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)
• Secrets to Writing a Winning Grant (Nature, 2019)
• 10 Common Proposal Writing Mistakes (Chronicle of Higher Education, 2018)
• Inside Higher Education- Writing Successful Grant Proposals (2017)
• Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal (Levine, 2015)
• Diversifying Your Funding Portfolio (Fitzpatrick & Dolezalek, 2014)
• Applying for Your First Grant (Inside Higher Ed, 2012)
• How to Fail in Grant Writing (Chronicle of Higher Education, 2010)
• A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing (Miner & Miner, 2003)
• Grantspersonship: An Instruction Manual (Fischer & Zigmond, 2000)

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.