Writing Resources

writing assistance

• The Art of Writing Proposals: Some Candid Suggestions for Applicants to Social Science Research Council Competitions
  By Adam Przeworski and Frank Salomon
• Conceptualizing, Writing, and Revising a Social Science Research Proposal
  Dissertation Proposal Workshop from the Institute of International Studies, UC-Berkeley
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Purdue University Grant-Writing Tutorial(free software)
  This interactive software tool walks the user through the grant-writing process and helps them learn to write more competitive grants.
• How to Write a Winning Grant Proposal
  Summary of Presentations at the American Astronomical Society Business Meeting Supplementary Session, Chicago, IL, June 1999
• Proposal Writing Short Course – the Foundation Center Learning Lab
  Raising funds is an investment in the future. Your aim should be to build a network of foundation and corporate funders, many of which give small gifts on a fairly steady basis and a few of which give large, periodic grants. By doggedly pursuing the various steps of the process, each year you can retain most of your regular supporters and strike a balance with the comings and goings of larger donors. El curso en Español.
• How Not to Plagiarize
• Indispensable Writing Resources
  
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
  
• writing tips – Office of Sponsored Programs, James Madison University

other tips

• The Foundation Center’s Virtual Classroom – grant-writing tutorials
• Grant Search & Information – Sponsored by The Paladin Group
• Selecting Statistics – William M.K. Trochim
• Finding Funders
  
• Common Questions About Applying for an NEH Grant
  
• The Merck Manual
  
• resources to help write a proposal and useful internet sites for grantseekers – from the Carnegie Corporation