Writing Guides
The Office of Sponsored Programs not only offers advice for crafting a proposal, but has also created a list of other great resources.
Michigan State Proposal Writing Resources
American Council of Learned Societies
- Writing Proposals for ACLS Fellowship Competitions (PDF/external site)
The Foundation Center
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- NIH Resources for New Investigators
- FAQs: NIH New and Early Stage Investigator Policies
- NIH Office of Extramural Research
- NIH Grant Writing Tips
- NIH All About Grants Tutorials
- NIH Peer Review Policies and Practices
- The NIH R01 Toolkit
National Science Foundation (NSF)
- NSF Grant Proposal Guide
- Fastlane
- NSF Guide for Proposal Writing (PDF/external site)
- Merit Review Criteria (PDF/external site)
- "Grant Preparation Advice, NSF-Style" (PDF/external site) by Cecily Wolfe, Program Director, Division of Earth Sciences, NSF, February 11, 2000
- "Funding Opportunities at NSF: Strategies for Success" (Power Point) by Sally O'Connor and Diane Okamuro, NSF, June 2005
Science's Next Wave
- The Grant Doctor: *Index of Columns*
- "The Beauty of Outlines" by Vid Mohan-Ram, February 11, 2000
- "Murder Most Foul: How Not to Kill a Grant Application" by Vid Mohan-Ram, January 7, 2000
- "Abstract Killers: How Not to Kill a Grant Application, Part Two" by Vid Mohan-Ram, January 28, 2000
- "So What?: How Not to Kill a Grant Application, Part Three" by Vid Mohan-Ram, February 11, 2000
- "Lost at Sea: How Not to Kill a Grant Application, Part Four" by Vid Mohan-Ram, February 25, 2000
- "How Not to Kill a Grant Application, Part Five: The Facts of the Case Thus Far" by Vid Mohan-Ram, April 28, 2000
- "How Not to Kill a Grant Application, Part Six: Developing Your Research Plan" by Vid Mohan-Ram, October 2000
- "How to Get a Bite of NIH's Billion-Dollar Funding Pie" by Vid Mohan-Ram, October 13, 2000 by Liane Reif-Lehrer, June 9, 2000