There are numerous excellent resources available on the Web providing guidance on successful grant writing skills for researchers. Some of these are provided by the funding agencies themselves and others by universities. The review process itself also provides valuable insight into successful grant writing. Links for a sample of the material available are listed below. This list is not exhaustive but merely an indication of the type of material available.

FUNDING AGENCIES WEBSITES

UNIVERSITY BASED WEBSITES

WEBSITES PROVIDING INSIGHT ON THE REVIEW PROCESS

FUNDING AGENCIES WEBSITES:

NIH – OER

National Institutes of Health, Office of Extramural Research, "Grant Writing Tips Sheets." http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_tips.htm

NIH – NCI

National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute (NCI), "A Short Guide to the Preparation of NIH Grant Applications." http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/EXTRA/EXTDOCS/gntapp.htm

NIH – NINDS

National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), "How to Write a Research Project Grant Application". http://ninds.nih.gov/funding/write_grant_doc.htm and "Common Mistakes in NIH Applications." http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/grantwriting_mistakes.htm and "Writing a Grant Application: A ‘Technical’ Checklist " http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/grantsmanship_checklist.htm

NSF

National Science Foundation, "Grant Proposal Guide." http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/nsf04_23/ and Division of Undergraduate Education. "A Guide for Proposal Writing." http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04016/start.htm

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UNIVERSITY BASED WEBSITES:

University of Iowa, Office of Sponsored Programs. Writing guides

List of links to funding agencies and grant writing resources. http://research.uiowa.edu/dsp/main/index.php?get=gwtguides

University of Kentucky.

Includes on-line workshop on Grant Writing http://www.uky.edu/Projects/GrantWriting/

University of Southern California,

Research Proposal and Grantwriting Guides – Links to funding agencies and grant writing resources. http://www.usc.edu/research/for_researchers/guides/

University of Toronto.

Kraicer, Jacob. "The Art of Grantsmanship" http://www.hfsp.org/how/ArtOfGrants.htm

University of Washington.

"Grant Writer's Reference" List of links. http://www.washington.edu/research/guide/grantwriting.html including: Rasey, Janet S., "Fundamentals of Grantsmanship." http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/gw/fundamentals.html; Rasey, Janet S., "Proposal Writing Guide". http://www.washington.edu/research/osp/writing.html ; Rasey, Janet S., "After You've Written: the NIH Application Review Process" http://healthlinks.washington.edu/rfs/gw/review.html

University of Washington:

Research Funding Service. A comprehensive list of links to both free and commercial information about funding sources, workshops, grant writing, applications, toolkits, etc. http://healthlinks.washington.edu/toolkits/

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WEBSITES PROVIDING INSIGHT ON THE REVIEW PROCESS:

Clinical Research Studies:

Advise from CSR (Center for Scientific Review) http://cms.csr.nih.gov/ResourcesforApplicants/AdvicetoInvestigatorsSubmittingClinicalResearchApplications.htm

Video Mock Review Panel

R01, K, R03 awards (39mins) http://cms.csr.nih.gov/ResourcesforApplicants/InsidetheNIHGrantReviewProcessVideo.htm

R01 Application and Summary Statement Annotated by NIAID:

Includes inserted comments from reviewers on the strengths and weaknesses of an actual funded proposal and its Summary Statement. http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/app/default.htm

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