Proposal Preparation

Proposal Preparation

Tips For Proposal Preparation

General Format from the RASP Handbook

If you're writing to:

• EPA (tutorial)
• NIH (multiple resources)
  • The Whitaker Foundation's advice is excellent.
• NSF (helpful hints from Division of Undergraduate Education)

If you want more generic resources, try these links:

• FindHow: The How-To Search Engine – Grant writing proposal resources
• Basic Elements of Grantwriting: all-purpose advice from the CPB
• Grant Writing Tutorial from University of Idaho is very straightforward
• National Council of University Research Administrators offers a list of proposal development guides
• Proposal Writing Short Course from the Foundation Center
• The Grantseeking Process very basic, from the Foundation Center

Handy Links For Writers

• The Elements of Style , classic Strunk & White
• On-line Roget's Thesaurus
• A Plain English Handbook from the SEC
• Citing Electronic Sources
• Desktop Reference Tools from the University of Washington
• Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
• Writing in the Workplace from Micron Technology, Inc.