Grant Writing Guides

• Michigan Common Application (45KB)  form for foundations which do not have a grant application form to follow.
• "Funding Your Best Ideas: A 12–Step Program" by Joan Straumanis, Former FIPSE Program Officer
• How to Avoid Research Mismanagement (26KB)
• "Hints for Writing Successful NIH Grants"
• NSF: "A Guide for Proposal Writing"
• "Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal" by S. Joseph Levine, Ph.D., Michigan State University
• "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.

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.