Our Impact

Yale Research Development works with faculty and teams across the university to develop ambitious, competitive research initiatives. The examples below highlight selected proposals and awards supported by our office.

Selected Proposals & Awards

FY26

NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory — ERASE Design Phase
$4M · 2 years | Awarded
Quantum testbed design initiative
Program Execution Plan development · Red Team review · proposal development · site-visit support

NSF Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers
$4.5M · 3 years | Submitted
Interdisciplinary materials research center initiative
Gold Team review · preliminary proposal support

NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute — PRACTIQAL
$37.5M · 5 years | Awarded
Quantum information science and engineering institute
Ramp-up planning · Red Team review · proposal development

NIH NIDA Research Center of Excellence
$10M · 5 years | Submitted
Center-scale substance-use research initiative
Graphics development · Red Team review

NSF Test Bed: Toward a Network of Programmable Cloud Laboratories
$20M · 4 years | Submitted
National programmable laboratory infrastructure initiative
Project planning · graphics development

NSF Accelerating Research Translation — Track 4
$3M · 3 years | Submitted
Research translation and commercialization initiative
Strategic alignment · team development · analytic support

NIH Community-Partnered Nursing Research Centers
$2.5M · 5 years | Submitted
Community-engaged nursing research center initiative
Proposal alignment · graphics development

American Cancer Society Cancer Health Research Centers
$1.7M · 4 years | Submitted
Cancer health research center initiative
White-paper review · proposal development support

U.S. Department of State Feed the Future Innovation Labs
$40M · 5 years | Submitted
Global food security research and innovation initiative
Proposal review · supplementary-document support

NSF National Quantum and Nanotechnology Infrastructure
$10M · 5 years | Submitted
National quantum and nanotechnology infrastructure initiative
Proposal development · narrative structuring

NIH NHLBI Program Project
$9.4M · 5 years | Submitted
Multi-project cardiovascular and biomedical research initiative
Red Team review · core review · editing

DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers
$18M · 4 years | Submitted
Center-scale fundamental energy science initiative
Team facilitation

NIST CHIPS Research and Development Office Broad Agency Announcement
$75M · 5 years | Submitted
Semiconductor research and development initiative
Partner coordination · negotiations · white-paper review

FY25

DoD Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI)
$7.5M · 5 years | Submitted
Multidisciplinary basic research initiative
Writing · editing · proposal development support

NSF Major Research Instrumentation — Development of BrainScan
$1.4M · 3 years | Awarded
Advanced research instrumentation initiative
Proposal review · proposal development support

NSF Major Research Instrumentation — Track 1
$1.3M · 3 years | Submitted
Major research instrumentation initiative
Proposal development support

NSF Major Research Instrumentation — Track 3
$747K · 3 years | Submitted
Major research instrumentation initiative
Pre-proposal process support

NSF Mid-scale Research Infrastructure
$20M · 5 years | Submitted
Research infrastructure initiative
Strategy · proposal development · project planning

NSF Quantum Technologies Engine in Connecticut — QuantumCT
$15M · initial 2 years | Awarded
Regional quantum innovation and economic-development initiative
Pre-proposal development · proposal development · site-visit support

NIH Centers for Accelerating Phage Therapy to Combat ESKAPE Pathogens
$6M · 5 years | Submitted
Center-scale antimicrobial and phage-therapy research initiative
Strategic alignment · proposal development · submission support

NSF Expeditions in Computing
$15M · 7 years | Submitted
Large-scale computing research initiative
Preliminary proposal support · Red Team review · Gold Team review · reverse site-visit support

NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory — ERASE Pilot Phase
$1M · 1 year | Awarded
Quantum testbed pilot initiative
Proposal development · strategic guidance · project support