Rice Resources and Forms

Common Proposal Attachments Required by Foundations

• Rice Board of Trustees
• Rice University's most recent audited financial statement  (contact OCFR)
• Rice University's current operating budget (contact OCFR)
• Rice University's IRS determination letter to confirm tax-exempt status
  

Forms

• Review & Approval form (R&A form for budget revisions also here)

Offices

• Office of Research
• Office of Sponsored Research  
• Research and Cost Accounting
• Resource Development

Other Resources

Research tools

• IRIS (Illinois Researcher Information Service), a searchable database of various funding opportunities subscribed to by the Office of Sponsored Reseach and accessible only from Rice computers
• Foundation Directory Online (contact OCFR for faculty/staff password)
• Foundation Center's 990 and 990 PF search engine
• Guidestar.org (includes most recent 990s)
• Links to foundation websites
• Foundation Center's list of RFPs
• Houston Public Library

Guides for writing a letter of inquiry or proposal

• Sample letters of inquiry and proposals submitted by Rice
• Writing Knockout Proposals
• Foundation Center Short Course
• Grant Proposal.com
• Minnesota Council on Foundations
• University of Michigan Proposal Writer's Guide
• Foundation Center FAQ on contents of a letter of inquiry
• Grant Writing Tools for Non-Profits
• University of Pittsburgh's Proposal Writing Guide

Guides for preparing a budget

• OSR's budget template
• Foundation Center's Proposal Budget Basics
  Some foundations require that you include the institution's operating budget, in addition to a project budget. While OCFR can provide you with a copy of Rice's operating budget, we strongly recommend that you include the operating budget for your center or unit, as well. An example of an operating budget can be found here.

Philanthropy

• Chronicle of Higher Education
• Chronicle of Philanthropy