Grant Writing Basics

Some agencies have produced their own guides for writing a proposal. If you know the agency to which you plan to submit a proposal, we highly recommend you consult their guide. Here are some popular proposal guides:

The Foundation Center - Short Proposal Writing Course
NSF - Guide for Proposal Writing    NSF Award Search
National Endowment for the Humanities – Advice on Preparing Your Grant
NIH - Grant Writing Tips Sheet        NIH Award Search (CRISP)

If you are unsure of your eventual sponsor Getting Started at CSUSB will help you get started until you meet with us. It contains some basic things to think about as you consider developing a grant proposal, suggestions about people you ought to speak with, and a brief outline of the elements of a basic grant proposal.

BASIC TOOLS (Institutional Information)

• Institutional Non-Profit Certification Document – 501(c)(3)
• HSI Eligibility Letter
• Federal Indirect Cost Rate Negotiation Documents - DHHS Region IX
• Foundation Annual Audit Reports – (Large PDF Files)
• Important Foundation/University Numbers – DUNS/CAGE/NSF
• Maximum Allowable Additional Employment Calendar 2009/2010

BASIC TOOLS (Statistical and Demographic Information)

• CSUSB Institutional Research Office – The basic source for student data
• Congressional District Maps - US House of Representatives District Finder
• State Legislative District Finder – State Assembly District Finder
• Statistical/Demographic Data Tools: (for key information)

California Department of Education - Data & Statistics

California Department of Education - DataQuest

California Department of Finance Research

California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC)

Easy Analytic Software, Inc.(EASI) - Demographics

Education Data Partnership (Ed-Data)

FEDSTATS

Infonation - by Country

International Archive of Education Data (IAED)

The University of Michigan's Document Center (M Library)

The White House - Federal Statistics

U.S. Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service

U.S. Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

 

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