
Proposal Development Resources
Evaluation Resources
- American Evaluation Association (click on "NC" to find independent evaluators in the state of North Carolina)
Proposal Writing Tips from Federal Agencies
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- EPA Grant-Writing Tutorial (hosted by Purdue, its developer)
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Grant Writing Tips Sheets
- Grant Application and Review (from the "Minority Programs" section of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences [NIGMS])
- "All About Grants" Tutorials (from the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases [NIAID])
- Quick Guide to the Preparation of Applications (to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine [NCCAM])
- Tips for New NIH Grant Applicants (from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences [NIGMS])
General Proposal Writing Tips
- Hints for Writing Successful NIH Grants (from Dr. Ellen Barrett at the University of Miami School of Medicine)
- The Art of Writing Proposals (from the Social Science Research Council)
- Finding Funding and Proposal Writing for Faculty and Graduate Studies in Social Sciences (from the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
- Proposal Writing Short Course (from The Foundation Center)
- Developing and Writing Grant Proposals (from the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance)
- Grant Proposal Writing Tips (from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting)
- Lucent Technologies' Online Grantwriting Seminar
- The Art of Grantsmanship (from Dr. Jacob Kraicer)
- Guidelines for Writing a Proposal (from LearnerAssociates.net, with examples)
- Grant Resources (from Deborah Kluge, freelance proposal writer and developer with 30 years of experience)
For more specific assistance with proposal and budget development, contact Vernon Shanks at (336) 750-3019 or shanksvl@wssu.edu or Leanna Nicks at (336) 750-2606 or nickslc@wssu.edu.




