Proposal Preparation Made Easier

Whether you’re a novice or an experienced proposal-writer, you’ll find useful information at websites like these:

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The Office of Contracts and Grants Administration (OCGA) has loads of useful information:

• http://ocga.ucsd.edu/

Good advice for all proposal writers:

• Grant Writing Articles, Guides and Manuals
  http://research.utk.edu/pd/toolkit-resources.shtml 

  Guides to Writing Successful Proposals
  http://vpr.tamu.edu/funding/devresources/writingguides

  University of Michigan Proposal Writer’s Guide
  http://orsp.umich.edu/proposals/PWG/pwgcontents.html

• Crafting a Sales Pitch for Your Grant Proposal, by Robert Porter, 2011 (view pdf)  
  

• What to Say–and Not Say–to Program Officers, by Michael Spires, 2012 (view pdf)  
  

For Early-Career Investigators:

• Research Funding Opportunities for New and Young Faculty
  http://www.spo.berkeley.edu/Fund/newfaculty.html

  New Investigator Guide to NIH Funding
  http://www.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/pages/newpiguide.aspx

  NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Tips
  http://www.clarku.edu/offices/research/pdfs/NSFProposalWritingTips.pdf

For NIH applicants:

• All About Grants Tutorials, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
• http://www.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/pages/aag.aspx


• Tips for New NIH Grant Applicants, from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
• http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Research/Application/Tips.htm

For NSF applicants:

• Guidance on and Examples of NSF Data Management Plans
• http://rci.ucsd.edu/dmp/index.html 

• Data Management Plan Tool from the UC Curation Center of the California Digital Library
• https://dmp.cdlib.org/

• Insight on NSF's Broader Impact Criterion
• www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/broaderimpacts.pdf
  

• Leverage What You Already Do to Address Broader Impacts
• Download Leverage Guidance (pdf)

• Guidance for UCSD Principal Investigators on NSF’s requirement: Mentorship of postdoctoral scholars:
• Download Mentorship Guidance (pdf)

Other Proposal Components:

• Guidance on Addressing Training in the Ethical and Responsible Conduct of Research
• Download Ethical Guidance (pdf)

• UCSD Research Cyberinfrastructure to address and budget for Data Management
• http://rci.ucsd.edu/

• UC California Digital Library Data Management Guidelines
• http://www.cdlib.org/services/uc3/datamanagement/

• NIH Sample Data Sharing Plan, from NIAID
• http://funding.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/tool/pages/datasharingex.aspx

 

We’ll be adding more examples and resources to help PIs address common proposal requirements, such as plans to promote diversity, disseminate results, and address research compliance. Tell us which proposal components you’d like help addressing.