Proposal Writing Resources

National Endowment for the Humanities

• Advice on Preparing Your Grant

National Science Foundation (NSF)

• A Guide for Proposal Writing
• User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation
• User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluation

National Institute of Health (NIH)

• Applying for an NIH Grant
• Common Mistakes in NIH Applications
• How to Plan a Grant
• How to Write a Grant
• How to Write a Research Project Grant Application
• Issues to Consider When Applying for NIH Funding
• Preparing Grant Applications
• Quick Guide for Grant Applications
• Quick Guide for the Preparation of Grant Applications
• Quick Tips: Preparing a Grant Proposal for Funding
• Suggestions for Revising Applications
• Tips for New NIH Grant Applications
• Writing a Grant
• Writing a Grant Application: A "Technical" Checklist

Non Federal

• American College of Surgeons: Proposal Writing - The Business of Science ( NIH Focus)
• American College of Surgeons: A Summary of Recommendations for First- Time Grant Writers (NIH Focus)
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Basic Elements of Grant Writing
• Foundation Center: Proposal Writing Short Course
• Grant Proposal.com: Grant Writing
• Human Frontier Science Program: The Art of Grantsmanship by Jacob Kraicer
• Miner, Jeremy T. and Lynn E. Miner: A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing
• Odum Institute for Research in Social Science: Funding and Proposal writing for Social Science Faculty and Graduate Student Research
• Social Science Research Council: The Art of Writing Proposals
• University of Pittsburgh, Survival Skills and Ethics Program: Grantspersonship: An Instruction Manual
• Whitaker Foundation: Proposal Writing: The Business of Science

Other Federal

• The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: Developing and Writing Grant Proposals
• Environmental Protection Agency: EPA Grant-Writing Tutorial
• Library of Congress: Grant Proposal Development Summary

The Scientist

• Dissecting, and Demystifying, an NIH Grant Application
• The Do’s and Don’ts of Winning Dollars
• Following Instructions Is Critical to Success of a Grant Application
• Get Help to Win Grants
• Going for the Gold: Some Dos and Don’ts for Grant Applications
• Hanging on to a Research Grant for Decades: What’s the Secret?
• How to Wow a Study Section: A Grantsmanship Lesson
• Making Contact
• New Strategies Emerge in Competition for Federal Grants
• Proposal Writing Services Give Researchers a Competitive Edge
• Survival in Today’s Tight Funding Climate Depends on Following Agencies’ Rules
• Winning, Managing, and Renewing Grants
• A Winning Strategy for Grant Applications: Focus on Impact