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• Developing Competitive Proposals – Grants Resource Center
•  – Foundation Center
•  – S. Joseph Levine
• Developing and Writing Grant Proposals – Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
•  – Social Science Research Council
• A Practical Guide for Writing Proposals – Alice Reid
• A Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing – Jeremy T. Miner and Lynn E. Miner
• Approaching the Foundation – W. K. Kellogg Foundation
• Applying for a Foundation Grant: Basic Advice for Grantseekers –  W. K. Kellogg Foundation
• How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal – Congressional Research Service
• Grantwriting Checklist for Research Proposals – modified from the NIH checklist
•  – Dr. Jacob Kraicer

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National Science Foundation

• 12 Steps to a Winning Research Proposal
•  (for examples of successful projects)

National Institutes of Health

• Preparing Area Proposals () ()
• NCI Quick Guide for Grant Applications

Environmental Protection Agency

Department of Education

•  by Eulalia Cobb, former FIPSE Program Officer
• Grantmaking and ED

Department of Health & Human Services

• Developing Competitive SAMHSA Grant Applications
•  (for examples of successful projects)
• HRSA: Tips for Writing & Submitting Good Grant Proposals

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• A Grantwriting Project Planner Spreadsheet– David Bauer’s Excel spreadsheet for proposal planning and project development
•  – National Science Foundation
•  – National Institute of Health
•  – The Foundation Center

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• Logic Model Development Guide– W. K. Kellogg Foundation
•  –  Innovation Network Point K Learning Center: Register for free, log in, and go to “Tools” at the bottom of the menu on the left of the screen to find the link to the Logic Model Builder, an interactive tool that guides the user through the process of developing “program goals, activities and resources, and how those elements work together to produce your program’s intended outcomes”. Register and log in to view this tool.

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• User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations – National Science Foundation
•  – Innovation network Point K Learning Center: Register for free, log in, go to “Tools” at the bottom of the menu on the left of the screen to find the link to the evaluation Plan Builder, an interactive took that helps the user determine “what program success will look like before the fact” and “how to tell that success has been achieved after the fact”. The EPB may be used for outcomes evaluation, implementation evaluation, or both. Register and log in to view this tool.
•  – Training materials and tools on M & E topics for use by researchers, program managers, trainers, policy makers, students, and other public health professionals.
•  – Free Management Library
• Evaluation Handbook – W. K. Kellogg Foundation
• Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Program Evaluation – The World Bank

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•  – From the Journal Science

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•  – starting place for census data
• National Center for Education Statistics Data Tools
  
• Inter-University Consortium for Political & Social Research (ICPSR)
  
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
• • Department of Education, Institution of Education Sciences
• Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
• • Databases and tools
• United Nations

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• Colorado Department of Education
  • – Interactive portal for the Colorado Growth Model and school performance data
• Great Education Colorado
• Colorado Department of Higher Education
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Colorado Department of Local Affairs
• Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade
• • Compare the status of children in Colorado with children nationwide on 10 measures of well-being
• Colorado Department of Labor & Employment
• Colorado Department of Corrections
• Colorado Bureau if Investigation
• Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice
• Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment

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Proposal writing is not the same as academic writing.

•  by William Strunk, Jr.