Preparing Your Proposal - Proposal Writing Tips/Writing Responsively to an RFP

Proposal Writing Resources:

• National Institutes of Health
  • Grant Writing Tips Sheets
  • National Cancer Institute (NCI) Quick Guide for Grant Applications
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), All About Grants Tutorials
    (including "How to Plan a Grant Applications" and "How to Write a Grant Application")
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Common Mistakes in NIH Applications
  • Office of Extramural Research (OER), All about Grants Podcasts


• National Science Foundation
  • Division of Undergraduate Education, A Guide for Proposal Writing


• Social Science Research Council
  • The Art of Writing Proposals


• General Manuals/Guides
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Office of Grant Support,
    Grantsmanship Tutorial
  • Eastern Michigan University, Office of Research Development
    ORD Handbook for Proposal Writers and Project Directors
  • Fischer, Beth A. and Michael J. Zigmond, An Introduction to Grant Writing (Survival Skills and Ethics Program, University of Pittsburgh)
  • A Proposal Writing Short Course
  • GrantProposal.com
  • Kraicer, Jacob, The Art of Grantsmanship
  • Levine, S. Joseph, Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal
  • Miner, Jeremy and Lynn E. Miner, A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing
  • Newman, Rhoda, Grant Proposal Development (90-430 C)
    Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, August 30, 1990. Portions of this report have been rewritten by Jon Harrison.
  • O'del, John, Grants and Grant Proposal Writing, 3rd ed., 2001 (via Saint Louis University, John Cook School of Business)
  • Racey, Janet S., Fundamentals of Grantsmanship
  • Reid, Alice N. T.(Instructor of English, Delaware County Community College) [areid@dccc.edu]. A Practical Guide for Writing Proposals Roanoke College. Proposal Tips
  • Saint Louis University, Research Services and Grants Administration. Writing the Proposal, Section 3 of the Faculty Handbook for the Preparation and Submission of Proposals for Extramural Support
  • Sanders, Wendy, Proposal Writing: The Business of Science
  • Stephen F. Austin State University, Office of Research and Grants Management. Proposal Writing Tips: Do's and Don'ts
  • University of Michigan, Division of Research Development and Administration. Proposal Writer's Guide
  • University of Montana, Office of the Vice President Research and Development. Grant Writing Tips
  • University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Writing from the Winner's Circle
  • University of Pittsburgh, Office of Research. Proposal Writing Guide
  • University of Southerm California, Department of Contracts & Grants General Proposal Guidelines


• Proposal Writing Courses/Workshops
  • CBR Community Building Resources Aim High, Do It! - Proposal Writing
  • Foundation Center, Proposal Writing Seminar
  • The Fund Raising School. Preparing Successful Grant Proposals Course
  • Grant Writers' Seminars & Workshops LLC
  • The Grantsmanship Center. Grantsmanship Training Program


• Bibliographies of Books/Resources on Proposal Writing
  • Michigan State University Library. Grantsmanship Techniques
  • State Library of Ohio, World Wide Web Information Network. Grants and Grantsmanship: Selected Publications - Updated March 2005
  • University of Wisconsin Madison, Grants Information Center. Proposal Writing: Web Sites
  • University of Wisconsin Madison, Grants Information Center. Proposal Writing: Selected Books


• Writing Aids
  • Merriam-Webster Online (Collegiate Dictionary and Collegiate Thesaurus)
  • Writing-World.com Links: Grammar
  • Roget's Internet Thesaurus
  • Strunk, William. The Elements of Style
    Columbia University, Academic Information Systems (AcIS), Bartleby Library.
  • WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server


• http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04016/print_toc.htm
• http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/write_grant_doc.htm
• http://www2.ed.gov/admins/grants/apply/techassist/resource_pg5.html
• http://www.cpb.org/grants/grantwriting.html
• http://www.epa.gov/ogd/recipient/tips.htm
• http://aspe.hhs.gov/cfda/ia6.htm
• http://www.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/pages/appsamples.aspx
• Grantwriting Tips from the Donors Forum of Wisconsin: http://www.dfwonline.org/page9123.cfm
• Proposal Writing Online Short Course from the Foundation Center: http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html
• Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal by S. Joseph Levine: http://www.learnerassociates.net/proposal/
  Detailed guide to proposal writing for the social sciences.

Reference Books:

• Research Proposals: A Guide to Success
  Thomas Ogden, Israel Goldberg (1995)
  ISBN 0781703131, Raven Press
  
• Writing Successful Science Proposals
  Andrew Friedland, Carol Folt, (2000)
  ISBN 08141-3
  http://www.yalebooks.com/
  
• Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty
  The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund has put out a book called “Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty”. You may wish to bring it to the attention of graduate students, post docs and junior faculty members. The book is fairly basic, but potentially useful, with chapters focusing on: Obtaining and Negotiating a Faculty Position and Planning for Tenure, Defining and Implementing Your Mission, Staffing Your Laboratory, Mentoring and Being Mentored, Time Management, Getting Funded, and Getting Published and Increasing Your Visibility.
  The book is freely available at: http://www.hhmi.org/resources/labmanagement/moves.html. It is about 250 pages in length but sections can be individually downloaded.
  

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