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THIS SECTION ON GRANTS CONTAINS...
 Grantwriting
Resources (this page).
Sample Grant Proposals (next page).
Grants by Subject Area or Region.
Selected New Grant Opportunities, including Government and non-Government Grants.
The Answer to Your Question: How Can I Get A Grant to Start or Expand
My Business? - previous page.
Important
Information About Grants and Funding. Please Read This
If You Are Unfamiliar
With The Grant-Seeking Process, or if This Is Your
First Visit to This Page (previous page).
Resources for Researching and Identifying Grant-Making Organizations and
Foundations (previous page).
Other
Useful Information Related to Grants.
For more information on grantwriting, check out my blog -- Deborah's Proposal Writing Blog -- or my Blog Sitemap, which lists the titles of all my blog posts.
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GRANTWRITING
RESOURCES
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All About Grants Tutorials
These tutorials help biomedical investigators, especially new ones, plan, write, and apply for the basic NIH research project grant, the R01. The site contains information and links on Basic Tutorials, Tutorials in Specific Areas, and Tools and Resources
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Articles on Grant Writing
Loads of useful articles -- too many to list here. There's an emphasis on preparing science-related grants, but most of the articles will be useful to everyone.
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Before Writing a Grant Proposal
Here you'll find useful information on eight steps to take before you actually begin writing.
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Budgeting
An online course designed to help with the basics of developing a project budget. Contents include: basic components of a project budget; types of financial documents often required for proposals; how overhead costs and fringe benefits may be incorporated within the budget; and how to access resources on the Web that provide templates of project budgets
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Common
Grant Application Format
Proposal format to simplify
the process of requesting and making foundation grants, and writing effective
proposals. Note that this is a .pdf file.
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Common Mistakes in NIH Applications
A bulleted list of the five review criteria for NIH applications.
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Developing and Writing Grant Proposals
This article is in two parts. The first part -- Initial Proposal Development -- explains how to develop ideas, the importance of community support, identification of funding resources, and getting organized to write the proposal. Part Two covers the basic components of a proposal, beginning with the Introduction and ending with the Budget.
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Government Grant Writing for Fun and Profit
This is a webcast that was put on by the Health Resources and Services Administration in September 2004. You can listen to it, read the transcript, and/or view the accompanying slides.
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Grants: An Insider's Tips for Your Proposal
 An article from the Non-Profit Times with tips on how to strengthen your proposals.
By Caroline Herbert
It's amazing how some organizations always nab those grants and others are left empty-handed. There are reasons for winners and losers and it has everything to do with the strength of a proposal.
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Grantcraft
Developed by the Ford Foundation, this site offers guides, videos, case studies and other tools, as well as insights and suggestions gathered from donors and grant makers.
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Grant Makers Reveal Why Grant Proposals Get Rejected
Read this article from the Chronicle of Philanthropy to find out the common reasons why so many proposals don't get funded.
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Grant
Writing Guides
These guides contain samples of an inquiry letter, grant applications, RFPs, proposals
budget, cover sheet and cover letter, and links to grant-making organizations.
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Grant Writing Tutorial
This tutorial is designed to support new and minority drug abuse researchers who are seeking Federal funding specifically from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Much of the information is also relevant for individuals writing funding applications to other Government agencies. The Tutorial will assist you in developing an outline of a grant application by asking you questions as you proceed.
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Grants Workshop Presentations
Several PowerPoint presentations on grant writing and research from the Florida State University Office of Research.
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Hired Guns
Thinking about using the services of a professional grantwriter? Read these tips first.
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Hiring, Paying and Evaluating Grant Writers
Tony Poderis, an expert in fund-raising, explains what you should do before you engage an outside grant writer, how to pay a grant writer, and how to evaluate a grant writer's work. There's lots more information on this site about various aspects of grant development and fund-raising.
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How to Write an Outreach Grant Proposal
Unlike a research proposal, an outreach grant proposal represents a road map for a project in which the applicants know where they are going and how to get there, and anticipates bumps in the road. This article from the Chroncle of Higher Education explains how to find funding resources and the information you need to prepare your proposal.
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Letter of Inquiry
Many foundations ask potential grant recipients to submit inquiry letters. This site tells you what you need to include when preparing such letters, and provides some examples.
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Mock Grant Writing Activity
Here's a site where you can practice writing a grant proposal one step at a time. In each step, an actual grant proposal example is provided for you to compare against and find out how you are doing in the process. Also, you will have the chance to go back and check the relevant information needed on each step, as well as to review the important tips to help you enhance your proposal writing.
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NIH Grant Writing Tips Sheets
Guides and tip sheets for learning about and preparing NIH grant applications.
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Pediatrician's Guide to Proposal Writing
This Guide is a tool to help pediatricians develop grant proposals for community-based child health programs. It contains information on types of grantmarkers; proposal writing and the solicitation process; components of a proposal; common proposal writing mistakes; examples of proposals and budgets; and resources on fundraising and proposal writing. You don't have to be a pediatrician to gain useful info from this Guide, but you will need the free Acrobat Reader to view it.
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Point K Learning Center
Innovation Network's Point K Learning Center offers collaborative tools and resources for assessment, planning, and program improvement. This online community features: an Organizational Assessment Tool that offers a snapshot of organizational strengths and challenges; a Logic Model Builder and Evaluation Plan Builder which work together to help clarify the connections between what goes into a program and how that program makes a difference; and a wide selection of online resources for evaluation and capacity building, including a section devoted to advocacy evaluation.
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Preparing a Successful NIH Grant Application
This is a handout that was prepared for the Whitaker Foundation Biomedical Engineering Research Conference. However, it contains useful pointers for developing each section of an NIH research proposal on any topic.
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Proposal Enhancement Tools
The exercises and questions in the seven worksheets that make up these Proposal Enhancement Tools from Purdue University are designed to help you effectively identify and describe the target audiences for your proposal, the anticipated impact of your efforts, and the measures you propose to evaluate your success. You will need the free Acrobat Reader to view, download and use these tools.
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Quick Guide for Grant Applications
This guide contains information and suggestions especially pertinent to cancer control research, along with more generic information. It is designed to meet the needs of investigators preparing applications for laboratory-based research projects.
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Ten Ways to Write a Better Grant
Improve your grantwriting with these tips from me and others.Read the comments too - some are very useful.
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Twelve Steps to a Winning Research Proposal
An article written by a Program Director at the National Science Foundation.
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Using Hard and Soft Data to Build Strong Proposals
Here you can find out how to use two different types of data in your proposals -- hard data, which are usually in the form of statistics, and soft data, which are often presented as quotes and anecdotes. Both types of data are often used in successful proposals.
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What do Winning Proposals Have in Common?
A listing of ten elements shared by winning proposals.
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What Grantmakers Want Applicants to Know
Here are 15 solid recommendations that will help you increase your chances of success in winning competitive grants.
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Writing From the Winner's Circle
A comprehensive online booklet on writing and submitting competitive grant proposals.
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Writing
a Successful Grant Proposal
The title of this website is
"Grant Seeking in Minnesota," but everyone can benefit from the excellent
information on the contents of a standard grant proposal.
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Writing Your Proposal Budget
Resources and information on budgeting, as well as links to sample grant budgets.
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