Gateway to Funding Resources

Proposal Writing Assistance

This section provides free, online information that is available to help you strengthen your proposal.

NC Biotechnology Center
Offers free grant training workshops for its constituencies. Please be aware that the Center does not write proposals but rather seeks to help you improve your proposal through its grant writing tips. For more information, please contact Deborah De.

Grants.gov
Provides several tools and documents to assist you in preparing a proposal for submission.

NIH
The "Grants Process At-A-Glance" chart provides a sample of the timeline necessary for a competing application to proceed with each section and offers detailed information. Take a look at the NIH Peer Review Process to see a video of a mock study section meeting to provide an inside look at how NIH grant applications are reviewed for scientific and technical merit.

Foundation Center
The Center provides training programs designed for grant-seekers who are looking to further develop their understanding of the grant research and process.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Provides insight into developing and writing a grant proposal.

Grant Proposal
Designed for nonprofit organizations and provides resources for grant writing consultants and nonprofit staff.

EPA Grantwriting Tutorial
Interactive software tool that walks the user through the grant-writing process and helps them learn to write more competitive proposals.

In addition to these resources, there are numerous grant training services available to grant seekers including comprehensive workshops. If you are with an organization that provides grant writing services with a focus on life sciences, please add your organization to our company directory you will need to include a brief description of the services available.

 

For more information about the "Gateway to Funding Resources", contact Amber Walker.