| Grant Writing Resources
The Internet has numerous resources to aid faculty in writing successful grant proposals. A quick way to access college and university research administration information is through the NCURA website. Click on "Resources," then "University Departmental and Sponsored Research Offices."
Many federal agencies also include guidance on writing successful grant proposals on their Web sites. For example, the National Science Foundation has many documents which are useful to researchers in all disciplines. The National Institutes of Health has a section called "Grant Writing Tips Sheets". The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance(CFDA) Web site has a section on developing and writing grants proposals.
The Foundation Center's Learning Lab has a proposal writing short course providing basic information for all fundraisers, academic and non-profit. A Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal, by S. Joseph Levine, Ph.D., Michigan State University, provides writing hints and examples for each major section of a proposal, and a wide array of links to other proposal writing resources. Finally, the Grantsmanship Tutorial is designed to assist investigators as they prepare the grant proposal.
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All About Grants
For biomedical investigators applying for NIH research project grants.
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/default_grants.htm
Developing and Writing Grant Proposals
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.GRANT_PROPOSAL_DYN.show
EPA Grantwriting Tutorial
An online tutorial from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
http://www.fs.fed.us/outdoors/naturewatch/start/partnerships/EPA-grant-writing-tutorial.pdf
GrantProposal.com
A very well organized site on proposal writing. Includes an overview, inquiry and cover letters, standard components of a proposal, a sample proposal, advice from funders, and more. An excellent section on researching funding opportunities is included also.
http://www.grantproposal.com/
Grants and Grant Proposal-Writing
A excellent guide especially for the junior faculty member looking for a research grant. Covers all the basics.
http://eweb.slu.edu/papers2/grant01v32e.pdf
Grantwriting Resources
An excellent list of proposal writing Internet resources for writing effective proposals.
http://www.proposalwriter.com/grants.html#Grantwriting
Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal
Written by S. Joseph Levine of Michigan State University. Offers excellent advice on all parts of the proposal. Includes a sample proposal and links to other proposal writing sites.
http://learnerassociates.net/proposal/
How to Write a Mission Statement
Grantsmanship Center
http://www.tgci.com/magazine/98fall/mission.asp
National Network of Grantmakers: NNG Common Grant Application
A site of the Foundation Center for finding common application forms, including the one by the NNG. This common grant application form is accepted by a number of foundations. It can also be useful in organizing the information needed in a project proposal.
http://www.nng.org/resources/cga.htm
National Science Foundation Grant Proposal Guide
Guidelines available for those writing proposals for federal grants from the NSF.
http://www.nsf.gov/nsf/nsfpubs/gpg/start.htm
Nonprofit Guides: Grant Writing Tools for Nonprofit Organizations
SeaCoast Web Design includes sample grant proposal, inquiry letter, proposed budget, applications and links to grantwriting resources.
http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/cga.html
Proposal Writer's Guide and Proposal Preparation and
Submission
An excellent outline by Donald Thackrey for academic faculty and staff. Especially useful are the sections on letters of inquiry to foundations, and dealing with short deadlines.
http://www.research.umich.edu/proposals/proposals.html and
http://www.research.umich.edu/proposals/proposals.html
Proposal Writing: Selected Web Sites
http://www.pitt.edu/~offres/proposal/propwriting/websites.html
Proposal Writing Short Course and Proposal Writing Budgeting
Basics
Two sites from the Foundation Center's with good advice - and well worth a visit.
http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html and
http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/training/free/pbb.html
Proposal Writing and Grant Seeking
Grantsmanship Center
http://tgci.com/magazine/proposal.shtml
Writing a Successful Grant Proposal
An excellent and thorough guide for writing grant proposals, from the Minnesota Council on Foundations. FAQs include pros and cons of hiring a professional grantwriter and what to do if a proposal is funded.
http://www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/writing.htm
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External Proposal Writing Guides
The web sites listed here represent resources available through other academic institutions as well as through specific funding agencies.
Academic Sites
Agency Sites
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