Cohort Year | Notes |
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David Wall | Art & Design | 2017 | |
Raymond Veon | Dean’s Office | 2014 | |
Matt Omasta | Theatre Arts | 2011 |
Name | Department | Cohort Year | Notes |
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Benjamin Blau | Economics & Finance | 2011 | |
Tyler Brough | Economics & Finance | 2011 |
Name | Department | Cohort Year | Notes |
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Julie Wolter | Communicative Disorders & Deaf Education | 2010 | No longer at USU |
Lisa Milman | Communicative Disorders & Deaf Education | 2012 | |
Stephanie Borrie | Communicative Disorders & Deaf Education | 2015 | |
Debbie Golos Schmitz | Communicative Disorders & Deaf Education | 2013 | No longer at USU |
Brittan Barker | Communicative Disorders & Deaf Education | 2016 | |
Sarah Leopold | Communicative Disorders & Deaf Education | 2017 | |
Ryan Seedall | Family, Consumer & Human Development | 2014 | |
Travis Dorsch | Family, Consumer & Human Development | 2015 | |
Yin Liu | Family, Consumer & Human Development | 2018 | |
Diana Meter | Family, Consumer & Human Development | 2018 | |
Brett Shelton | Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences | 2009 | No longer at USU |
Anne Diekema | Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences | 2011 | No longer at USU |
Yanghee Kim | Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences | 2013 | No longer at USU |
Breanna Studenka | Kinesiology & Health Science (formerly Health, Physical Education & Recreation | 2015 | |
Lori Anderson | Kinesiology & Health Science (formerly Health, Physical Education & Recreation | 2016 | No longer at USU |
David Bolton | Kinesiology & Health Science (formerly Health, Physical Education & Recreation | 2017 | |
Chris Dakin | Kinesiology & Health Science (formerly Health, Physical Education & Recreation | 2019 | |
Kerry Jordan | Psychology | 2009 | |
Rick Cruz | Psychology | 2017 | |
Maryellen Verdoes | Psychology | 2019 | |
Christopher Warren | Psychology | 2019 | |
Sarah Bloom | Special Education & Rehabilitation | 2010 | No longer at USU |
Scott Ross | Special Education & Rehabilitation | 2011 | No longer at USU |
Kathleen Oertle | Special Education & Rehabilitation | 2015 | |
Dicky Ng | Teacher Education & Leadership | 2010 | No longer at USU |
Amy Wilson-Lopez | Teacher Education & Leadership | 2015 | |
Ryan Knowles | Teacher Education & Leadership | 2016 | |
Andrea Hawkman | Teacher Education & Leadership | 2018 | |
Jessica Shumway | Teacher Education & Leadership | 2018 |
Name | Department | Cohort Year | Notes |
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Soonjo Kwon | Biological Engineering | 2009 | No longer at USU |
Jixun Zhan | Biological Engineering | 2010 | |
Charles Miller | Biological Engineering | 2011 | |
Yue Cui | Biological Engineering | 2013 | No longer at USU |
Elizabeth Vargis | Biological Engineering | 2015 | |
Yu Huang | Biological Engineering | 2017 | |
John Rice | Civil & Environmental Engineering | 2011 | |
David Rosenberg | Civil & Environmental Engineering | 2011 | |
Bethany Neilson | Civil & Environmental Engineering | 2012 | |
Kevin Heaslip | Civil & Environmental Engineering | 2012 | No longer at USU |
Marc Maguire | Civil & Environmental Engineering | 2014 | |
Ardeshir Ebtehaj | Civil & Environmental Engineering | 2016 | No longer at USU |
Alfonso Torres-Rua | Civil & Environmental Engineering | 2017 | |
Ziqi Song | Civil & Environmental Engineering | 2019 | |
Haitao Wang | Computer Science | 2013 | |
Kumin Lee | Computer Science | 2014 | No longer at USU |
Young Woo Kwon | Computer Science | 2015 | No longer at USU |
Tung Nguyen | Computer Science | 2017 | |
Doug Galarus | Computer Science | 2018 | |
Koushik Chakraborty | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2012 | |
Tam Chantem | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2013 | No longer at USU |
Ryan Gerdes | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2013 | No longer at USU |
Rajnikant Sharma | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2015 | No longer at USU |
Zhen Zhang | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2018 | |
Greg Droge | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2019 | |
Oenardi Lawanto | Engineering Education | 2010 | |
Wade Goodridge | Engineering Education | 2014 | |
Dhirendra Kubair | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | 2010 | No longer at USU |
Ling Liu | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | 2014 | |
Nicholas Roberts | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | 2015 | |
Kohei Fujimoto | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | 2016 | No longer at USU |
Ryan Berke | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | 2016 | |
Areti Kiara | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | 2018 | No longer at USU |
Hailei Wang | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | 2019 |
Name | Department | Cohort Year | Notes |
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David Francis | 4-H | 2015 | |
Zuri Garcia | 4-H | 2016 | |
Jaqueline Neid-Avila | 4-H | 2017 | No longer at USU |
Sheriden Hansen | 4-H | 2019 | |
Tasha Killian | 4-H | 2019 |
Name | Department | Cohort Year | Notes |
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Lisa Gabbert | English | 2010 | |
Shane Graham | English | 2010 | |
Kristina Scharp | Languages, Philosophy & Communication Studies | 2016 | No longer at USU |
Damon Cann | Political Science | 2009 | |
Kai He | Political Science | 2012 | No longer at USU |
Anna Pechenkina | Political Science | 2018 | |
Amy Kate Bailey | Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology | 2011 | No longer at USU |
Christopher Morgan | Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology | 2011 | No longer at USU |
Maggie Zraly | Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology | 2012 | No longer at USU |
Peg Petrzelka | Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology | 2013 | |
Bonnie Glass-Coffin | Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology | 2014 | |
Judson Finley | Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology | 2018 | |
Marisela Martinez-Cola | Sociology, Social Work & Anthropology | 2019 |
Name | Department | Cohort Year | Notes |
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Ann Laudati | Environment & Society | 2009 | No longer at USU |
Zhao Ma | Environment & Society | 2012 | No longer at USU |
Jordan Smith | Environment & Society | 2017 | |
Sarah Klain | Environment & Society | 2019 | |
Jiming Jin | Watershed Sciences | 2009 | |
Karin Kettenring | Watershed Sciences | 2009 | |
Patrick Belmont | Watershed Sciences | 2011 | |
Janice Brahney | Watershed Sciences | 2017 | |
Soren Brothers | Watershed Sciences | 2018 | |
Juan Villalba | Wildland Resources | 2011 | |
Julie Young | Wildland Resources | 2016 |
Name | Department | Cohort Year | Notes |
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Zach Gompert | Biology | 2016 | |
Bonnie Waring | Biology | 2019 | |
Sean Johnson | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2009 | |
Joanie Hevel | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2012 | |
Tom Chang | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2012 | |
Edwin Antony | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2013 | No longer at USU |
Leo Chen | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2014 | No longer at USU |
Yujie Sun | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2014 | No longer at USU |
Nicholas Dickenson | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2015 | |
Leo Liu | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2017 | |
Ryan Jackson | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2019 | |
Yi Rao | Chemistry & Biochemistry | 2019 | |
Tammy Rittenour | Geology | 2010 | |
Carol Dehler | Geology | 2011 | |
Dennis Newell | Geology | 2013 | |
Kelly Bradbury | Geology | 2017 | |
John Stevens | Mathematics & Statistics | 2009 | |
Chris Corcoran | Mathematics & Statistics | 2010 | |
Nghiem Nguyen | Mathematics & Statistics | 2012 | |
Guifang Fu | Mathematics & Statistics | 2013 | |
Andreas Malmendier | Mathematics & Statistics | 2017 | |
Shane Larsen | Physics | 2009 | No longer at USU |