School of Medicine

 

The office of the Dean of the School of Medicine with support from the LSUHSC Chancellor have approved a new program to assist in the submission of competitive extramural grants. Hanover Research is a national organization that provides pre-review of grant proposals and substantive guidance for preparing more competitive applications.  LSUHSC has partnered with Hanover Research to provide pre-review of proposals using a one-queue system. Grants will be reviewed one grant at a time, with a typical turnaround time of 2-3 weeks. Hanover will offer tracked recommendations followed by a debriefing call with the grants specialist who worked on your proposal. 

Interested investigators should contact their department head or center director and express desire to use this process. The request will be approved by Dr. Wayne Backes, Associate Dean for Research who will provide an e-introduction to Hanover for an initial “scoping” call. This initial call should be scheduled with several months’ lead time prior to grant submission.  Details regarding submission deadline, type of grant, the agency and request for applications the applicant is responding to are among the details needed by Dr. Backes prior to proposal discussion and development of a timeline for proposal review. 

We recommend having your draft to Hanover Research 4-6 weeks in advance of your submission/internal deadlines. Hanover can provide different levels of support. Depending on the level of detail in their feedback this can take 2-3 weeks. Timelines can be shortened with advance scheduling. After Hanover sends you their recommendations, they will offer a debriefing call with the grants specialist who worked on your proposal so that you can ask questions. You must allow time to make final corrections prior to submission.