SoTL Grant Proposal Development Services
Kennesaw State University’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) offers a comprehensive suite of services to support faculty throughout the external funding process for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) projects. Our team provides guidance in developing proposal ideas and planning research projects, offers feedback during the proposal development stage, and conducts final draft reviews to strengthen alignment with funding priorities.
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Proposal Idea Development & Planning
CETL provides strategic support in shaping key elements of your proposal to ensure alignment with your research goals and funder priorities. This guidance is designed to helps faculty craft competitive SoTL-related grant proposals that clearly articulate project design, implementation strategies, and anticipated impact.
- CETL staff collaborate with faculty to develop SoTL research proposal elements, including
- Data collection and analysis methods
- Timelines
- Logic models
- Education plans
- Evaluation plans
- CETL staff collaborate with faculty to develop SoTL research proposal elements, including
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Proposal Draft Review*
CETL offers detailed feedback during the proposal development stage to help faculty refine drafts for clarity, coherence, and alignment with funding priorities. Our review includes constructive feedback designed to strengthen the overall quality of the proposal and enhance its competitiveness for external funding.
- CETL provides targeted feedback on early-stage proposals, focusing on:
- Strength of stakeholder engagement strategies (e.g., faculty, students, community partners)
- Integration across project components (research, education, outreach)
- Alignment with funding program goals and agency guidelines
- Actionable suggestions and feedback to improve the clarity, structure, and competitiveness of the draft
- CETL provides targeted feedback on early-stage proposals, focusing on:
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Final Draft Review*
CETL provides a comprehensive review of final grant proposal drafts to assess alignment with the funder’s merit review criteria. Reviewers highlight strengths and areas for improvement, with a focus on intellectual merit, broader impacts, innovation, feasibility, and overall clarity.
- Review of final proposal draft to highlight strengths and potential areas for improvement, based on the funder’s merit review criteria, such as:
- Intellectual merit and broader impacts (e.g., for NSF proposals)
- Innovation, feasibility, and sustainability
- Project team qualifications
- Budget alignment with project goals and sponsor guidelines compliance
- Evidence of institutional support and collaboration
- Clarity
- Review of final proposal draft to highlight strengths and potential areas for improvement, based on the funder’s merit review criteria, such as:
If you would like additional support with grants and more, please schedule a consultation with Dr. Sheena Brown.
*Please allow CETL staff at least three weeks to provide a thoughtful review of evaluation and research data support service requests.