Research Development

Grant Writing Skills

• BOOKS ON GRANT WRITING AND SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATION:

• Research Proposals: A Guide to Success - 2002. 3rd edition. Thomas E. Ogden, Israel A. Goldberg (Editors), New York: Elsevier Science and Technology. (paper) 368 pp. ISBN: 0125247338
  
  
• Writing Successful Science Proposals - 2000. Andrew J. Friedland, Carol L. Folt, New Haven & London: Yale University Press, (paper): 170 pp. ISBN: 0300081413, 2000
  
  
• How to Write and Publish Papers in the Medical Sciences - 1990. 2nd edition. Edward J. Huth, Williams and Wilkins, (paper) 252 pp. ISBN: 0683042726 ]
  
  
• Handbook of Technical Writing - 2005. 8th edition. Alred, Gerald J., Charles T. Brusaw, Walter E. Oliu. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's Press. (spiral binding) ISBN: 0312436130
  
  

• WEBSITES ON GRANT WRITING SKILLS:
  
  FUNDING AGENCIES WEBSITES:

• NIH - National Institutes of Health. Office of the Director. Information on electronic submission
  
  
• NIH - National Institutes of Health. "Grant Writing Tips Sheets."
  
  
• NIH - NCI - National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute (NCI), "A Short Guide to the Preparation of NIH Grant Applications."
  
  
• NIH - NIAID - National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) "All About Grants" Lots of links including: "How to Plan a Grant Applications" and "How to Write a Research Grant Application"
  
  
• NIH - NINDS - National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), "How to Write a Research Project Grant Application". and "Common Mistakes in NIH Applications."
  
  
• NSF - National Science Foundation, "Grant Proposal Guide." and Division of Undergraduate Education. "A Guide for Proposal Writing."
  
  

• ASSOCIATIONS/ CORPORATIONS/ BUSINESSES/ INDIVIDUALS WEBSITES:

• AAAS Science. Boss, Jeremy M. and Susan H. Eckert. "Academic Scientists at Work: I Can't Believe They Didn't Like It!: Parts I and II - Grant Proposals".
  
  
• Corporation for Public Broadcasting. "Basic Elements of Grant Writing."
  
  
• Foundation Center. "A Proposal Writing Short Course."
  
  
• General Services Administration, Regulatory and Federal Assistance Division (VIR), Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. "Developing and Writing Grant Proposal"
  
  
• "A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing"
  
  
• * National Council of University Research Administrators. List of links:
  
  
• Social Science Research Council. "The Art of Writing Proposals."
  
  

• UNIVERSITY BASED WEBSITES:

• "ORD Handbook for Proposal Writers and Project Directors."
  
  
• Georgia Perimeter College. [E. Brown's website] "Proposal Writing: Stages and Strategies with Examples."
  
  
• Michigan State University. Levine, S. Joseph, "Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal" http://learnerassociates.net/proposal/
  
  
• Michigan State University Library. Newman, Rhonda, "Grant Proposal Development (90-430 C)", Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, August 30, 1990. Portions of this report have been rewritten by Jon Harrison.
  
  
• Purdue University and EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) "Grant Writing Tutorial".
  
  
• Roanoke College. "Successful Proposal Writing."
  
  
• Saint Louis University, Research Services and Grants Administration. "Writing the Proposal."
  
  
• University of Central Arkansas, Office of Sponsored Programs. "Guide to Proposal Writing."
  
  
• University of Idaho, University Research Office. John K. Yost. "A Basic Guide for UI Faculty. Staff, and Students in Proposal Development,"
  
  
• University of Michigan, Division of Research Development and Administration. Thackrey, Don. "Proposal Writer's Guide."
  
  
• University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Stanley, David W. "Writing from the Winner's Circle."
  
  
• University of Pittsburgh, Office of Research. "Proposal Writing Guide."
  
  
• University of Toronto. Kraicer, Jacob. "The Art of Grantsmanship"
  
  
• University of Washington. "Grant Writer's Reference" List of links. including: Rasey, Janet S., "Fundamentals of Grantsmanship." ; Rasey, Janet S., "Proposal Writing Guide". ; Rasey, Janet S., "After You've Written: the NIH Application Review Process"
  
  
• University of Western Ontario. Kraicer, Jacob, "The Art of Grantsmanship."
  
  

• WORKSHOPS AND FOR PROFIT RESOURCES:

• Grants Writers' Seminars and Workshops LLC. California.
  
  
• University of Kentucky. Includes on-line workshop on Grant Writing
  
  
• University of Washington: Research Funding Service. A comprehensive list of links to both free and commercial information about funding sources, workshops, grant writing, applications, toolkits, etc.