PROPOSAL PREPARATION GUIDES
Elements of a Successful Proposal--a model format for grant proposals and helpful hints.
Letter Proposals--usually requested from foundations before they will entertain a full proposal.
What Reviewers Look For--some hints on making reviewers happy.
Federal vs. Non-federal Sponsors --how proposals to federal sponsors will differ from those to non-federal ones.
At a Glance: Boilerplate Information about William and Mary for Proposals
Proposal Writing Guides--a bibliography of materials available in Swem Library and the Grants Office.
Seeking
External Funding: A Manual for Faculty at The College of William &
Mary
This
manual provides an overview of the Office of Grants and Research Administration
and the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations. Its purpose is to
outline the services provided by these two offices in assisting faculty
to obtain external funding, and to provide faculty with information about
corporate, foundation and other giving programs.
"A Guide
to Proposal Planning and Writing"
This publication is an excellent free resource
for new grant-writers (by Jeremy T. Miner and Lynn E. Miner).
Proposal
Writing Short Course
The Foundation Center has summarized the
steps to writing your proposal.
http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html
Grant Writing Tools for Nonprofits
This grantwriting guide, while aimed primarily
at private nonprofits, will be useful to public grant seekers as well,
providing samples of letters, applications and budgets.
Grantseeker's
Checklist
from CD Publications
Do's
& Dont's for Fellowship Applicants
from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The
Art of Proposal Writing: Some Candid Suggestions for Applicants to Social
Science Research Council Competitions
from the Social Science Research Council
Some
Reasons Proposals Fail
from Indiana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis
"A
Few Ideas about Pursuing Federal Funding"
by Ralph Nelsen of the Columbia
Education Center of Portland, Oregon.
http://www.col-ed.org/fund/ideas.html
"A
Guide for Proposal Writing"
National
Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education, 1998
"The Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Sites Program: Overview and Suggestions for Faculty Members" (Including REU review criteria, provided by an REU panel reviewer)
Council on Undergradudate Research Quarterly, June 2003
Proposal Preparation Presentation from April 3, 2002 NSF workshop
at William & Mary
[Powerpoint, Adobe
Acrobat]
"Hints
for Writing Successful NIH Grants"
by Prof. Ellen Barrett, University of Miami,
October 1995
"NIH: Insider's Guide to Peer Review for Applicants"
NIH Center for Scientific Review, January 18, 2008
All About Grants Tutorials from NIH/NIAID including
- Grant Application Basics
- How to Manage Your Grant Award
- How to Plan a Grant Application
- How to Write a Grant Application
Proposal
Writing: The Business of Science
This guide, provided by the Whitaker Foundation,
discusses how to obtain a NIH grant, including a look at the NIH review
system. http://www.whitaker.org/
Mike Ludwick
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