Grant-finding Resources
- Georgetown University’s Corporate and Foundation Relations Database
- The Graduate College at University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign’s Fellowship Finder
- Florida State University’s Scholarships by Identity site
- Harvard University’s CARAT Database for Grants and Fellowships
- Duke University’s Research Funding Database
- The Graduate School at the University of California, Los Angeles GRAPES Database
- The University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School’s Funding Database
- The Graduate School at Rutgers University’s GradFund Awards Listing
- Pivot – Funding Database. The Office of Graduate Fellowships & Awards holds occasional Pivot workshops. Check the workshop calendar to see if one is scheduled soon.
- Note: To register for Pivot, do not click on “Use Institutional Login Credentials.” You will instead need to click on “Use Email Address/Create Password” and use your Georgetown email address to register.
Georgetown University Writing Center Resources
- Video Tutorials on Clear and Fluid Writing
- Guides to Writing in Different Fields
- Resources for Grammar and Editing
- Resources for Second-Language Writers
- To Make an Appointment with a Writing Tutor
Grant-Writing Advice from Academic Institutions and Scholarly Organizations
- The Making of a Successful Proposal (University of Illinois)
- On the Art of Writing Proposals – Adam Prezeworski and Frank Saloman (Social Science Research Council)
- The Art of the Fellowship Proposal – John Lippincott (National Endowment for the Humanities)
- Dissertation Proposal Resources (UC Berkeley’s Institute for International Studies):
- Proposal Writing Advice from Rutger’s GradFund, the Resource Center for Graduate Student External Support:
- Scholarly Pursuits: A Guide to Professional Development during the Graduate Years –
Chapter Four: Writing a Winning Fellowship Proposal
Chapter 7: Strategies for Applying for Postdoctoral Fellowships and Other Research Positions
Appendix A: Samples of Winning Fellowship Proposals
(Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts and Science) - Writing Proposals for ACLS Fellowship Competitions (American Council of Learned Societies)
- Grant Proposals (or Give Me the Money!) (UNC’s Writing Center)
- Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal (S.J. Levine, MSU)
- Advice on Writing Proposals to the National Science Foundation (Susan Finger, CMU)
- A Proposal Writer’s Guide (D. Thackrey, UMich)
Grant-Writing Advice from The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Grant-Writing Tips for Graduate Students
- How to Fail in Grant Writing
- Debunking Some Myths About Grant Writing
- Some Frank Advice on Submitting an Individual Research Grant Proposal in the Humanities
Federal Agency & Professional Grant-Writing Advice
- The EPA’s Tips for a Successful Grant Application
- The NEA’s Our Town Proposals: Tips & Tricks for Success
- The NEH’s How to get a Grant from NEH
- The NIH’s Grant-writing Guide
- The NSF’s A Guide for Proposal Writing
- The Foundation Center’s Proposal Writing Short Course
- Ten Ways to Write a Better Grant: Sure You Need a Good Idea, But it’s More than That – Alison Snyder (The Scientist)
- Turning your Research Idea into a Proposal Worth Funding – Salman Kaanji (Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy)
- An Evidence-Based Guide to Writing Grant Proposals for Clinical Research – Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH, and David A. Fiellin, MD (Annals of Internal Medicine)
Writing-Style Manuals
- The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University:
- Style for Students Online (Joe Schall, PSU)
- Paradigm Online Writing Assistant (Chuck Guilford, Boise State)
- A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
- “They Say / I Say”: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing – Kathy Birkenstein and Gerald Graff
- How to Write A lot: A Practical Guide to Productive Academic Writing – Paul J. Silvia
- Style: The Basics of Clarity and Grace – Joseph M. Williams and Joseph Bizup
- Writing Style: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Writing in the 21st Century – Steven Pinker
Other Resources for Writers
- Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing – More information about accessing LinkedIn Learning through Georgetown can be found here
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World – Cal Newport
- How to Become a Straight-A Student – Cal Newport