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Proposal Development and Grant Writing Resources:

(This list is not intended to be all inclusive.  If you know of a site that is not included here, please let me know. I will be glad to add any site to the list if it will be of assistance to faculty and staff at ESU.)

• The Directory of Kansas Foundations 2008-2009 Edition. Available in the Research and Grants Center.
• Grant writing tools for non-profit organizations:  http://www.npguides.org/index.html
• The Foundation Center - Learn About Proposal Writing

             Free online tutorials include proposal writing short course and proposal budgeting basics

• Environmental Protection Agency - grant writing tutorial:   http://www.epa.gov/seahome/grants.html
• National Science Foundation - A Guide for Proposal Writing
• CFDA Proposal Writing Tutorial - Online tutorial on developing and writing grant proposals, published by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office
• A Guide to Proposal Planning & Writing by Jeremy T. Miner and Lynn E. Miner: http://www.collegewebworks.com/gs/miner.htm
• Proposal Planning & Writing, Fourth Edition, by Lynn E. Miner and Jeremy T. Miner:  This softcover book is available in the Research and Grants Center.
• The Original How to Write a Research Grant Application (NIH): http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/default.htm
• The J.C. Downing Foundation - These basic principles provide general guidance that can help grantseekers increase their chances for a successful application with any foundation:   http://www.jcdowning.org/resources/generalguide.htm
• Grant Tips, Fifth Edition, CD Publications. A comprehensive guide to finding, writing, and winning private and federal grants.  This softcover book is available in the Research & Grants Center
• Winning Strategies for Developing Grant Proposals, by Government Information Services, an affiliate of Thompson Publishing Group:  This softcover book is available in the Research and Grants Center.
• What grantmakers want applicants to know:  http://www.guidestar.org/news/features/grantadvice.jsp

• Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal by S. Joseph Levine, Ph.D., Michigan State University: http://learnerassociates.net/proposal/
• The Foundation Center - Approaching Foundations - Includes free online guides and tutorials on foundation funding

• The ten most common reasons grants are declined:   http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/ten.htm
• Ten tips for new grant writers:   http://members.aol.com/KenR1029/10keys.htm
• The Grantsmanship Center - articles related to proposal writing: http://www.tgci.com/magazine/proposal.asp
• The following publications of The Grantsmanship Center are available in the Research and Grants Center:
  • Program Planning & Proposal Writing, Introductory Version
  • Program Planning & Proposal Writing, Expanded Version
  • Program Planning & Proposal Writing Checklist
  • Adapting the Program Planning & Proposal Writing Model
• How to Improve Your Score When Submitting a Grant Proposal, David R. Hemenway:  http://www.uvm.edu/~ospuvm/?Page=Proposal_Submission/DHememwayImproveScore.htm