Writing Resources
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Proposal Planning & Writing Resources
Planning & Concept Papers
Proposal Writing
Training & Courses
- Common Grant Writing Pitfalls (WiSys; register to view webinar recording)
- Proposal Writing Short Course (Foundation Center)
- Power of Grants for an Academic Career (WiSys; recording)
- Goals, Objectives, & Outcomes (WiSys; slides)
- Grant Writing Pitfalls & How to Avoid Them (WiSys; slides)
Books & Chapters
- Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal (Dr. S. Joseph Levine, PhD, Michigan State University)
- Developing and Writing Grant Proposals (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)
- How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal (Congressional Research Service)
- The Writing Process (Elizabeth Browning, Virginia Western Community College)
- The Process of Research Writing (Steven D. Krause, Eastern Michigan University)
- Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (Anne Lamott, Pantheon Books)
- The Grant Writer's Handbook: How to Write a Research Proposal and Succeed (Gerard M. Crawley, Imperial College Press)
Logic Models
- Logic Models Guide and Templates (UW Extension)
- Logic Model Development Guide (W.K. Kellogg Foundation)
Data Management Plans
- Data management plan templates for various sponsors (DMPTool)
- Writing a Data Management & Sharing Plan (NIH; includes sample plans)
- NSF Data Management Plan Template (UWL)
- Data Management Plans (USGS)