Application Guides

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Federal Sponsors
Foundations
Information on Developing a Proposal

Many resources exist that provide information on how to apply for funding through government agencies and private foundations.  Below are links to some of the more widely used sponsors.

Federal Sponsors

Apply for Grant Opportunities on Grants.gov

Department of Education

• Apply for a Grant

National Institutes of Health

• Grants Process Overview  
• Grant Application Basics  
• Forms and Applications 
• Planning Your Application   
• Writing Your Application  
• Standard Due Dates  
• Grant Writing Tip Sheets  
• Tips for New NIH Grant Applications  
• Ten Steps to a Winning R01 Application
• Common Mistakes in NIH Applications  
• Sample Applications and Summary Statements
• SF424 (R&R) Application and Electronic Submission Information
• eRA Commons  

National Science Foundation

• NSF Data Sharing Policy  
• Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
• Grants.gov Application Guide
• Fastlane
• Research.gov

NASA

• Grant Solicitations 
• How-To Guide 
• NSPIRES 
• NSPIRES Guides & Hints 

Department of Energy

• Grants Policy and Guidance

Environmental Protection Agency

• Understanding, Managing, and Applying for EPA Grants 

National Endowment for the Arts

• Grants

U.S. Department of Education

• Apply for a Grant

U.S. Department of Agriculture 

• Grants

SBIR/STTR  

• Information for Applicants 

Foundations 

• Foundation Center
• Proposal Writing Short Course
• Learn About Proposal Writing
• University of Arizona Foundation GIFT Center

Information on Developing a Proposal

• The University of Arizona Libraries have a variety of Faculty Research Support services and tools.
• Art of Writing Proposals (Social Science Research Council)
  
• Developing and Writing Grant Proposals (The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)
• Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal (Examples from Michigan State University)
  
• How to Fail in Grant Writing  (By Elizabeth Jakob, Adam Porter, Jeffrey Podos, Barry Braun, Norman Johnson, and Stephen Vessey from the Chronicle of Higher Education, 12/5/10)
  
• Human Frontier Science Program: The Art of Grantsmanship (Dr. Jacob Kraicer)
• Proposal Tips, from Before You Write to Writing the Proposal (Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station) 
  
• Proposal Writer's Guide (University of Michigan)
• Some Frank Advice on Submitting an Individual Research Grant Proposal in the Humanities (University of Kansas)