Funding Agency Guides

• Corporation For Public Broadcasting.  "Basic Elements of Grant Writing."
    
• Environmental Protection Agency from Purdue University.  "EPA Grant-Writing Tutorial."
     
• National Institutes of Health, "The Original How to Write a Research Grant Application" -- book updated March 31, 1999, for modular grants (PDF file)
     
• National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute (NCI), "A Short Guide to the Preparation of NIH Grant Applications"                      
     
• National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), "Common Mistakes in NIH Applications"
     
• National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education.  "A Guide for Proposal Writing" 
     
• Social Science Research Council.  "The Art of Writing Proposals"      

General Guides

• Eastern Michigan University, Office of Research Development.  "ORD Handbook for Proposal Writers and Project Directors"       
     
• Foundation Center. "A Proposal Writing Short Course"    
     
• Georgia Perimeter College. (E. Brown's website)  "Proposal Writing:  Stages and Strategies with Examples" 
     
• Kinkaid, Amy, "The Essentials of Proposal Writing"     
     
• Kraicer, Jacob, "The Art of Grantsmanship"  
     
• Miner, Jeremy T. and Lynn E. Miner, "A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing" -- A condensed version of the book Proposal Planning and Writing. 
     
• 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. 
     
• Penn State, Research and Technology Transfer Organization.      "Preparing a Full Proposal"  
             
• Reid, Alice N. T. (Instructor of English, Delaware Technical and Community College, Wilmington Campus (areid@hopi.dtcc.edu).  "A Practical Guide for Writing Proposals"   
     
• Roanoke College.  "Successful Proposal Writing"    
              
     
• University of Idaho, University Research Office.  "A Basic Guide for UI Faculty. Staff, and Students in Proposal Development"   by John K. Yost.
     
• University of Michigan, Division of Research Development and Administration "Proposal Writer's Guide" 
     
• University of Montana, Office of the Vice President Research and Development.  "ORSP Proposer's Guide" 
       
     
• University of Pittsburgh, Office of Research.  "Proposal Writing Guide"  
     
• University of Southern California, Department of Contracts & Grants "General Proposal Guidelines"  

Professional Proposal Writers / Consultants

• Grant, Andrew. (andrew@grantservices.com).  "Proposal Writing"
     
• Kendrick, Jim.  (p2c2@erols.com)
     
• Len Duffy and Associates.  "Our Proposal Process"  

• CBR Community Building Resources Aim High, "Do It! -  Proposal Writing"  
     
• Foundation Center, "Proposal Writing Seminars"  
     
• The Fund Raising School.  "Preparing Successful Grant Proposals Course 105"  
     
• The Grantsmanship Center.  "Grant Proposal Writing" 

Bibliographies of Books/Resources on Proposal Writing

• Michigan State University Library.  "Grantsmanship Techniques"  
         
• University of Wisconsin Madison, Grants Information Center.  "Proposal Writing"  Internet Resources"   
     
• University of Wisconsin Madison, Grants Information Center.  "Proposal Writing:  Resources in Print"  

Writing Aids

• WWWebster Dictionary (the on-line version of "Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition)."
     
• Writing-World.com "Links: Grammar."
     
• Raymond, Eric.  (esr@thyrsus.com). "Jargon File Resources"
     
• "Roget's Internet Thesaurus"
     
• Strunk, William.  "The Elements of Style"  Columbia University, Academic Information Systems (AcIS), Bartleby Library.
     
• "WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server"