Advice from Other Resources

General Guides

• Susan Stanford Friedman (English, U of Wisconsin-Madison), “Writing Effective Grant Proposals in the Humanities and Social Sciences.”
• Catalog of Domestic Federal Assistance Developing and Writing Grant Proposals
• University of Michigan: Proposal Writer’s Guide.
• Apply for Your First Grant, by Russ Olwell, Inside Higher Education.
• Manage Your Career: How Your Grant Proposal Compares, David A. Stone, The Chronicle of Higher Education

Agency Specific Guides and Guidelines

• NSF Programs and Guidelines
• NEH Programs and Guidelines
• NIH Guidelines
• ACLS Programs and Guidelines
• Fulbright Guidelines
• Other articles from specific programs
  • ACLS: Writing Proposals for ACLS Fellowship Competitions, Christina Gillis (PDF  – will download when clicked)
  • NSF: How to Write a Successful NSF Preliminary Proposal, Joan Strassmann
  • NSF Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE): A Guide for Proposal Writing