Grant Writing Guides
- Michigan Common Application form for foundations which do not have a grant application form to follow.
- The Foundation Center offers: Proposal Writing Short Course and Proposal Writing Budgeting Basics
- EPA Grant-Writing Tutorial
- "Funding Your Best Ideas: A 12–Step Program" by Joan Straumanis, Former FIPSE Program Officer
- Grant Writing Tips Sheets from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- How to Avoid Research Mismanagement
- "Hints for Writing Successful NIH Grants" by Professor Ellen Barrett, University of Miami School of Medicine
- NSF: "A Guide for Proposal Writing"
- Proposal Writing Resource which focuses on capturing the reviewer's attention, aiming for clarity, establishing context, specification of objectives, and other key points.
- "Guide to Writing a Funding Proposal" by S. Joseph Levine, Ph.D., Michigan State University
- "The Art of Grantsmanship" by Jacob Kraicer, University of Toronoto
- "A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing" by Jeremy Miner and Lynn Miner
- "Fundamentals of Grantsmanship" by Janet Rasey, Ph.D., University of Washington
- A guide from MSU to foundations, grants, grantsmanship, and relevant websites.
- Designing a program to address a problem, by Appalachian Regional Commission
- DePaul University offers a one page overview on evaluating funding opportunities.
- Office Resource Library: Grant Proposal Writing provides links to many useful tools for grant writing.
PowerPoints®
- Grant Overviews - This PowerPoint® illustrates the basic format for writing a grant.
- Grant Writing Guide - This PowerPoint® places special emphasis on how to write an effective grant.
- NSF Merit Review - This PowerPoint® takes you through the steps of writing a successful proposal at the National Science Foundation.