Proposal Writing: Tips and Assistance

The following links provide suggestions and techniques to allow you to create a more effective grant proposal.

Proposal Writing Short Course
The Foundation Center has summarized the steps to writing your proposal.

Hints to grant-writers seeking funds from foundations
Valuable suggestions and links from JC Downing.

"The Original How to Write a Research Grant Application" National Institutes of Health, March 1999.  File in PDF format.    

Proposal Writing: The Business of Science
This guide, provided by the Whitaker Foundation, discusses how to obtain a National Institutes of Health grant, including a look at the NIH review system.

"A Guide for Proposal Writing"
National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education, 1998.

10-Point Plan for Standard Grant Funding Proposal
This grantwriting guide, while aimed primarily at private grantseekers, will be useful to public grant seekers as well, providing samples of letters, applications and budgets.

Grantwriting Resources
Additional links for proposal writing assistance.