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Resources and Tips for Successful
Grant Writing
Common Pitfalls
- The University of Michigan Research provides a proposal writer's guide with
a section explaining "Why
Proposals Are Rejected." This list is derived from an article by Dr. Ernest
M. Allen (Chief of the Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health)
that appeared in Science, Volume 132 (November 25, 1960), pages 1532 to
34.
- Also from the University of Michigan Research proposal writer's guide, you
will find a section entitled "Dealing
With Short Deadlines." This section highlights five things you should
not overlook even in a time crunch.
- The Research Funding Service Director, Dr. Janet S. Rasey, offers easily understandable
advice on what grant applications should and should not contain. She also helps
clarify what grant makers want when they ask specific questions. Check out her
article "After
You've Written: The Application Review Process."
- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive
Research has a guide to writing competitive grant proposals by Dr. David Stanley.
"After
the Fall: Rewriting and Resubmitting Our Proposals" explains what to
do when a proposal is rejected. This guide also has several useful checklists
to help keep you on track during the grant writing process such as Grant Proposal
Quality Check, Pre-Review Worksheet, and Planning/Processing Our Proposals. Look
for these in the appendix.
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