Grant writing

Grant writing workshops

Model proposals and tutorials

Grant writing advice

Applying to foundations

Resources on scientific writing

The review process

Grant writing workshops

USDA-CSREES Grantsmanship Workshops

NIH Regional Seminars

Model proposals and tutorials

A model K08 NIH application

An annotated R01 NIH application

Sample proposal for USDA's Small Business Innovation Research program

Exemplary proposals from the Graduate School's Grants-in-Aid competition

NIAID's All About Grants Tutorials

NIAID's How to Write a Grant Application

Purdue University's EPA Grantwriting Tutorial

Sample proposals, RFPs, and letters of inquiry from Non-profit Guides

Grant writing advice

• NIH Office of Extramural Research, Grant-writing Tip Sheets
• Tips for New NIH Grant Applicants
• NCI Quick Guide for Grant Applications
• NIDDK "Writing a Grant"
• NIAID's Checklists for Planning and Writing a Grant Application
• "Getting an R01"
• Narrated Advice Presentations for SBIR and STTR Applications (NIH)
• "The Peer Review Process" by NIH's Center for Scientific Review
• "Developing and Writing Grant Proposals," from the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
• “How Can I Win Federal Grants Without a Track Record?” by The GrantDoctor (in Science magazine)
• University of Michigan's Proposal Writer's Guide, by Don Thackrey
• "Where to Start," by Karen M. Markin, Chronicle of Higher Education
• Iowa State University's "Getting Ready to Write"
• "Proposal Writing: The Business of Science," by Wendy Sanders, Whitaker Foundation
• "Getting Your Postdoc Grant--It Takes More Than Just Writing!" by Dan McCurdy
• "Time Management 101 for Grant Applicants," by Vid Mohan-Ram, Science
• "I Can't Believe They Didn't Like It!" by Jeremy Boss and Susan Eckert, Science
• "I Can't Believe They Didn't Like It! Part II: Grant Proposals," by Jeremy Boss and Susan Eckert, Science
• "Academic Scientists at Work: To Fund or Not to Fund" by Jeremy Boss and Susan Eckert, Science
• "The Art of Writing Proposals," Social Science Research Council
• "Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty," Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 2^nd edition, 2006.
• Grantwriters’ Seminars and Workshops
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting writing tips for grant proposals
• The Grantsmanship Center

Science magazine's series by Vid Mohan-Ram

• • "A Murder Most Foul: How Not to Kill a Grant Application"
  • "Abstract Killers: How Not to Kill a Grant Application, Part Two"
  • "So What?: How Not to Kill a Grant Application, Part Three"
  • "Lost at Sea: How Not to Kill a Grant Application, Part Four"
  • "How Not to Kill a Grant Application, Part Five: The Facts of the Case Thus Far"
  • "How Not to Kill a Grant Application, Part 6: Developing Your Research Plan"

Guide to Effective Grant Writing: How to Write an Effective NIH Grant Application, by Otto O. Yang (2005) [Copies are available in the office of the Associate Dean for Research, Room 445 VMC]

Applying to foundations

The Foundation Center's Proposal Writing Guidelines

Non-profit guides: Grantwriting tools for non-profit organizations

University of Michigan's Proposal Writer's Guide by Don Thackrey, "Inquiries to Private Foundations"

"Ten Commandments of Private Foundation Grant Proposals," by Vid Mohan-Ram, Science

Resources on scientific writing

University of Minnesota Style Manual

Strunk and White's Elements of Style

"The Beauty of Outlines," by Liane Reif-Lehrer, Science

"Expository Writing Skills," by Liane Reif-Lehrer, Science

The review process

Science magazine's series on grant reviews

• "Introduction to the Review Process," by Vid Mohan-Ram
• "Evolution of the Review Process at the NIH and NSF," by Vid Mohan-Ram
• "An Insider's View of the NIH Review Process," by Vid Mohan-Ram
• "Federal Review: The NSF," by Vid Mohan-Ram

"Proposal Writing: The Business of Science," by Wendy Sanders

The NIH peer review process: an overview, a video of the NIH peer review process, guidelines for reviewers, and advice to investigators submitting clinical research applications

USDA/CSREES proposal review process