Subject Guides: Finding Research Funding and Grants: Proposal Writing

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UMaine's Guide to Planning, Writing, and Submitting your Proposal
Includes worksheets, guides, checklists, and online videos.
NIH Proposal Writing Tips
Advice for NIH grant applicants, including what to know before you start writing the research proposal.
Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing
Free, step-by-step short course on proposal writing basics. Will need to create a free account in Grant Space to access the free course.
NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide

Alex Wang's National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship site
Includes tips for applying as well as examples of successful essays. You, too, can submit your own essays.
GrantSpace's Sample Grants Documents
Sample letters of inquiry, cover letters, budgets, and successful proposals.
NEH Successful Proposal Example
NIH Sample Documents
Samples of funded applications, summary statements, sharing plans, leadership plans, and more.