"Lending Library"
The resources in this library were extracted from a copyrighted source, available to you in a password protected iSchool site. They are well written, targeted articles providing realistic, specific guidance for proposal preparation. They are all extracted from Research Development and Grantwriting News, published by Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC. Full issues are available on SU Share in the Virtual Faculty Center (sushare.syr.edu).
(April 2015) – Capture the attention of your readers early.
(February 2014) - Make it so your reader understands you!
(August 2014) - Learn what kinds of figures make a proposal harder to read and digest.
(July 2012) - Make your reviewer want to read more!
(August 2012) - It's insidious and creeps in - get rid of it!
(February 2013) - Why you should read the literature cited in proposal solicitations.
(June 2013) – a description of the NSTC’s 5-year Strategic Plan and potential impacts on funding opportunities.
(June 2015) - Thoughts on effective and interesting broader impacts.
(June 2015) - Hints to be sure your proposal is compliant with the new guidelines.
(July 2015) – Writing isn’t clear? Don’t fund.
(June 2015) - A lesson on how to irritate your reviewer.
(July 2015) – What goes into that all-important first page?
(July 2015) – Tips for writing your proposal’s background statement or lit review.
(February 2013) - Shows you how to refine your proposal language to edge out the competition.
(December 2012) – Writing the successful collaborative proposal.
(February 2014) Build a plan for funding success!
(April 2013) - Get fresh eyes to read and critique your proposals.
(June 2013) – Critical touchstones that will transform your ideas into funded projects.
(September 2013) – A checklist for good writing and good content.
(June 2013) – When you understand the review process, you write a better proposal!
(August 2015) – There’s more than meets the eye – understanding the funding solicitation.
(July 2013) – Practice, practice, practice – you get better.
(August 2012) – the role of Ambiguity in proposal narratives.
(August 2015) – What’s important to the funders?
(May 2015) - Or how to market your idea to support funders.
(December 2013) - What are the differences between these education research programs?
(March 2013) - Guidance for writing the most compelling letters of support or commitment.
(November 2012) – Resubmitting your proposal? Revise thoughtfully!
(August 2014) - Some strategies for handling your interdisciplinary project proposal when no single program seems to fit.
- (June 2014) - Why does OSP and Sponsored Accounting always question everything?? Or, how stupid can people be?? This article will give you a glimpse of the work of the Office of the Inspector General, and the processes universities have in place to ensure the ethical and intelligent conduct of research.
(June 2015) - Sad, but true.
(December 2012) - How to determine if you have the time to prepare a competitive proposal.
(June 2012) – the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity funder.
(March 2013) - Writing the narrative is tricky – how to make the most of your proposal real estate.
(March 2015) - Will your reviewer look forward to reading your proposal? Or expect a long, hard slog?
(April 2013) – Give your proposal punch with well placed data!
(May 2013) – Tap your colleagues to better understand a solicitation and create a better proposal.
(July 2012) - Use the face-to-face crowd to help focus the call for proposals!
(November 2013) Be ready for that fleeting moment!
(October 2014) why research investment is critical to our economic prosperity.
(November 2012) – Addressing the impact of your project on your discipline and to the agency’s mission.
(March 2013) - Do it now! Advice for the CAREER writer.
(February 2013) - Program officers want to encourage; proposers are eager to be funded - A caution to listen critically to the careful language of program officers and hear what they cannot say.
(September 2012) – Data is good, but don’t obscure your message.
- The SBE total budget is not large, so it pays to know what the agency’s priorities, goals, and strategies are for the immediate future.
(June 2014) a necessary step to matching your project to a program.
(October 2014) Links to current solicitations and programs.
(July 2015) – Doing your homework to get that proposal funded.
(November 2012) – Sage advice on how to convey more information using formatting and graphics.
(December 2012) – More sage advice on how to convey more information using formatting and graphics.
(June 2012) – Make sure your research ideas are not disguised by these masks.
(July 2012) - More disguises.
(August 2012) - More disguises.
(September 2012) - More disguises.
(April 2015) – Hints for a successful interdisciplinary proposal.