Proposal Development:
General Guides
- Susan Stanford Friedman (English, U of Wisconsin-Madison), “Writing Effective Grant Proposals in the Humanities and Social Sciences.” Good general advice for ACLS, Guggenheim, NEH, etc.
- Geever, Jane C. and Patricia McNeill. The Foundation Center’sGuide to Proposal Writing, Fourth Edition. New York: Foundation Center, 2004.
- Koch,Deborah.How to Say It: Grantwriting. Penguin, USA, 2009.
- University of Michigan: Proposal Writer’s Guide.
- Apply for Your First Grant, by Russ Olwell, Inside Higher Education.
- Manage Your Career: How Your Grant Proposal Compares, David A. Stone, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Agency Specific Guides
- ACLS: Christina Gillis, Writing Proposals for ACLS Fellowship Competitions, (but much of the advice is applicable to other fellowship competitions in the humanities and social sciences).
- NIH: Writing Your Grant Application.
- NSF: Grant Proposal Guide(relevant to all NSF divisions).
- NSF Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE): A Guide for Proposal Writing (specific to the DUE, but some advice applies across NSF Programs).
- SSRC: The Art of Writing Proposals: Some Candid Suggestions for Applicants to Social Science Research Council Competitions.
- American Chemical Society: Patricia Ann Mabrouk, Building a Professional Career: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Awards,Springer-Verlag, 2008.
- NSF: Joan Strassmann, How to Write a Successful NSF Preliminary Proposal.
Grant and Proposal Resource Blogs
- Medical Writing, Editing, and Grantsmanship: An informative blog by Michelle Kienholz, a medical writer/editor formerly of NIH, with helpful pages of links to grantsmanship resources available from NIH, NSF, and others.
- Writedit, Michelle’s 2009 introduction to the funding process at NIH helps explain the review process and its implications for early-career proposal writers.
- NIH: From another former NIH research scientist, now a medical writer and consultant, Meg Bouvier’sblog is a good resource for news and strategy related to NIH funding competitions. Her blog contains helpful advice and updates on NIH competitions and recent changes to review processes and criteria.
- Mira’s List: Writer Mira Bartok (The Memory Palace) maintains this blog with updates and links to information about grants, fellowships, and residencies for writers, composers, and visual artists. She has posted examples of newer approaches to funding, such as Kickstarter, making this an interesting resource for anyone with a creative project or a need for less conventional funding.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING, AND GOAL SETTING:
- 2009 ICO Faculty Development Handbook: Charting a Meaningful Scholarly Career can be found on the Bowdoin College Foundation and Corporate Relations website in the right hand column: This handbook is relevant to faculty in all disciplines and approaches grant writing within the context of scholarly strategic planning and goal setting.
- Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty, Second Edition (published by HHMI and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund): Geared toward life-science faculty in research universities but much of the information is applicable to any pre-tenure faculty person. Chapters 6-9 deal with time management, project and lab management, and seeking external funding.
- Kerry Ann Rockquemore, A SemesterNeeds a Plan. Inside Higher Ed, January 18, 2010. Consultant Kerry Ann Rockquemore, founder of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, wrote a series of columns on scholarly productivity, setting priorities before and after tenure, finding mentors, and counteracting perfectionism for Inside Higher Ed. Kerry Ann’s mostrecent articles deal with overcoming perfectionism.
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