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Finding Research Funding and Grants: Proposal Writing

Resources for finding funding opportunities to support research, grants-related projects, and nonprofit programs and services.

URSUS

URSUS is the library catalog, and serves as a directory to books (and other items) in the University of Maine library system.

Potential search terms to use in URSUS:

proposal writing in research
proposal writing for grants
proposal writing in education
research grants

Guide to Effective Grant Writing: How to Write a Successful NIH Grant Application by Otto O. Yang
Call Number: ebook
Grant Seeking in Higher Education: Strategies and Tools for College Faculty by Mary Licklider
Call Number: ebook
Writing Science: How to write papers that get cited and proposals that get funded by Joshua Schimel
Call Number: T11 .S35 2012
The Artist's Guide to Grant Writing by Gigi Rosenberg
Call Number: NX705.5.U6 R67 2010
Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals by Stephen J. Silverman; Lawrence F. Locke; Waneen Wyrick Spirduso
Call Number: Q180.55.P7 L63 2014
Proposal Planning and Writing by Jeremy T. Miner; Lynn E. Miner
Call Number: HG177.5.U6 M56 2013

Online Guides to Proposal Writing

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.
Foundation Center's Guide to Budgeting Basics
Free, step-by-step short course on proposal budgeting basics.
NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide

Proposal Samples

GrantSpace's Sample Grants Documents
Sample letters of inquiry, cover letters, budgets, and successful proposals.
The Grant Doctor's Sample Grant Proposals
NEH Successful Proposal Example
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.

Last Updated: Jan 5, 2022 1:50 PM
URL: https://libguides.library.umaine.edu/funding
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