Stanford C-ShaRP
c-ShARP Community of Shared Advanced Research Platforms .

C-ShaRP Voucher Proposal Format

The proposal should be submitted online at Seedfunding.stanford.edu, where you will be asked to enter the below information.

1. Primary applicant: The primary PI must be a Stanford faculty member. Only one primary applicant per proposal is allowed. 

2. Co-applicants: Anyone can be included as a co-applicant, including a primary applicant of another proposal. One of the co-applicants must represent the shared facility that will house the proposed instrument (e.g., faculty director, facility manager, technical staff). Co-applicants are limited to serving on a maximum of three proposals.

3. Proposal title: maximum 128 characters

4. Shared facility(ies): Indicate the shared facility that you intend to access services. A full list of Shared Facilities is available on the C-ShaRP website. 

5. Proposal: Upload PDF

5 i) Title page: 

  • Proposal title
  • Applicant and co-PIs/collaborators (names, departments, and e-mail addresses)
  • Requested service description
  • Total budget request
  • Equipment needed for research
  • Proposed home facility, and facility director/point-of-contact
  • Oversight School of the shared facility

5 ii) Narrative

For proposals: Not to exceed 2 pages of text and figures using single spaced, Arial or Helvetica 11-point font. References can be included on a third page.

  • Purpose (1 sentence): The aim(s) and objective(s) of the research.
  • Introduction/Overview:  Describe research needs. In describing the need, consider such factors as new research directions, and increased accessibility to research resources. Also describe any current and future alignment with current Departments, Centers, or Shared Facilities Service Centers.
  • Impact/Intellectual Merit: Describe the risks to your research presented in absence of the shared facility resources requested in this proposal. Describe the breadth of impact, such as multi-disciplinary, research area/scope, education, and/or translation.

6. Budget: The budget should include estimates for the cost for services to be provided by the shared facility. Please use rates published by the shared facility in preparing your budget. We strongly advise that you work closely with the shared facility staff to prepare the budget.  You can use the C-ShaRP Voucher Budget Template as a guide, but we will accept any budget format that you submit.

7. Instrument utilization details (optional): Such information may include shared facility to be used, instrument specifications, list of features, hourly rates, and other information relevant to technical and operational evaluation. Upload as a single PDF.

8. Supporting information (optional): Letters of support, matching funds committed, pledges for use, or other information demonstrated engaged support for usage of the shared facilities and use of the proposed instrument(s) to meet your research goals. Upload as a single PDF.