Grant Writing Resources

Many agencies provide tips and advice on grant writing. Check with the agency that you are applying to for web pages or documents on writing for that agency. Below are links to the NIH and NSF writing tips.

• NIH’s Grant Writing Tips Sheets
• NIH Center for Scientific Review
• NSF’s Guide to Proposal Writing
• NSF’s Grant Reviewer Tells All

• GWSW workbooks – offer practical, step-by-step approach, separate versions for NIH, NSF, USDA-NIFA or Any Other Agency
• Strategies for Planning, Developing, and Writing Large Team Grants - free
• How to Evaluate and Improve Your Grants Effort
• Getting Science Grants: Effective Strategies for Funding Success
• Storytelling for Grantseekers: The Guide to Creative Nonprofit Fundraising
• The Foundation Center’s Guide to Proposal Writing
• Designing Successful Grant Proposals

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Grant-Writing Groups

The FSM Faculty Affairs Office offers a novel grant-writing coaching group approach to support faculty working on NIH Research (R) and Career Development (K) proposals.

The Office of the Provost hosts an on-site weekly writing group for a small group of full-time faculty. Given the difficulty that many faculty have finding time to write during the quarter, this program will provide dedicated time and space for writing. 

The Faculty Summer Writing Retreats provide uninterrupted time and space for writing free from distractions. The weeklong daily retreats offer blocks of time for writing, an opportunity for individual writing consultations with facilitator Elizabeth Lenaghan, take-home meal support and caregiving stipends to eligible faculty.