Grant Writing Guides

• Michigan Common Application (45kB) 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 (26kB)
• "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
• FundamentalsOfGrantsmanship (29kB) 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.
• Business Writing: How to Write Grant Proposals provides several links to learn more about writing grant proposals.

PowerPoints ®

• Grant Overviews (97kB) - This PowerPoint® illustrates the basic format for writing a grant.
• Grant Writing Guide (470kB) - This PowerPoint® places special emphasis on how to write an effective grant.
• NSF Merit Review (1,189kB) - This PowerPoint® takes you through the steps of writing a successful proposal at the National Science Foundation.