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Glossaries

• Grants Glossary
• EPA Grant Writing Glossary
• GrantHelp Glossary

Basic Elements of Grant Writing

• Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Basic Elements of Grant Writing
  An excellent resource on how to write a grant, from finding granting agencies to writing an excellent proposal.
  
  
• Grantseeking Basics by the Minnesota's Council on Foundation
  All-tested grantseeking strategies.
  
  
• Elements of a Grant Proposal
  The Paladin Group in California provides a basic overview of the grant proposal.

Tutorials and Tips

• Mock Grant Writing Activity from the Environmental Protection Agency
  An excellent site that provides opportunities to write grant proposals.
  
  
• Grant-Writing Tutorial from the Environmental Protection Agency
  This interactive software tool walks the user through the grant-writing process and helps them learn to write more competitive grants.
  
  
• AfterSchool.gov: Grant Writing Tips
  Even though the sites are specific to the agencies that sponsor them, they can offer you general information which can be applied to writing any grant.
  
  
• Non-Profit Guides: 10-Point Grant Writing Guide
  These guides are designed to assist established, experienced private and public non-profit organizations and entities.
  
  
• GrantHelp
  GrantHelp provides a free "Grant Writing School" that is worth attending for the newbie grant writer. The seven lessons range from types of proposals and sources of grant money to resource investigation, grant writing and what to do after the application has been submitted.
  
  
• Writing a Successful Grant Proposal
  Created by the Minnesota Council of Foundations, this sites provides a thorough discussion of all steps in the grant seeking process.
  
  
• SchoolGrants.org Grant Writing Tips
  Grant writing tips specifically for the K-12 community.
  
  
• Michigan's Region 8's Grants and Development Office Manuals & Help
  Grant writing tips specifically for the K-12 community by one school district in Michigan.
  
  
• SHOW ME THE MONEY: Tips and Ideas for Writing Grants
  Site by the Joint National Committee for Languages (JNCL) and the National Council for Languages and International Studies (NCLIS).
  
  
• Grant Writing Tips and Links
  Sponsored by an individual with an interest in grant writing, this sites provides tips on grant writing as well as links to other comparable sites.
  
  
• Grant Writing for Federal Funding by Academic Innovations. This site provides links for K-12 educators seeking federal funding. Follow the links from the main page to get to tips, examples and funding sources.
  
  
• Seattle Community College Grant Writing Tips
  Basic grant writing tips page.
  
  
• Scholastic's Grant Writing Seminar
  Follow all the links through this step-by-step tutorial.
  
  
• Mock Grant Writing Activity for K-12 Teachers
  Part of a class at Northern Arizona University.
  
  
• Grant Writing Tips and Tools for PE Teachers
  Pedometer grants for PE teachers.

   

   

MegaSites

• The Foundation Center Virtual Classroom: Grant Writing
  Links to numerous tutorials on grant writing.
  
  
• The Foundation Center: For Grantmakers
  Everything a grant writer needs to know is somewhere within this comprehensive site.
  
  
• About.com Help with Grant Proposals
  An excellent compilation of articles and web links related to grants and grant writing
  
  
• FundsNet Services Fundraising and Grant Writing Resources
  Fundsnet Online Services, founded in 1996, provides information on grant writing to nonprofit organizations.

Grant Proposal Samples

• Sample Proposals from SchoolGrants.org
  
  
• Sample Grant Proposals from SchoolGrants.org
  
• Committee for the Improvement of Undergraduate Education, Writing Across the Curriculum $1000 grants for educators to research writing in their fields of expertise:
  • Proposal One
  • Proposal Two
    
• Plugged In Community Technology Center's Sample Grant Proposal
  A simple, clear proposal. A good model for K-12 educators.
  
  
• Kurweil Education Systems
  Samples of many components of the grant proposal.
  
  
• The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Sample Proposal
  Proposal for a $500 grant.
  
  
• Sample Grant Proposal
  This grant proposal was made to the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1981. It is on several pages, so follow the links.
  
  
• Sample Grant Proposal from an NPR Affiliate.
  This is a PDF document that requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  
  
• Three Sample Grant Proposals from Non-Profit Guides