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Guides to Proposal Writing

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Proposal Writing Guides

• Elements of a Grant Proposal (The Center for Nonprofit Management)
• Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. (Columbia Univ.)
• Examples of Bad Writing
• A Proposal Writing Short Course (Foundation Center)
• Proposal Writer's Guide (Univ. of Michigan)
• How to Wow a Study Section: A Grantsmanship Lesson (The Scientist)
• Getting Funded: It Takes More than Just a Good Idea (The Scientist)

Agency-Specific Guides

• U.S. Department of Education (USDE)
  • What Should I Know About ED Grants?

·         U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

o        EPA Grant Writing Tutorial

·         National Institutes of Health (NIH)

o        Hints for Writing Successful NIH Grants (Univ. of Miami Medical School)

o        Preparation of NIH Grants Applications (NIH - NCI)

o        How to Write a Research Grant Application (NIH - NIAID)

o        Common Mistakes in Grant Applications: A Review Perspective (NIH - NIAID)

·         National Science Foundation (NSF)

o        NSF: A Guide to Proposal Writing

o        NSF Grant Proposal Guide

Guide to Project Evaluation

·         National Science Foundation (NSF)

o        The Online Evaluation Resource Library (OERL)

OERL is composed of plans, instruments, and reports that have been used to conduct evaluations of projects funded by the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) of the National Science Foundation (NSF). OERL also contains glossaries of evaluation terminology, criteria for best practices, and scenarios illustrating how evaluation resources can be used or adapted. To support collaborative deliberation and use of these materials, OERL also provides a discussion board.

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