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Proposal Writing Guides and Resources

       

Sponsor-Specific Advice
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
>Grant Application Basics

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
>Developing and Writing Grant Proposals

Corporation for Public Broadcasting
>Grant Proposal Writing Tips

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
>Solicitation Information

Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)
>Templates:
--- Project Summary/Abstract
--- Conflict of Interest
--- Current and Pending Support

>Grant Writing Tips for Success
>Tips for Developing and Implementing Integrated Projects
>Doing Business with CSREES - Frequently Asked Questions
>Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: The USDA-CSREES Grants Process (close-captioned video or text)

Dept. of Commerce (DOC)
>DOC Grants Policy

Dept. of Education (US ED)
>Grantmaking at ED
>How to Get a FIPSE Grant

Dept. of Energy (DOE)
>Grant Application Guide

Dept. of Justice (DOJ)
>NIJ Guidelines for Submitting Applications
>Frequently Asked Questions

Endowment for Health
> Evaluation Handbook:A Guide to Project Planning andEvaluation at the Endowment forHealth

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
>Guidance & Frequent Questions: Applying for STAR Grants
>Tips On Writing a Grant Proposal
>Grant Writing Tutorial

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
> Guidebook for Proposers Responding to a NASA Research Announcement (NRA)
>Guidance for the Preparation and Submission of Unsolicited Proposals

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
>Apply for a Grant

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
>Apply for a Grant

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
>Grant Application Basics
>Grant Writing Tips Sheets
>All About Grants (NIAID)
>Quick Guide for Grant
Applications (NCI)

>Resources for New Investigators
>Common Mistakes in NIH Applications (NINDS)
>Annotated R01 Research Plan and Summary Statement (NIAID)
>SBIR/STTR Policy and Grantsmanship Information

National Science Foundation (NSF)
>Grant Proposal Guide
>A Guide to Proposal Writing
>FAQs on Proposal Preparation and Award Administration

Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
>The Art of Writing Proposals

US Agency for International Development (US AID)
>Writing Results-Oriented Program Descriptions

US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)
SEE: Dept. of Agriculture, above

US Small Business Administration
>Handbook for SBIR Proposal Preparation

See also:

Federal Agency Grants Help

Commonly Used Acronyms in Grant Seeking

 

General Advice and Resources
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PLANNING

Logic Model
University of Wisconsin-Extension

Logic Model Development Guide
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

WRITING

A Practical Guide for Writing Proposals
Alice Reid, University of Delaware

Foundation Center Learning Lab -- Virtual Classroom
Foundation Center

Grant Proposal.com

Grant Proposal Writing Guides
United Nations

Grantseeker's Toolbox
Office of Sponsored Projects, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Grantwriters Checklist
CD Publications

Grantwriting Tools for Non-profit Organizations
Non-profit Guides

Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal
J. Levine, Michigan State University

Guidebook for New Principal Investigators
Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Proposal Checklist -- Social Sciences
Deborah Kluge

Proposal Pointers and Pitfalls
Deborah Kluge

Proposal Preparation
Small Business High Technology Institute

Proposal Writing Short Course
Foundation Center

Proposal Process
--- Standard Proposal Elements
--- Characteristics of a Good Proposals

University of Arkansas Little Rock, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

Writing from the Winner's Circle
D. Stanley, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

EVALUATION

Evaluation Toolkit
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

The 2002 User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation
National Science Foundation

 

GENERAL REFERENCE

- Google Directory: Reference
http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/

- University Writing Program, UNH: Writing Resources - Handouts
http://owl.unh.edu/resources.html

 

BOOKS

- Geever, Jane C. The Foundation Center’s Guide to Proposal Writing, 5th edition. New York: The Foundation Center, 2007.

- Browning, Beverly A. Grant Writing for Dummies, 2nd edition. New York: Wiley Publishing, 2005.

- Strunk, W., Jr., and White, E.B. The Elements of Style, Fourth Edition. Needham Heights, MA: Pearson Allyn & Bacon, 2000.

Modern Language Association of America. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (7th edition). New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2009.

- Truss, Lynn. Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. New York: Gotham Books, 2004 (hardcover); 2006 (paperback).


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