Federal Agency Programs

Upcoming Deadlines at NSF & NIH

National Science Foundation. http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_list.jsp?org=NSF&ord=date

National Institutes of Health: http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html

NOTE: Complete listings of all upcoming grant due dates at NIH & NSF are available at above URLs.  A subset of NIH and NSF grants are listed herein, particularly those that represent institutional opportunities, e.g., for faculty career development, diversity, fellowships, equipment, instrumentation, etc.

NIH Parent Announcements (For Unsolicited or Investigator-Initiated Applications)

http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/parent_announcements.htm

NIH and other agencies serviced by eRA Commons still want your investigator-initiated applications.
Electronic grant applications must be submitted in response to a Funding Opportunity Announcement.
NIH has developed Parent Announcements for use by applicants who wish to submit what were formerly
termed investigator-initiated or ‘unsolicited’ applications.

Proposal Writing Manuals/Guides

Funding Agency Manuals/Guides

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

• Grant Proposal Writing Tips

Environmental Protection Agency

• EPA Grant-Writing Tutorial via Purdue University
• Tips on Writing a Grant Proposal

National Institutes of Health

• Grant Writing Tips Sheets
  National Cancer Institute (NCI) Quick Guide for Grant Applications
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), All About Grants Tutorials
  (including "How to Plan a Grant Applications" and "How to Write a Grant Application")
• 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 Manuals/Guides

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Office of Grant Support,
Grantsmanship Tutorial

Eastern Michigan University, Office of Research Development.
ORD Handbook for Proposal Writers and Project Directors

Fischer, Beth A. and Michael J. Zigmond, Grantspersonship: An Instruction Manual
(Survival Skills and Ethics Program, University of Pittsburgh)

Foundation Center, A Proposal Writing Short Course

Georgia Perimeter College, Office of Grants and Sponsored Programs,
Proposal Writing: Stages and Strategies with Examples

GrantProposal.com
Kraicer, Jacob, The Art of Grantsmanship

Levine, S. Joseph, Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal

Newman, Rhoda, 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.

O'del, John, Grants and Grant Proposal Writing, 3rd ed., 2001 (via Saint Louis University, John Cook School of Business)

Racey, Janet S., Fundamentals of Grantsmanship

Reid, Alice N. T.(Instructor of English, Delaware County Community College) [areid@dccc.edu].
A Practical Guide for Writing Proposals

Roanoke College. Proposal Tips

Saint Louis University, Research Services and Grants Administration.
Writing the Proposal, Section 3 of the Faculty Handbook for the
Preparation and Submission of Proposals for Extramural Support

Sanders, Wendy,Proposal Writing: The Business of Science

Stephen F. Austin State University, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.
Proposal Writing Tips: Do's and Don'ts

University of Michigan, Division of Research Development and Administration. Proposal Writers Guide

University of Montana, Office of the Vice President Research and Development. Grant Writing Tips

University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Writing from the Winner's Circle

University of Pittsburgh, Office of Research. Proposal Writing Guide

University of Southern California, Department of Contracts & Grants General Proposal Guidelines

Bibliographies of Books/Resources on Proposal Writing

Michigan State University Library. Grantsmanship Techniques

State Library of Ohio, World Wide Web Information Network.
Grants and Grantsmanship: Selected Publications - Updated March 2005

University of Wisconsin Madison, Grants Information Center. Proposal Writing: Web Sites

University of Wisconsin Madison, Grants Information Center. Proposal Writing: Selected Books

Writing Aids

Merriam-Webster Online (Collegiate Dictionary and Collegiate Thesaurus)

Writing-World.com Links: Grammar

Roget's Internet Thesaurus

Strunk, William. The Elements of Style
Columbia University, Academic Information Systems (AcIS), Bartleby Library.

WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server

Upcoming Deadlines at NASA

http://nspires.nasaprs.com:80/external/viewrepositorydocument/
cmdocumentid=129172/TABLE%202%20Amend10.html

USASpending.gov

http://www.usaspending.gov/faads/index.php?reptype=a

NOTE:  Currently, visitors can search three main categories:
by grant recipient, by place of performance, and by granting agency.

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