The Office of Research, Innovation and Economic Impact (ORIEI) Research Development Services in collaboration with George Mason University Libraries is developing a central resource of successful grant applications for all academic units. These grants will be stored on a private Open Science Framework platform. Only users approved by Research Development will be allowed to access grant documents.
The GMU Research Development Office would appreciate it if you would be willing to share your funded grant proposal within this secure repository. At a minimum we would need the narrative description of the project (e.g., “research strategy” or “project description”). All other application components (and reviewer comments) are welcomed, but optional. If you are willing to share your successful grant application as a resource, please email the materials to Leslie Frieden, lfrieden@gmu.edu and complete this brief intake form to help the categorize your grant sample. All materials will be confidential.
Permission to access grants within this repository will only be provided to George Mason University community members who agree to the following terms:
- Documents in the repository are used as examples for insight on optimal application development and presentation. Copying and pasting sections from these documents into proposals is not allowable.
- Documents are for individual use only. Do not disseminate or share with others. Your Mason collaborators must receive our permission for their own individual access.
- It is prohibited to use documents from this repository in artificial intelligence applications.
This resource will be centrally managed through Research Development Services. If you would like additional permission settings or additional terms and conditions for sharing, please contact lfrieden@gmu.edu.
CHSS Proposals Library
Please note that the Mason Research Development Research Grant Repository is a separate resource from the CHSS Proposals Library that is housed on the CHSS Share Point Research Resources Site. The CHSS Proposals Library is only open to faculty, post docs and graduate students within CHSS. The CHSS Pre-Award Team will reach out periodically to faculty who have received grant funding to see if they are willing to share their proposals to help new faculty learn what reviewers are looking for in a successful grant application and provide experienced faculty with the option to look at successful grant applications from different funders. The goal of both resources is to help increase the number of successful grant proposal applications.
October 30, 2025