Hints in Writing a Proposal : Internet Resources:
- Developing and
Writing Grant Proposals
- A must-read for those applying for federal grants. By the staff of the
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
- EPA Grantwriting
Tutorial
- An online tutorial from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
- Getting
Grants: Grant Writing School
- A simplified fundraising outline for those who want to "test the waters."
Includes a glossary of funding terms. By GrantHelp.
- 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. By Elizabeth Brunner,
a California grantwriter.
- How to Write
a Mission Statement
- A clear outline by Janet M. Radtke on writing a mission statement for an
organization. A site of the Los-Angeles based Grantsmanship Center.
- 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.
- Nonprofit Guides: Grant
Writing Tools for Nonprofit Organizations
- An excellent grantwriting outline by the SeaCoast Web Design staff.
Includes sample grant proposal, inquiry letter, proposed budget,
applications and links to grantwriting resources
- Proposal
Writing Short Course and
Proposal Writing Budgeting Basics
- Two sites from the Foundation Center's with good advice - and well worth a
visit.
- What
Grantmakers Want Applicants to Know
- Excellent advice in a succinct article by Suzanne E. Coffman. A Guidestar
feature article.
- Winning Grant Proposals
Online
- Provides funded grant proposals in a variety of categories, and well worth
a look, if not the price of obtaining one. A site from the Grantsmanship
Center, a Los-Angeles based proposal training center.
- 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.
RESEARCH
- All About Grants
- For biomedical investigators applying for NIH research project grants.
-
Grants and Grant Proposal-Writing
- A excellent guide especially for the junior faculty member looking for a
research grant. Covers all the basics. By John O'del. Best viewed with Adobe
Acrobat format.
- Guide for Writing a
Funding Proposal
- Written by S. Joseph Levine of Michigan State Univesity. Offers excellent
advice on all parts of the proposal. Includes a sample proposal and links to
other proposal writing sites.
-
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. A site maintained by the University
of Michigan's Division of Research and Development Administration.
-
Proposal Writing: Selected Web Sites
- Provides some good links for university scholars and researchers needing
more than here on research funding in particular.
- Proposal Writing: the
Business of Science
- Excellent advice especially for those applying for NIH grants. From staff
of the Whitaker Foundation.
- ProposalWriter.com
- Perhaps the best list of proposal writing Internet resources for writing
effective proposals, with links to samples, tips and pointers, proposal
checklist, and much more.Maintained by Deborah Kluge, a grant writing
consultant.