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There are numerous web sites that offer guidance to grant writers. In addition to consulting the list below, you will want to study carefully the proposal guidelines published by your prospective funding agency since those guidelines will provide the final word on how to prepare your proposal.

"Grant Writing 101" (some good basic hints for the writer):
http://gradschool.about.com/library/weekly/aa052801a.htm

"Grant Writing: Sources and Tips" (ideas on how to find grant programs and on how to plan grant proposals):
http://7-12educators.about.com/library/weekly/aa061500a.htm

"Grant Writing: Sources and Tips II" (more ideas on planning the actual proposal):
http://7-12educators.about.com/library/weekly/aa061500b.htm

"Grant Writing Tips" (notes on how projects and grant proposals are related; notes on building a proposal):
http://www.seanet.com/~sylvie/grants.htm

"Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal" (well-organized explanation of proposal-writing components):
http://www.learnerassociates.net/proposal/

"Three Essays on How to Write a Fellowship Proposal: The Art of Grantsmanship" (different views on how to plan fellowship proposals and win the funding):
http://www.gsas.harvard.edu/academic/fellowships/essays.html

"Part V. Why Proposals Are Rejected" (information from the University of Michigan's Proposal Writer's Guide by Don Thackrey):
http://www.research.umich.edu/proposals/pwg/pwgrejected.html

 
  National Endowment for the Humanities (advice applicable to the NEH grant programs in general):
http://www.neh.gov/grants/commonquestions.html

 
  National Cancer Institute (detailed information on writing proposals to this agency):
http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/EXTRA/EXTDOCS/gntapp.htm

National Science Foundation (in-depth guide to writing grant proposals acceptable in NSF competitions):
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/1998/nsf9891/nsf9891.txt

 


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