Proposal Development Resources from Sponsors

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
See NIH section below for Application Changes in 2016

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)

Dept. of Education (US ED)

Grantmaking at ED(link is external)
Institute of Education Science (IES) - Resources for Researchers
Common Guidelines for Education Research and Development and FAQs
(A 2013 report from the Institute of Educational Sciences/US ED and the National Science Foundation)
- Guidance on building the evidence base in STEM learning
- Provides guidelines for six types of education “research” projects
- Overview of the nature, justification, evidence generation and so on for each project type

Dept. of Energy (DOE)

Dept. Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Dept. of Justice (DOJ)

Endowment for Health

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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 (Revised May, 2016)
Forms - Search by a form number or view forms by distribution center
Forms are listed by form number/title in Portable Document Format (PDF) and Informed (IFM) Format.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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National Science Foundation (NSF)
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NSF Proposal Development Tools for UNH - deconstructions, templates, and more!
[REVISED] Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), (NSF 17-1)
This new guide is effective for proposals submitted, or due, on or after January 30, 2017.
[NEW] NSF Proposal & Award Policy Newsletter
A quarterly publication designed to provide information about upcoming changes and clarifications to policies and procedures that affect how you prepare and submit proposals and manage NSF awards
A Guide to Proposal Writing
NSF Abstracts and Titles
Notice No. 136, March 28, 2014

Broader Impacts

Data Management

Evaluation

BIO/Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS)

Common Guidelines for Education Research and Development and FAQs
(A 2013 report from the Institute of Educational Sciences/US ED and the National Science Foundation)

Guidance on building the evidence base in STEM learning
Provides guidelines for six types of education “research” projects
Overview of the nature, justification, evidence generation and so on for each project type

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation
All proposals to NHCF must be discussed with Diane Schaefer (UNH Foundation) before submission

Community Grants Program