Grant/Proposal Writing Tips and Tutorials

• Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB): Grant Proposal Writing Tips
  http://www.cpb.org/grants/grantwriting.html
  This publication is an easy guide to the basic elements of grant writing and is offered to assist applicants to CPB and to other funding sources. It offers guideposts to help you through each stage of the process. These guideposts are transferable to a variety of grant applications. However, we encourage you to carefully read the guidelines written for each grant you select.

• Foundation Center: Proposal Writing Short Course
  http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/

• Foundation Center: Classroom Training Courses
  http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/training/classroom.html
  

• Infusing Cultural and Linguistic Competence into Contracts and Grants
  http://nnlm.gov/archive/projects/2004nccc_workshop/rfps.pdf
  Provides language for RFPs that encourage diversity, collaboration with communities and many more enhancements that ensure awardees embrace cultural and linguistic competence.

• Non-Profit Guides: Grant-Writing Tools for Non-Profit Organizations
  http://www.npguides.org/
  Designed to assist established non-profit organizations and entities through the private and public grant writing process.

• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Tips On Writing a Grant Proposal
  http://www.epa.gov/ogd/recipient/tips.htm

• White House Faith Based and Community Initiatives: Developing a Quality Grant Proposal
  http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/developing-quality-grants-200510.pdf

Additional Resources

• NIH Center for Scientific Review: Inside the NIH Grant Review Process
  http://www.drg.nih.gov/Video/Video.asp
  A video of a mock study section meeting to provide an inside look at how NIH grant applications are reviewed for scientific and technical merit including information on what applicants can do to improve the chances their applications will receive a positive review.

• NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER): New Investigators Program
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/
  Provides information for those applying for any NIH funded grant who have not previously served as the principal investigators (PI) on any Public Health Service-supported research project.

• Grants.Gov: Help
  http://www.grants.gov/help/help.jsp
  Includes applicant and grantor resources, Frequently asked questions (FAQs) about Grants.gov, the quarterly "Succeed" E-Newsletter and webcast archive.

• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): Technical Assistance and Training for SAMHSA Grant Applicants
  http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/generalinfo/tech_assist.aspx
  Includes a training manual, webcasts, mental health and substance abuse data sets and more to assist when writing grants focusing on substance abuse and mental health.

• USDA Rural Information Center: A Guide to Funding Resources
  http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ricpubs/fundguide.html
  "Internet Resources" includes links to searchable federal and private funding databases that are available to local governments, community organizations, and individuals. Web links to more than sixty full-text online guides, manuals, and tips to assist grantwriters prepare successful proposals are provided. "Additional Resources" is a bibliographic listing of published grant writing resources and funding directories.

• Society of Research Administrators (SRA) International: Grants Web
  http://www.srainternational.org/newweb/grantsweb/
  Provides an overview of beginning the grant process, links to agency policies, federal forms, private funding sources and a NonProfit Gateway for Federal government information.

MLA and NN/LM Classes

• Grant Writing
  http://cech.mlanet.org/node/56
  NN/LM - Greater Midwest Region (4.0 MLA CE)

• Grant Writing and Resources: The Basics
  http://cech.mlanet.org/node/298
  NN/LM - Mid-Atlantic Region (2.0 or 3.0 MLA CE)

• Grant Writing for Success:
  http://cech.mlanet.org/node/109
  NN/LM - MidContinental Region (6.5 MLA CE)

• Grants and Proposal Writing:
  http://nnlm.gov/training/grants/
  NN/LM - New England, South Central and Southeastern Atlantic Region (4.0 MLA CE)