PROCEDURES FOR RICE RESEARCH PROPOSALS FOR 2022

PROPOSAL DEADLINE. Friday, December 17, 2021 is the due date for receipt of Comprehensive Rice Research Proposals for 2022.  Completed proposals must be sent electronically to Bruce Linquist at balinquist@ucdavis.edu by 5:00 p.m. on the deadline date.

This is required for full consideration by the Rice Research Board (RRB), and review and recommendation by the UC Rice Research Advisory Committee. Please have your proposal in on time.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

# Preparation. If this is a continuing project, please use your current project number on this proposal.  If you are submitting a new proposal, a new number will be assigned by the RRB.

# Data Sheet. UC campus-based researchers should submit a Data Sheet for Contract and Grant Proposals to the Vice Chancellor – Research through their respective budget officers concurrent with submission
of your proposal.

# Intellectual Property Statement.  The Rice Research Board is interested in knowing if your research project is likely to result in an invention or other intellectual property that has potential for licensing and commercialization.  This is for information purposes only and will not influence the decision on your grant proposal.

# Budget. Prepare the budget on a separate page.  In the case of a continuing project, be sure to list the project title and the project number, i.e. RM-2, is at the top of the page.

# New Proposals Only.  Please hold the date of Tuesday, February 8, 2022, to present your proposal orally to the appropriate Committee of the Rice Research Board. Specific information will follow at a later date.

IF YOU KNOW OF OTHER RESEARCH WORKERS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT WHO MIGHT WISH TO SUBMIT A RESEARCH PROPOSAL FOR 2022, PLEASE REFER THIS RFP TO THEM.

SPECIFIC FORMATTING FOR RICE RESEARCH PROPOSALS

TYPING INSTRUCTIONS: Use Times New Roman font, 12 point for text body and 10 point for headers and footers, using the outline on the following page as a guide.

Please include the “Project No.

” as a header in upper right corner on each page.  The left margin should be 1.5

inches and the right margin should be 1 inch.  Please allow .50 inch for the top margin and 1 inch for the bottom margin; a page number can be included. Type single space on one side of the paper.  Figures and tables must fit within these margins.  Please use the following syntax in labelling your proposal document: 2022.RRB.Proposal.NAME.Proj No. or New.  Example:  2022.RRB.Proposal.Doe.RM-23

We are striving for uniformity, so please follow the above instructions.  If you have questions about format, please contact Bruce Linquist at 530-752-3125 (balinquist@ucdavis.edu).
PROJECT NO.  	

PROJECT PROPOSAL COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH ON RICE 
January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

PROJECT TITLE: 

STATUS OF PROPOSAL:

 	/New	 	/Continuing

PROJECT LEADER (include address):

PRINCIPAL UC INVESTIGATORS (include departmental affiliation): COOPERATORS: 
OBJECTIVES OF PROPOSED RESEARCH:

EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE TO ACCOMPLISH OBJECTIVES:

PRESENT OUTLOOK AND ESTIMATED SUCCESS IN ACCOMPLISHING OBJECTIVES:

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STATEMENT: Will this project likely result in development of intellectual property which has

potential for commercialization? No
commercial value.

Yes

If “Yes”, please explain what it is you will create that might have

BUDGET REQUEST (Inclusive Dates): [Submit as a separate page of proposal; include project title at top center. If you have multiple objectives the budget page must include your estimate of the cost per objective, even if the sum exceeds the budget total.]

Expenditure Category 	Dollar Amount

General Assistance (examples follow) Staff Research Associate Postdoc
Research Assistant (total, including graduate student remuneration fee, but not benefits)
Part-time Assistance
Employee Benefits (total from all General Assistance) Supplies and Expense
Equipment (itemize when cost is >$1,000)
Total Request (before residual funds are deducted) Estimate of Residual Funds**
Net Request

*  Project numbers are for continuing projects only.
** For previously funded projects, the estimate of residual funds (funds projected as remaining after December 31, 2020) will be deducted from your 2021 budget. Do not include funds which you expect to spend for work related to previous year.