16. Learning More

Bibliography for further reading

Numerous books, journal articles, and web resources provide guidance on all aspects of the project planning and proposal development process.  The bibliography below highlights some of the most useful of these.

Books

Federal Grant Making

Bauer, David G. How to Evaluate and Improve Your Grants Effort. Westport, CT: Oyrx, 2001.

Blackburn, Thomas R.  Getting Science Grants:  Effective Strategies for Funding Success.  San Francisco, CA:  Jossey-Bass-Wiley, 2003.

Chapin, Paul G.  Research Projects and Research Proposals:  A Guide for Scientists Seeking Funding.  Cambridge, England:  Cambridge UP, 2004.

Friedland, Andrew, and Carol Folt.  Writing Successful Science Proposals.  New Haven, CT:  Yale UP, 2000.

Hall, Mary, and Susan Howlett.  Getting Funded:  The Complete Guide to Writing Grant Proposals.  4^th ed.  Portland, OR:  Portland State U, 2003.

Halpern, A. R. The Rhetoric of the Grant Proposal. Council on Undergraduate Research Proposal Writing Institute, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA, July 2001.

Hensen, Kenneth T.  Grant Writing in Higher Education:  A Step-by-Step Guide.  Boston, MA:  Allyn and Bacon, 2003.

Karsh, Ellen, and Arlen Sue Fox.  The Only Grant Writing Book You’ll Ever Need:  Top Grant Writers and Grant Givers Share Their Secrets.  New York, NY:  Carroll and Graf-Avalon, 2003.

Locke, L., W. Spirduso, and S. Silverman. Grants That Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertation and Grant Proposals.  4^th ed.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2000.

Miller, Patrick W.  Grant Writing:  Strategies for Developing Winning Proposals.  2^nd ed.  Patrick Miller, 2002.

Miner, Lynn E., Jeremy T. Miner.  Models of Proposal Planning and Writing.  Westport, CT:  Praeger-Greenwood, 2005.

Miner, Lynn E., and Jeremy T. Miner, and Jerry Griffith.  Proposal Planning and Writing.  3^rd ed.  Westport, CT:  Oryx-Greenwood, 2003.

Ogden, Thomas E., and Israel A. Goldberg.  Research Proposals:  A Guide to Success.  3^rd ed.  San Diego, CA:  Academic, 2002.

Orlich, Donald C., Designing Successful Grant Proposals. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1996.

Pequegnat, Willo, and Ellen Stover, eds.  How to Write a Successful Research Grant Application:
A Guide for Social and Behavioral Scientists. New York, NY: Plenum, 1995.

Peters, Abby Day. Winning Research Funding. Burlington, Vermont: Gower, 2003.

Reif-Lehrer, Liane.  Grant Application Writer’s Handbook.  Boston, MA:  Jones and Bartlett, 1995.

Ries, Joanne B., and Carl G. Leukefeld. Applying for Research Funding: Getting Started and Getting Funded. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995.

--- Research Funding Guidebook: Getting It, Managing It & Renewing It. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications, 1998.

 

Nonprofit Grant Making

Barbato, Joseph, and Danielle Furlich.  Writing for a Good Cause:  The Complete Guide to Crafting Proposals and Other Persuasive Pieces for Nonprofits.  New York, NY:  Fireside-Simon and Schuster, 2000.

Brown, Larissa Golden, and Martin John Brown.  Demystifying Grant Seeking:  What You Really Need to Do to Get Grants.  Jossey-Bass Nonprofit and Public Management Series.  San Francisco, CA:  Jossey-Bass-Wiley, 2001.

Burke, Jim, and Carol Ann Prater. I’ll Grant You That: A Step by Step Guide to Finding Funds, Designing Winning Projects, and Writing Powerful Grant Proposals. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2000.

Carlson, Mim.  Winning Grants:  Step by Step.  Jossey-Bass Nonprofit and Public Management Series.  San Francisco, CA:  Wiley-Jossey-Bass, 2002.

Collins, Sarah.  The Foundation Center’s Guide to Winning Proposals.  New York, NY:  Foundation Center, 2003.

Edelson, Phyllis.  Foundation Grants to Individuals.  14^th ed.  New York, NY:  Foundation Center.  2005.

Geever, Jane C., and Patricia McNeil.  The Foundation Center’s Guide to Proposal Writing.  New York, NY:  Foundation Center, 1997.

Goldberg, Israel A., and Thomas E. Ogden.  Research Proposals:  A Guide to Success.  2^nd ed.  New York, NY:  Raven.  1995.

Golden, Susan L.  Secrets of Successful Grantsmanship:  A Guerilla Guide to Raising Money.  Jossey-Bass Nonprofit and Public Management Series.  San Francisco, CA:  Jossey-Bass-Wiley, 1997.

Knowles, Cynthia.  The First-Time Grant Writer’s Guide to Success.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Corwin, 2002.

Moore, Pam.  Grantseeker’s Guidebook:  Tips, Trends, and Resources for Winning and Managing Federal Funds.  Alexandria, VA:  Capitol:  1994.

National Institutes of Health:  Division of Research Grant.  Preparing a Research Grant Application to the National Institutes of Health.  Bethesda, MD:  Grants Information Office, 1993. 

New, Cheryl Carter, and James Aaron Quick.  Grantseeker’s Toolkit:  A Comprehensive Guide to Finding Funding.  Hoboken, NJ:  Wiley, 1998.

Wason, Sara D.  Webster’s New World Grant Writing Handbook.  Hoboken, NJ:  Wiley, 2004.

 

Book Chapters and Journal Articles

Federal Grant Making

Argon, Judith K.  “Securing Funding from Federal Sources.”  In The Academic’s Handbook.  2^nd ed.  Eds.  Leigh Deneef and Craufurd D. Goodwin.  Durham, NC:  Duke UP, 1995.  219-35.

Boss, Jeremy M., and Susan H. Eckert.  “Gettin’ Money.”  In Academic Scientists at Work:  Navigating the Biomedical Research Career.  New York, NY:  Kluwer Academic-Plenum, 2003.  39-55.

Lucas, Christopher J., and John W. Murry, Jr.  “The Art of Grantsmanship.”  In New Faculty:  A Practical Guide for Academic Beginners.  New York:  NY:  Palgrave-St. Martin’s, 2002.  163-180. 

Steinberg, Jane.  “Obtaining a Research Grant:  The Granting Agency’s View.”  In The Compleat Academic:  A Career Guide.  2^nd ed.  Eds. John M. Darley, Mark P. Zanna, and Henry L. Roediger.  American Psychological Association, 2003.  153-68.

Steinberg, Robert.  “Obtaining a Research Grant:  The Applicant’s View.”  In The Compleat Academic:  A Career Guide.  2^nd ed.  Eds. John M. Darley, Mark P. Zanna, and Henry L. Roediger.  American Psychological Association, 2003.  169-84.

 

Nonprofit Grant Making

Crossland, Fred E.  “New Academics and the Quest for Private Funds.”  In The Academic’s Handbook.  2^nd ed.  Ed.  Leigh Deneef and Craufurd D. Goodwin.  Durham, NC:  Duke UP, 1995.  236-45.

Web Resources

Federal Agency Proposal Writing Guides

CFDA:  Developing and Writing Grant Proposals. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance. 24 May 2005.  http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.GRANT_PROPOSAL_DYN.show.

EPA:  Tips on Writing a Grant Proposal. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 13 May 2005.
http://www.epa.gov/ogd/recipient/tips.htm.

Foundation Center.  Proposal Writing Short Course.  Foundation Center.  2005. 
http://www.fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html.

Foundation Center:  Virtual Classroom.  Foundation Center.  2005. 
http://www.fdncenter.org/learn/classroom/.

NIH:  Advice on Research Training and Career Awards Tutorial. 
National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases.  24 February 2005.  http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/training/advice/index.htm.

NIH:  Advice on Small Business Applications Tutorial. 
National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases.  10 May 2005.  http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/sbir/advice/start.htm.

NIH:  Annotated R01Application and Summary Statement. 
National Institutes of Allergic and Infectious Diseases.  11 January 2005.  
 http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/app/default.htm.

NIH:  Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about NIH Grants.  Office of Extramural Research.  19 January 2005.  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/giofaq.htm.

NIH:  Checklists for Applicants and Grantees. 
National Institutes of Allergic and Infectious Diseases.  14 February 2005. 
 http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/charts/checklists.htm.

NIH:  Common Mistakes in NIH Applications.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes.  9 February 2005. 
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/grantwriting_mistakes.htm.

NIH:  Grant Application Basics Tutorial.  National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases. 
14 April 2005.  http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/basics/index.htm.

NIH:  How to Manage Your Grant Award Tutorial. 
National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases.  10 December 2004.  http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/manage/index.htm.

NIH:  How to Plan a Grant Application Tutorial. 
National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases.  28 March 2005. 
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/plan/index.htm.

NIH:  How to Prepare a Multi-Project Grant Application Tutorial.
National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases.  18 November 2004. 
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/multi/index.htm.

NIH:  How to Write an Application Involving Research Animals Tutorial. 
National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases.  2 May 2005. 
 http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/clinical/researchanimals/tutorial/index.htm.

NIH:  How to Write a Grant Application Tutorial. 
National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases.  9 February 2005.  http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/write/index.htm.

NIH:  How to Write a Human Subjects Application Tutorial. 
National Institute of Allergic and Infectious Diseases.  18 November 2004. 
 http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/clinical/humansubjects/default.htm.

NIH:  Inside the NIH Grant Review Process. 
National Institutes of Allergic and Infectious Diseases.  8 November 2004.  http://www.csr.nih.gov/Video/Video.asp.

NIH:  Questions and Answers:  Quick Facts on Research Grant Applications. 
National Institutes of Allergic and Infectious Diseases.  16 March 2005. 
 http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/qa/quickgrants.htm.

NIH:  Suggestions for Revising Applications. 
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.  8 February 2005. 
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/cpr/dbs/tips_revise.htm.

NIH:  Supplemental Materials to the Tutorials. 
National Institutes of Allergic and Infectious Diseases.  17 February 2005. 
 http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/charts/default.htm.

NIH:  Tips for New Applicants. 
National Institute for General Medical Sciences.  18 March 2004. 
 http://www.nigms.nih.gov/funding/tips.html.

NSF:  Grant Proposal Guide.  National Science Foundation. 1 September 2004.  http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=gpg.

           

The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Advice for Grant Seekers.”  Science.  12 November 2004.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Advice for a Ugandan Epidemiologist.”  Science.  9 November 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

 “The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Betting on the Future.”  Science.  25 July 2003.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Biological Archaeology and Research in Germany.”  Science.  14 April 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Can I Get Funds to Support a Second Degree in Veterinary Science? How Can I Get Postdoctoral Fellowships to Work in France?”  Science.  8 October 1999.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Can I Receive an R01 Grant without a Green Card? ... Scientific Butter or Guns?”  Science.  28 February 2003.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Career Development Awards and Grants for River Blindness.”  Science.  23 June 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Catch-22.”  Science.  8 February 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Crashing and Burning.”  Science.  12 December 2003.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Does My Proposal Fit?  How Do I Resubmit?”  Science.  27 August 1999.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Equipment Grants ... Small-College Chemistry.”  Science.  14 June 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Financing Medical School; Grants for Foreign Nationals.”  Science.  24 August 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

 “The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Flying Blind.”  Science.  10 June 2005.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  From M.D. to Ph.D., and Vice Versa.”  Science.  9 July 2004.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  From Oxford to Cambridge (Massachusetts).”  Science.  12 April 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  From Physics to Biology.”  Science.  10 December 2004.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Funding Additional Training and Summer Research.”  Science.  9 March 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Funding Astronomy Education and Diabetes Research.”  Science.  23 February 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Funding Doctoral Work and Engineering Research.”  Science.  27 April 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Funding Doctoral Work and Study Abroad.”  Science.  13 April 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Funding Doctoral Work in Nutrition and Working Abroad.”  Science.  25 May 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Funding Emergency Response and Using GrantsNet.”  Science.  23 March 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Funding for Fledglings.”  Science.  23 November 2001. http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Funding for Hearing Research and Chemical Oceanography.”  Science.  14 September 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Funding Forestry Research and Going to Graduate School.”  Science.  10 June 2005.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Funding International Research Collaborations.”  Science.  22 October 2004.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Funding Mitochondrial Research and Can NIH Grants Be Used to Pay Off Dues?.”  Science.  10 March 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Funding Ophthalmology and Plant Biology Research.”  Science.  13 July 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Funds for Basic and Orthopedic Research.”  Science.  22 June 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Funds for Canadian Postdocs in the U.S. and Finding a Grant Editor.”  Science.  26 October 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

 “The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Gene Therapy Grants for Non-U.S. Scientists, and Help the Grant Doctor Select Grant Resource Topics.”  Science.  25 August 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Getting A Fresh Start.”  Science.  9 April 2004.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Getting Independent.”  Science.  10 October 2003.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Grad School Support for Foreign Students ... Grants for Switching Institutions.”  Science.  10 June 2005.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Graduate Grants for Environmental Ecology and Funding for Epidemiology Studies.”  Science.  22 September 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  The Grant Doctor Eats Crow.”  Science.  8 March 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  The Grant Doctor Gets Small.”  Science.  26 April 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  The Grant Doctor’s Guide to Searching for Funds.”  Science.  28 April 2000. 

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  The Grant Doctor Needs a Life.”  Science.  9 May 2003.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Grant Doctor Renders Herself Irrelevant.”  Science.  13 June 2003.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Grants for Staffers ... A “K” Klinic, Part II.”  Science.  25 October 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Grants Without Citizenship Requirements and Studying in Rural America.”  Science.  12 May 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Hey Dude, Where’s My Grant?.”  Science.  14 January 2005.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  HHMI Professors Meet.”  Science.  14 November 2003.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  How Can I Get Bioengineering Grants and Where Can I Find Funding for Women's Health Research?”  Science.  11 February 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers: How Can I Win Federal Grants without a Track Record?”  Science.  8 September 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  How Do I Appeal A Grant Review? What Are Sources of Alternative Medicine Funding?”  Science.  10 September 1999.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  How Do I Deal with Second Reviews.”  Science.  22 October 1999.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  How Do I Find Out How to Do a Postdoc in the States?”  Science.  14 July 2000. 

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  How to Write an R03 Application ... Do Foreigners Really Qualify for NIH Grants?”  Science.  13 September 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Immunology Grants and Agricultural Research in Developing Countries.”  Science.  26 January 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Internet Collaborations.”  Science.  11 February 2005.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  A “K” Klinic.”  Science.  11 October 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Le Pont Neuf and NIH Stinkers.”  Science.  27 July 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Loan-Repayment for Biomedical Researchers.”  Science.  14 December 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Looking for Funds for My Backpack Research!”  Science.  26 November 1999.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Losing Out without Losing It.”  Science.  23 August 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers: Medicinal Herbs…Foreign Collaboration.”  Science.  9 August 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Meeting Travel Grants and Setting Up a Rural Health Clinic.”  Science.  9 February 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Men in Nursing.”  Science.  25 January 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Mentored Research Awards and Multiple Sources of Funding.”  Science.  13 October 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Mentorship and Collaboration.”  Science.  8 October 2004.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Minority Fellowships ... Time Off For Good Science.”  Science.  13 December 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Minority Grants and E-mail Etiquette.”  Science.  26 May 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Mobility, Coming and Going.”  Science.  9 January 2004.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Navigating the Transition Award Maze.”  Science.  13 August 2004.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  NIH and New Investigators ... Small College R01s.”  Science.  10 May 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  NIH Program Codes ... Research Funding for Minority Undergraduates.”  Science.  14 February 2003.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  NIH’s Training Guru Writes About Training Awards, and To Tell Us What a Great Job We’re Doing.”  Science.  22 November 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  No Feedback ... Grants for Girl Bands.”  Science.  28 March 2003.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  NRSA Changes ... Graduate Fellowships For Neuropsychology.”  Science.  28 June 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  NRSA Leave Policies ... Grants and Cooperative Agreements.”  Science.  12 July 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  PA’s, RFA’s, and All That ... Cord Blood for Minorities.”  Science.  26 July 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  PAs, RFAs, and Other Letter Combinations.”  Science.  13 February 2004.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Ph.D.s, M.D.s, and Clinical Research ... Pissed, or Pithed?”  Science.  27 September 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  P.O.s Behaving Badly.”  Science.  13 May 2005.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Preventive Health; A New Foundation for Neurodegenerative Disease Research.”  Science.  11 January 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Short Psychology Grants for Single Parents, and...The Grant Doctor’s Birthday!.”  Science.  11 August 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Research Grants From the Department of Defense.”  Science.  8 November 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Research Resources ... Time, Not Money.”  Science.  24 May 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Rosters, Redux ... Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.”  Science.  13 April 2003.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  A Roundup of the Best Grant and Funding Sites Online in ’99.”  Science.  24 December 1999.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Rutgers University: Graduate Grants and Grant-Writing Workshops.”  Science.  28 July 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Sabbatical Support.”  Science.  25 April 2003.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Scholarships for Medical School and Searching for Non-U.S. Citizen Fellowships.”  Science.  27 October 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Scientific Recycling.”  Science.  27 June 2003.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Short-Term Start-Up.”  Science.  10 June 2005.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Small-College Shenanigans.”  Science.  11 March 2005.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Small Educational Instrument Grants.”  Science.  12 October 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Soft Research on Malaria.”  Science.  10 August 2001.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Special Neapolitan Edition.”  Science.  12 March 2004.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Summer Courses and Hot Research Topics in Dentistry.”  Science.  25 February 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Taxonomy of a Training Program.”  Science.  10 September 2004.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  The Postpostdoc: Present at the Birth.”  Science.  22 March 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  The Solid State of Microelectronics Research.”  Science.  23 May 2003.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Training and Retraining.”  Science.  11 July 2003.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Undergraduate Research, or Undergraduate Research?”  Science.  8 August 2003.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Vibrant Visitors.”  Science.  22 February 2002.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  When Do I See the (Grant) Money? And Grants for Sleep Research.”  Science.  9 June 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Where Can I Find Money for Elementary School Science? How Do I Get Instructions and Deadlines for R03 Grants?”  Science.  24 September 1999.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

“The Grant Doctor:  Advice for Grant Seekers:  Where Can I Get Basic Information on Funding in the U.S.? What’s with NIH’s Budget and Funding Opportunities This Year?”  Science.  28 January 2000.  http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/08/27/1.

 

Additional Proposal Writing Advice

Effective Communication Skills for Writing Grant Proposals. 23 January 2002.
Indiana University Office of the Vice President for Research.
http://www.indiana.edu/~gradgrnt/pubs/effective_comm.html.

Hemenway, David.  How to Improve Your Score When Submitting a Grant Proposal. 
University of Vermont Office of Sponsored Programs.  13 February 1997. 
http://www.uvm.edu/%7Eospuvm/?Page=Proposal_Submission/DHememway
ImproveScore.htm.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute.  “Getting Funded.”  In Making the Right Moves:  A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty.  Chevy Chase, MD: 
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2005.  131-150.
http://www.hhmi.org/grants/office/graduate/labmanagement.html

Kraicer, Jacob.  The Art of Grantsmanship.  University of Toronto.  5 May 1997.
 http://www.hfsp.org/how/ArtOfGrants.htm.

Levine, Joseph. 26 March 2005.  Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal.  Michigan State University.  http://www.learnerassociates.net/proposal/.

Some Reasons Proposals Fail.  Indiana University.  2005. 
 http://www.montana.edu/wwwvr/reasons.html.

Thackrey, Don. Proposal Writer’s Guide. University of Michigan. 26 May 2005
 http://www.research.umich.edu/proposals/PWG/pwgcontents.html.