Writing Tools

Writing Tools

The Office of Sponsored Research has collected a variety of tools and guides to assist you in your proposal writing and develop your grantsmanship.

Sample Grants

• Wellesley College Successful Proposal Library: Contact Penny Miceli (pmiceli@wellesley.edu) to inquire about accessing sample proposals from Wellesley College faculty. Please note: internal inquiries only.
• NIH Sample Applications
• NEH Fellowship Sample Narratives
• Open Grants An open access database of grant proposals.

Approaching Program Officers

• Can We Talk? Contacting Grant Program Officers by Robert Porter. Research Management Review, Volume 17, Issue 1 Fall/Winter, pp 10-17.

Becoming a Grant Reviewer

• NASA: Volunteer for Review Panels
• NSF: Why you should volunteer to serve as an NSF reviewer
• NIH: Early Career Reviewer Program and Becoming a Peer Reviewer
• NEH Register to become a grant reviewer for the National Endowment for the Humanities
• US Dept. of Education: Notice Soliciting Peer Reviewers

Writing Guides by Sponsor/Sponsor Type

American Council of Learned Societies

• Writing Proposals for ACLS Fellowship Competitions

Foundation Center

• Proposal Writing Short Course

Foundation, Corporate & Government Relations

• Top Twelve Grant Writing Tips for Success

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

• Grant Opportunities, Application Guidelines, and Resources for Managing Your Grant

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• General NIH Resources
• NIH Resources for New Investigators
  
• NIH New and Early Stage Investigator Policies
• NIH Office of Extramural Research
• NIH Grant Writing Tips
• NIH All About Grants: Tutorials and Samples
• NIH Peer Review Policies and Practices
• Insider’s Guide to Peer Review for Applicants
• The NIH R01 Toolkit
• More information about the new biosketch format. Please review the notice for more information.
• Writing Strong "Specific Aims"

National Science Foundation

• NSF Grant Proposal Guide
• Fastlane Help
• NSF Guide for Proposal Writing
• FAQs on Proposal Preparation and Award Administration
• Merit Review
• "Grant Preparation Advice, NSF-Style"
• "Funding Opportunities at NSF: Strategies for Success"
• Data Management Plan
• Sample/Template NSF RUI Impact Statement
• Proposal Preparation Checklist
• REU Supplements
• Sample of Post-Doctoral Mentoring Program

Social Science Research Council

• On The Art of Writing Proposals

Other great resources

• Proposal Writing Resources Part I*
• Proposal Writing Resources Part II*

*Courtesy of Michigan State