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On-Line Resources for Grantseekers

Writing Proposals

Writing from the Winner's Circle: A Guide to Preparing Competitive Grant Proposals

Dr. David Stanley, University of Nebraska

A Proposal Writing Short Course

The Foundation Center

Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal

S. Joseph Levine, Michigan State University

Developing and Writing Grant Proposals

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Grant Proposal Writing Tips

Corporation for Public Broadcasting

A Practical Guide for Writing Proposals 

Alice Reid, Instructor of English and Educational Technology

A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing

Lynn E. Miner, Director, Research and, Sponsored Programs, Marquette University

Approaching the Foundation

W. K. Kellogg Foundation

Applying for a Foundation Grant: Basic Advice for Grantseekers

W. K. Kellogg Foundation

Agency Specific Proposal Writing

Guide for Proposal Writing

National Science Foundation

Tips On Writing a Grant Proposal

Environmental Protection Agency

How to Get a FIPSE Grant

Eulalia Benejam Cobb, former FIPSE Program Officer

Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal

National Institutes of Health

How to Write a Human Subjects Application

National Institutes of Health

How to Write an Application Using Research Animals

National Institutes of Health

Developing Competitive SAMHSA Grant Applications

Department of Health & Human Services

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Developing Proposal Budgets

A Grantwriting Project Planner Spreadsheet

David Bauer's Excel spreadsheet for proposal planning and project development

The Grant Proposal Guide Budgets

National Science Foundation

Developing Modular Budgets

National Institute of Health

Proposal Budgeting Basice

The Foundation Center

Developing Logic Models

Logic Model Development Guide

W. K. Kellogg Foundation

Logic Model Builder

Innovation Network - Register to use Innonet's Point K Learning Center, including the Logic Model Builder, an interactive tool that guides the user through the process of developing "program goals, activities and resources, and how those elements work together to produce your program's intended outcomes."

Logic Models

Usable Knowledge Training - an interactive logic model tutorial including audio and text.

Designing Project Evaluations

User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations

National Science Foundation

User-Friendly Handbook for Project Evaluation

National Science Foundation

Evaluation Plan Builder

Innovation Network - Register to use Innonet's Point K Learning Center, including the Evaluation Plan Builder, an interactive tool that helps the user determine "what program success will look like before the fact" and "how to tell that success has been achieved after the fact."  EPB may be used for outcomes evaluation, implementation evaluation, or both.

Evaluation: A Tool for Program Improvement

Justice Research & Statistics Association - more than program evaluation, this online tutorial covers documenting problem statements, implementing evidence-based programming, developing performance measures and creating a logic model, and incorporating evaluation tools into program management.

MENTOR

Training materials and tools on M&E topics for use by researchers, program managers, trainers, policy makers, students, and other public health professionals.

Project Evaluation Toolkit

University of Tasmania

Basic Guide to Program Evaluation

Free Management Library

Applying for a Foundation Grant: Basic Advice for Grantseekers

W. K. Kellogg Foundation

Evaluation Methods

Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Program Evaluation

Project Evaluation Guide for Nonprofit Organization

Grant-writing and Career Development

The Academic Scientists' Toolkit

From the Journal Science

Writing Guides (proposal writing is not academic writing)

Online English Grammar

Guide to Grammar & Writing

Revising Prose

PlainLanguage

Garbl's Writing Center

Confusing Words

Common Errors in English

The American Heritage Book of English Usage

The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.

APA Citation Style Sheet

MLA Style

A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation

 

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This page last updated on 3/13/08 ~ Contact: Arlene Hansen ~ arlene.hansen@unco.edu