Analyzing the RFP & Its Role in Proposal Development- October 7, 2009

• Overview of the RFP (request for proposal); strategies for analyzing the RFP to enhance proposal competitiveness;

•  Role of the RFP in developing the proposal narrative; understanding the RFP as it relates to the research interests of the agency;

• Distilling  key information from the RFP needed to write a proposal that is fully responsive to an agency’s  research objectives and review criteria; understanding the RFP in its entirety.