Grant Writing Resources

Issue/Question

You are looking for guidance on how to write a grant, including samples of funded proposals, searchable databases of funded grants, and other helpful resources.

Environment

• Faculty
• Staff
• Students

Cause

You are new to grant writing and are looking for guidance and resources to help you get started.

Resolution

SAMPLE GRANT PROPOSALS

• Sample National Institutes of Health (NIH) Proposals
• Sample National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) Proposals
• Fulbright Scholar Awards Sample Project Statements

AGENCY GRANT AWARD SEARCH ENGINES

• NIH Reporter
• NSF Award Search
• NEH Funded Projects Query
• NEA Grant Search

Seeing lists and abstracts of funded grants can be helpful in deciding whether a funding opportunity is a good fit for your proposal, and can also be helpful in finding collaborators.

OTHER HELPFUL GRANT WRITING RESOURCES

• Guide for writing a funding proposal by S. Joseph Levine
• A Condensed Version of Proposal Writing and Planning by Jeremy and Lynn Miner.

For other resources, such as draft facilities documents, data management plans, University history and background statements, etc., please contact the Sponsored Programs Office.