RFP and Grant Writing Resources

Contents:

Templates and Guides to Writing RFPs and Grants
Grant Information on the Web
Examples of RFPs and Grant Proposals
HTML Basics
Web Writing and Design

Templates and Guides to Writing RFPs and Grants

• Art of Writing Proposals Suggestions for applicants to Social Science Research Council (SSRC) competitions
• Developing and Writing Grant Proposals from The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
• Grant Writers' Resources
• Grant Writing Tools for Non Profit Organizations
        Includes samples.
• Hints on Preparing Research Proposals
• How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal, from the Congressional Research Service.
• National Science Foundation. Find Funding
        Includes: funding opportunities, a step-by-step Grant Proposal Guide
• Preparing a Grant Proposal: Five Steps in the Proposal Writing Process. Good tips from the Appalachian Regional Commission.
• Proposal Writing: Internet Resources Good site to many links on writing grant proposals.
• Proposal Writing Resources from the UCSB Office of Research.
• Proposal Writing Short Course and Proposal Budgeting Basics from the Foundation Center.
• Quick Guide for Grant Applications from the National Institutes of Health
• Tips on Writing a Grant Proposal from the EPA.

Grant Information on the Web

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
  "The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Programs (CFDA) is a government-wide compendium of all 1,479 Federal programs, projects, services, and activities that provide assistance or benefits to the American public. These programs provide grants, loans, loan guarantees, services, information, scholarships, training, insurance, etc., to millions of Americans every day."
• Community of Science (COS) Funding Opportunities
  "COS Funding Opportunities is updated daily and contains more than 23,000 records, representing over 400,000 funding opportunities, worth over $33 billion."
• FedBizOpps Federal Business Opportunities
  Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000
• Federal Register
• The Foundation Center "Your gateway to philanthropy on the World Wide Web."
• Grant Information a UCSB Library guide to information.
• Grants and Fellowship Information from the EPA.
• Grants.gov Find grants from all federal grant-making agencies.
• GrantsNet "your resource to find funds for training in the sciences and undergraduate science education."
• Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS)
  A funding and research service which provides information on federal and private funding opportunities in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Search the database by criteria such as sponsor, deadline date, and keyword.
• Institute of Museum and Library Services: information for Grant Applicants
• Kirsch Foundation Grant Programs: Environmental grants, Political Reform and Global Theme grants, and Silicon Valley Community grants.
• ResearchResearchLite A database of federally-funded programs.
• SRA International Grants Web from the Society of Research Administrators.
• UCSB Office of Research: Research Development with links to Funding Agencies
• USA.gov for Nonprofits"A network of links to Federal government information and services"
• Yahoo's Grant-Making Foundations

Examples of RFPs and Grant Proposals

Examples of grant proposals:

• Research Funding, a sample research plan and summary statement.
• Sample Grant Proposal, computer education program.
• Sample Grant Proposal, educational.
• Sample Grant Proposal, public safety.
• Sample Proposals from the SchoolGrants site, focused on K-12 education.
• Sample Proposals from Sinclair Community College, primarily for education grants.
• Sample RFPs and Funding Proposals

RFP examples from U.S. governmental agencies:

• Department of Defense Research Opportunities
  • Director of Research
  • Defense Grant and Agreement Regulatory System (DGARS)
    "information on DoD policies for awarding and administering grants, cooperative agreements, and certain other assistance and nonprocurement agreements"
  • Other Research and Educational Opportunities in Science and Engineering
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
    "the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense." Provides links to individual offices, each of which link to their own Proposer's Information Pamphlet (PIP).
• Department of Education. Grant Application Packages
• Federal Register
  Select the Notices, type in a keyword, and find current grant information and RFPs.
• NASA. Research Opportunities
  Links to research announcements by offices of NASA, also to a review copy of their Guidebook for Proposers Responding to a NASA Research Announcement (NRA):     pdf file
• National Center for Environmental Research. Funding Opportunities - Environmental Research Grant Announcements
• National Endowment for the Arts. Grants
• National Institutes of Health. NIH Request for Proposals (RFP) Directory
• United States Geological Survey. National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. Proposals for Grants

Examples from California governmental agencies:

• CALFED Bay-Delta Program. Grant Information
• California Energy Commission. Requests for Proposals/Qualifications, Funding Programs, Program Opportunity Notices, Solicitations, and Commission Contracts Being Let

HTML Basics

• Basic HTML tutorial
• Advanced HTML: Other Tags
• A Beginners Guide to HTML
• HTML Beginner's Guide
• The Bare Bones Guide to HTML
  Includes a comprehensive list of HTML tags.

Web Writing and Design

• BUILDER.COM
  "Solutions for Site Builders"
• Web Pages That Suck
  "Where you learn good Web design by looking at bad Web design."
• Writing for the Web
• Yahoo Web Page Design and Layout
• Web style guide
  A practical guide to creating Web sites that work.

Authors: Janet Martorana and Sherry DeDecker. Last modified: January 29, 2007