Writing Tools
The Office of Sponsored Research has collected a variety of tools and guides to assist you in your proposal writing and develop your grantsmanship.
Sample Grants
- Wellesley College Successful Proposal Library: Contact Penny Miceli (pmiceli@wellesley.edu) to inquire about accessing sample proposals from Wellesley College faculty. Please note: internal inquiries only.
- NIH Sample Applications
- NEH Fellowship Sample Narratives
- Open Grants An open access database of grant proposals.
Approaching Program Officers
Can We Talk? Contacting Grant Program Officers by Robert Porter. Research Management Review, Volume 17, Issue 1 Fall/Winter, pp 10-17.
Becoming a Grant Reviewer
- NASA: Volunteer for Review Panels
- NSF: Why you should volunteer to serve as an NSF reviewer
- NIH: Early Career Reviewer Program and Becoming a Peer Reviewer
- NEH Register to become a grant reviewer for the National Endowment for the Humanities
- US Dept. of Education: Notice Soliciting Peer Reviewers
Writing Guides by Sponsor/Sponsor Type
American Council of Learned Societies
Foundation Center
Foundation, Corporate & Government Relations
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- General NIH Resources
- NIH Resources for New Investigators
- NIH New and Early Stage Investigator Policies
- NIH Office of Extramural Research
- NIH Grant Writing Tips
- NIH All About Grants: Tutorials and Samples
- NIH Peer Review Policies and Practices
- Insider’s Guide to Peer Review for Applicants
- The NIH R01 Toolkit
- More information about the new biosketch format. Please review the notice for more information.
- Writing Strong "Specific Aims"
National Science Foundation
- NSF Grant Proposal Guide
- Fastlane Help
- NSF Guide for Proposal Writing
- FAQs on Proposal Preparation and Award Administration
- Merit Review
- "Grant Preparation Advice, NSF-Style"
- "Funding Opportunities at NSF: Strategies for Success"
- Data Management Plan
- Sample/Template NSF RUI Impact Statement
- Proposal Preparation Checklist
- REU Supplements
- Sample of Post-Doctoral Mentoring Program
Social Science Research Council
Other great resources
*Courtesy of Michigan State