Proposal Preparation
The EGC team assists clients in developing high quality grant proposals for all major Government Agencies and Private Foundations. Clients work directly with EGC’s Ph.D. level Grant Writing Specialists, who provide expertise in obtaining grant funding in the client’s technical field. Our services include writing and submitting full proposals as well as critical scientific review and editing to increase the competitiveness of the grant applications.
Government Grants and Contracts
Our team has assisted clients in preparing competitive grants and contracts with budgets ranging from $100K to >$10M. Our expertise includes grant proposal preparation in response to Request for Proposals (RFPs) for the following agencies:
- Department of Defense (DoD)
- Army Research Office (ARO)
- Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (MRMC)
- Office of Naval Research (ONR)
- Airforce Office of Scientific Research (AFRL)
- Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRPs)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- R01, R21, R33
- U01
- Clinical Trials Mechanisms
- Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority(BARDA)
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
- Department of Energy (DoE)
- Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Department of Education (ED)
- CARB-X
- Economic Development Association (EDA)
- Small Business Association (SBA)
- State Funding
- Entrepreneurship initiatives
- Biotechnology centers
Small Businesses – SBIR/STTR Grants
Approximately $2 billion is available each year in SBIR/STTR funding for early-stage innovative technologies. The EGC team assists clients in identifying and securing SBIR/STTR grant funding from all of the federal agencies who participate in the SBIR/STTR program, including the DoD, NIH, NSF, DoE, ED, USDA, NASA, and EPA. Our book, Winning SBIR/STTR Grants: A Ten Week Plan for Preparing Your NIH Phase I Application, has been used by thousands of businesses to efficiently prepare their SBIR/STTR proposals. In addition, we maintain a list of state resources available to companies preparing SBIR/STTR proposals. Our comprehensive Grant Writing services simplify the process of preparing your SBIR/STTR Application, and include:
- Communication with Granting Agency Representatives and Program Officers.
- Registration with granting agencies, the small business association (SBA), and grants.gov.
- Writing all grant proposal documents
- Research Plan
- Commercialization Plan
- Budget and Justification
- Subawards
- Project Summary and Abstract
- Animal Welfare and Human Subjects sections
- Facilities, Resources, and Equipment
- Biographical Sketches
- Submission of grant application package.
Private Foundations
Multiple Private Foundations provide funding to advance scientific development. As part of our Strategic Planning services, our Grant Specialists assist clients in identifying Foundation funding to support their research & development funding needs. Once appropriate Foundation opportunities have been identified, we assist clients with full proposal preparation as well as strategies to increase the likelihood of receiving funding. These include:
- Ensure grant proposal is closely aligned with the Foundation’s mission
- Facilitate close communication with Foundation personnel
- Develop budgets within the restrictions of the Foundations’ allowable costs
- Address requests for additional information
“My experience was really great, communication was excellent and EGC helped me with all components of organization and strategy. It would have been hard to do alone and thus I think I would definitely recommend to anyone in a similar situation to me where they are writing either alone and/or it’s their first time applying for an SBIR. The figures that Chelcie made were excellent, she was very tuned into my needs as a client, and she was extremely organized and detail oriented throughout the research aims and the whole process.”
- Kris Barnes, Lento Bio Inc.
“Knowledgeable, flexible and responsive to our need.”
- Yared Alemu, TQIntelligence
“Positive experience. Team is well organized and quick on responding emails. Very helpful in turning in grants in a few days. Am thankful for their dedication and support.”
- Stephanie Gamez, Agragene
“My experience was really great, communication was excellent and EGC helped me with all components of organization and strategy. It would have been hard to do alone and thus I think I would definitely recommend to anyone in a similar situation to me where they are writing either alone and/or it’s their first time applying for an SBIR. The figures that Chelcie made were excellent, she was very tuned into my needs as a client, and she was extremely organized and detail oriented throughout the research aims and the whole process.”
– Kris Barnes, Lento Bio Inc.
“Angie and Catherine were wonderful to work with. Their knowledge of and guidance through the grant application process was extremely helpful to us. The application submitted benefited greatly from their writing skills and their ability to take our input, meld it with their knowledge and craft a comprehensive and compelling document.”
- Nance Dicciani, RTM Vital Signs LLC
“The grant writer assigned time was very organized, and we worked together like hand and glove, at the same pace. She was very knowledgeable, paid full attention to details, and was very patient, guiding me with navigating the complicated path of some aspects of STTR application. She was very pleasant, and promptly responded to emails, even in the evenings and on weekends. I truly enjoyed interacting with her, with her very pleasant, and very professional demeanor.”
- Zaifia A. Abdel-Malk, PhD, MC1R Ventures (University of Cincinnati)
“Our consultant was very organized and kept us moving forward when we had a short time frame. We were able to submit our grant application five days ahead of when it was due and that was our plan and our consultant was able to deliver.”
- James Suen, CytoAstra LLC
“Our consultant, Lu, walked us through every step. She was available when needed and always helpful! Couldn’t have pulled this together without Lu!”
-Jeremy Fountain, Summit Nutrients
“Our consultant, Lu, walked us through every step. She was available when needed and always helpful! Couldn’t have pulled this together without Lu!”
- Jeremy Fountain, Summit Nutrients
“Our experience working with the team at EGC was very professional and focused. They were very helpful under the pressure of a tight deadline for our submission and helped completed and submit the grant application on time.”
-Dom Gatto, CYduct Diagnostics
“Fetal Life team enjoyed working with Melissa Li as she is very professional and knowledgeable. She understands medical device industry very well and does a good amount of research to tag the right articles to make the application stand out. Also, she worked very collaboratively with University, 3rd party vendors....we enjoyed working and hope to win a Phase 2 grant as we did Phase 1"
- Himanshu Shah, Fetal Life
“I had a great experience working with EGC with my phase-I and phase-II applications, and have already recommended EGC to my colleagues in other industries.”
- Jerian Choupan, NeuroScope Inc.
“Really enjoyed and benefitted from the collaboration. Hope to use EGC again in the future!”
- VitalEphX
“This is the second time we retained EGC to help our SBIR application. The consulting service has been quite valuable and we've been impressed by Dr. Vance's domain knowledge, experience, productivity, and organizational skills. We can't imagine this high quality proposal without this support.”
- Yanchun Song, Delgen Biosciences
“I had a great experience working with EGC with my phase-I and phase-II applications, and have already recommended EGC to my colleagues in other industries.”
- Jerian Choupan, NeuroScope Inc.
“Friendly, cooperative, and timely.”
- Noe Reyes, ELIAS Animal Health, LLC
“Doug was simply fantastic; knowledeagle, helpful and perfectly organized.”
- Cristina Alberini, Ritrova Therapeutics, LLC
“Having dealt with other grant application consultants I have found EGC to be the most thorough and professional.”
- Bruce Henderson, Pneumowave
“Our experience working with the team at EGC was very professional and focused. They were very helpful under the pressure of a tight deadline for our submission and helped complete and submit the grant application on time.”
- Dom Gatto, CYduct Diagnostics