Tools to help you become a better grant writer
Research Development & Grant Writing News
This is a monthly electronic newsletter for faculty and other members of the university community about how to compete successfully for research and education funding from federal agencies and private foundations.
Published by Academic Research Funding Strategies on the 15th of each month, each issue offers continuously updated information, including:
- New funding opportunities
- Grant writing web resources
- Agency research news
- Agency reports and research roadmaps
- Writing competitive proposals
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Articles and Guides
- What to do when your proposal is rejected (Nature, 2020)
- 10 Common Proposal Writing Mistakes (Chronicle of Higher Education, 2018)
- How to Fail in Grant Writing (Chronicle of Higher Education, 2010)
- Why Proposals are Rejected (U of Michigan, 2014)
- Applying for Your First Grant in the Arts &Humanities (Inside Higher Ed, 2012)
- Crafting a Sales Pitch for Your Grant Proposal (Bob Porter) (2011)
- What Do Grant Reviewers Really Want, Anyway? (Bob Porter, 2005)
- Why Academics Have a Hard Time Writing Good Grant Proposals (Bob Porter, 2006)
- Grantspersonship: An Instruction Manual (Fischer & Zigmond, 2000)
- A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing (Miner & Miner, 2003)
- Diversifying Your Funding Portfolio (Fitzpatrick & Dolezalek, 2014)
- Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal (Levine, 2015)
- Inside Higher Education- Writing Successful Grant Proposals (2017)
Tutorials, Webinars and Short Courses
- Introduction to Proposal Writing Webinar (the Foundation Center, 2015)
- Proposal Writing Short Course (Foundation Center)
- Creating a Biosketch with SciENcv (Webinar: NCBI, 2015)
Check out other resources, books, and Grant Writing Workbooks from ORD Resource Library
Grant writing workbooks are also available to check out from the ORD Resource Library to help you to write specifically for NIH and NSF, or to teach grant writing skills to new faculty. Visit the Check out a Grant Writing Workbook section.