Resources on Grantspersonship

Resources on Grantspersonship February 2005 Compiled by Karen Muskavitch ([email protected]), Boston College

People at Boston College: John Carfora and the staff of the Office for Sponsored Programs Your research advisor and your mentors Your departmental graduate director

Boston College Web sites: Boston College Research Policies http://www.bc.edu/research/osp/policies/ List of graduate fellowship opportunities with links http://www.bc.edu/research/osp/funding/external/gradfellowship/ List of possible sources for dissertation research funding with links http://www.bc.edu/research/osp/funding/external/dissuport/ SPIN - searchable database of funding opportunities access via link on OSP home page: http://www.bc.edu/research/osp/ Facts, figures and information on BC for your application http://www.bc.edu/research/osp/faq/ Forms needed for all applications sent from BC, plus some specialized ones for things such as use of living subjects in research http://www.bc.edu/research/osp/forms/internal/ Library resources available at BC, you may need information related to this as supporting information in an application http://www.bc.edu/research/resources/libraries/ Academic Technology Services’ links to assist in downloading and/or formatting grant and research proposal forms http://www.bc.edu/offices/ats/rits/research/resources/grantlinks/ and documentation researchers may find useful http://www.bc.edu/offices/ats/rits/research/resources/researchdocumentation/ The OWL – Online Writing Lab, free peer tutoring on writing (not an editing service) http://www.bc.edu/libraries/centers/connors/online/

On the Wider Web: Links to many foundations and federal agencies where you will find information and forms specific to the agency or foundation http://www.bc.edu/research/osp/relatedsites/ National Science Foundation: NSF Grant Proposal Guide http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/gpg/nsf04_23/ How to Prepare Your Proposal http://www.nsf.gov/funding/preparing/ A Guide for Proposal Writing (includes general information on proposal preparation) http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2004/nsf04016/start.htm

National Institutions of Health: AAll about Grants@ Tutorials including “Grant Application Basics,” AHow to Plan a Grant Application@ and AHow to Write a Grant Application@ - aimed at those writing for the NIH, but many concepts are applicable to all grant applications. Also be sure to check out the link to the Annotated R01 Grant Application. (Some sample pages from these sites are among your workshop handouts.) http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/ National Endowment for the Humanities Information on applying for a grant http://www.neh.gov/grants/index.html Univ. Pittsburgh Survival Skills and Ethics Program Grantspersonship handout (pdf) (A copy is included among your workshop handouts.) http://www.survival.pitt.edu/library/documents/grantspersonshipmanual.pdf AThe Art of Writing Proposals@ from the Social Science Research Council (A copy is included among your workshop handouts) http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/art_of_writing_proposals.page Proposal Writing Short Course by the Foundation Center http://www.fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html A Proposal Writer’s Guide” by Don Thackrey of the University of Michigan http://www.research.umich.edu/proposals/PWG/pwgcontents.html “Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal” by S. Joseph Levine, Michigan State University http://www.learnerassociates.net/proposal/ The Grantsmanship Center – Intended for non-profit groups, this site has generally useful information on grantseeking/writing plus funding opportunity databases, including community foundations (also offers grantsmanship training for a fee) http://www.tgci.com/

Books available on the Boston College campus: Bauer, David G. The "How to" Grants Manual: Successful Grantseeking Techniques for Obtaining Public and Private Grants, 3rd Edition. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1995. Bowman, J.P. and Branchaw, B.P. How to Write Proposals That Produce. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1992. Henson, K.T. Grant Writing in Higher Education: A Step by Step Guide, Boston, Allys and Bacon, 2004. Locke, L. F., Spirduso, W. W., and Silverman, S. J. Proposals That Work: A Guide for Planning Dissertations and Grant Proposals. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2000. Kenner, Carole and Marlene Walden. Grant Writing Tips for Nurses and Other Health Professionals, Washington, D.C: American Nurses Association, 2001. Nugent, Carole and Tom Ezell. The Grantwriter's Start-Up Kit: A Beginner's Guide to Grant Proposals, a video and workbook, produced by Successful Images, Inc., San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2000. Ogden, Thomas E, and Israel A. Goldberg. Research Proposals: A Guide to Success, San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2002. Pequegnat, Willo and Ellen Stover, editors. How to Write a Successful Research Grant Application: A Guide for Social and Behavioral Scientists, New York, NY: Plenum Press, 1995. Reif-Lehrer, L. The Grant Application Writer=s Handbook, Boston, MA: Jones and Barlett Publishers, 1995. Ries, Joanne B. and Carl G. Leukefeld. The Research Funding Guidebook: Getting It, Managing It, and Renewing It, Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998.