ARTICLES IN PREVIOUS ISSUES
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In addition to the articles listed below, each issue includes continuously updated lists of new funding opportunities and helpful resources, news and publications as follows:
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New Funding Opportunities
Research Grant Writing Web Resources
Education & Social Sciences Grant Writing Web Resources
Agency Research News
Agency Reports Workshops & Research Roadmaps
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April 2024
April 2024 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
NEH Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Funding Sources
NSF Innovative Use of Scientific Collections
FY2025 NSF Budget: Exploring New Funding Directions
Figuring Out What You Want to Do for Your NSF CAREER Education Component
Summary of Changes: NIFA FY 2025 Budget Request
What Is the Intellectual Significance of Your Proposed Humanities Project?
Tracking Allocations in Research Agency Budgets
March 2024
March 2024 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
Summary of Changes to the PAPPG NSF 24-1
Division of Environmental Biology Virtual Office Hour
NSF Ideas Labs: How They Work and Why They Are a Great Opportunity for Faculty
Artificial Intelligence in Water Conservation
Cultivating Grantsmanship Among Humanities and Social Science Graduate Students (reprinted from May 2021 issue)
Strategic Uses of the Funding Solicitation (reprinted from May 2021)
February 2024
February 2024 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
Incremental Research is the “Kiss of Death” at NSF
Sustainable Regional Systems Research Networks
Why Faculty Should Attend Funder Conferences and Workshops
What Does a Successful NSF Proposal Look Like?
Avoiding A Common Reviewer Complaint: Descriptive Research (reprinted from March 2021 issue)
January 2024
January 2024 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
Humanities Perspectives on AI: NEH Emerging Funding Opportunities and a List of Private Opportunities
Writing a Proposal’s Stakeholder Engagement Section
FY24 Navy STEM and Workforce Program
The Future of STEM Education at NSF
A Suggested Timeline for Producing Your NSF CAREER Proposal
If You Name It, Explain It (reprinted from the Jan. 2020 issue)
Don’t Sell the Funding Solicitation Short (reprinted from the Jan. 2020 issue)
December 2023
December 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
Our new book: Faculty Guide to Writing Research Grants: Strategies for Funding Success
NIH on Research Integrity
Update: Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
Overview of NSF GEO’s Funding Opportunities to Support the “Build a Resilient Planet” Initiative
Technology for Plagiarism Detection at NSF (reprinted from the Dec. 2019 issue)
The Communications Component of the Management Plan (reprinted from the Jan. 2020 issue)
November 2023
November 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
A New NEH Initiative: “Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence”
DOE/SC Biological and Environmental Research
The Value of Reading Abstracts of Funded Projects
Pursuing Funding From Private Foundations
Pursuing Funding From Private Foundations
Developing a Strategic Plan for Funding Your Research (reprinted from our Sept. 2011 issue)
Developing Your Research Agenda (reprinted from our Sept. 2011 issue)
Developing Your Education Agenda (reprinted from our Sept. 2011 issue)
October 2023
October 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
Conservation Innovation Grants, a Niche Funding Program by USDA
Biotechnology at USDA/NIFA in FY2024 Budget
Overview: Defense Sciences Office 2024 BAA
Checking in With ARPA-H
NSF’s Research Infrastructure in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Program
Editing the Proposal Introduction: What, Why, & How
Don’t Let Your Proposal Wear a Disguise on Halloween (reprinted from October 2012 issue)
How a Good Website Can Help Faculty Win Grants (reprinted from May 2018 issue)
September 2023
September 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
The Institute for Museum and Library Services Is Now Accepting Proposals
Biotechnology at USDA/NIFA in FY2024 Budget
Overview: Bioenergy Technologies Office at DOE
Understanding NSF For NIH PIs
Multi-Agency R&D Priorities for the FY 2025 budget
Proposal Writing in the Humanities (reprinted from August 2021 issue)
Significance of Your Proposed Humanities Project? (reprinted from November 2019 issue)
What Is Your Great Idea and Why Is It Important? (reprinted from September 2019 issue)
August 2023
August 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
Selected List of Mid-career Funding Opportunities in Humanities and HRSS
NSF Predictive Intelligence for Pandemic Prevention Phase II
National Institute of Justice: What it is, does, and funds
You’ve Submitted Your CAREER Proposal: What Now? (updated and reprinted from Aug 2021 issue)
Using ChatGPT When Writing Proposals: What It Can and Can’t Do
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Basic Grant Writing Training Presentation (reprinted from July 2016 issue)
Writing the 1.5-Page Practice Proposal (reprinted from July 2013 issue)
It’s Not Easy to Disinvite a Team Member (reprinted from July 2018 issue)
July 2023
July 2023 Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
Support Opportunities for Post-Docs & Junior Faculty in the Humanities
An Overview: U.S. Department of Justice Grants
Engineering Research Initiation: What Is It, For Who?
Last-Minute NSF CAREER Checklist
NSF Dear Colleague Letters & Funding Mechanisms
Narrative Space Is Limited ̶ Use It Wisely (reprinted from July 2022 issue)
The Power of Faculty Writing Groups for Reviewing Proposals and Overall Writing Improvement
Strategies for Proposal Resubmissions
June 2023
June 2023 List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
Applying for an NEH Humanities Initiative at Your College or University
What is Use-Inspired Science and Why Do You Need to Know That?
Plagiarism, Fabrication, and Falsification
The Chips & Science Act: What is it Funding?
NSF BioFoundries & Related Programs
Planning to Write as a Team
Avoiding A Common Reviewer Complaint: Descriptive Research (reprinted from March 2021 issue)
Do You Know Where Your Research Fits in Your Discipline’s State of the Art? (reprinted from May 2019 issue)
May 2023
May 2023 List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
Understanding Forensic Sciences Funding
Consider Joining the NSF Rotator Program
Tips for Pursuing Funding from Industry
AFRI Sustainable Agricultural SYSTEMS RFA
Make Your Case for Value-Added Benefits
Welcoming New Faculty (reprinted from August 2015 issue)
Implicit Requirements (reprinted from August 2015 issue)
April 2023
Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
NEH Infrastructure/Capacity-Building Challenge Grants
Editing the Research Narrative for Importance
U.S. Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing: The White House Vision for a Whole-of-Government Approach
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
CDMRP Program Funding Opportunities
Fully Respond to the ARPA-(H)eilmeier Questions
How a Good Website Can Help Faculty Win Grants (reprinted from May 2015)
Mission Agency Common Denominators
March 2023
Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
AFRI Foundational Review Criteria & Narrative Format
NSF Office Hours and the PRoSPCT Tool
Grants: Native American Graves Repatriation Act
Budget of the US Government FY23/Agency Allocations
Basic Research: The Trial-and-Error Trap (reprinted from March 2019)
How the Department of Energy Reviews Your Proposal (reprinted from May 2019)
How Your Research Fits in Your Discipline’s State of the Art (reprinted from May 2019)
February 2023
Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
Who Is Winning Humanities Funding and Why?
What Exactly Are Societal Challenges?
NSF Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM) Webinar Report
The Context and Significance of Your Research
Changes to AFRI Foundational Program 2023
Too Much To Say? Strategies to Meet the Page Limit (reprinted from Aug. 2020)
Cultivating Grantsmanship among Graduate Students (reprinted from March 2021)
The Role of Stakeholders in a Competitive Proposal (reprinted from July 2020)
NIH Steps: Unsolicited, Investigator-Initiated Research (reprinted from the NIH NIAID Website)
January 2023
Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
Recent Funding and Advocacy News in the Humanities and Arts
Give a Wide Berth to Potential Plagiarism
Advice and Resources for Your NSF MRI Proposal (updated for the new solicitation)
Seven Newly Posted DOE/SC Workforce FOAs
The First Response to a BAA is Often a White Paper
Too Much Why and Not Enough How (reprinted from the July 2014 issue)
Faculty Writing Groups In the Humanities (reprinted from the March 2020 issue)
Funding Rates: Actual and Real (reprinted from the July 2014 issue)
December 2022
Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
New/Ongoing NEH Calls for Proposals related to the “American Tapestry” Initiative
NSF Opportunities for Selected Social Science and Humanities Research
NSF Observations on Plagiarism
The New NSF Major Research Instrumentation Solicitation
Do You Speak Your Funding Agency’s Language?
Understanding the Role of Your PO (reprinted from the Aug. 2016 issue)
Understanding Peer Review In the Humanities (reprinted from the Aug. 2020 issue)
What’s the Problem? What’s Your Solution? (reprinted from the Aug. 2020 issue)
November 2022
Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
NSF Reproducibility and Replicability in Science
NSF Webinar Report: The New NSF ExLENT Program
Connect Funding Opportunities to Societal Challenges
DOE Guide for the Submission of Unsolicited Proposals
Telling Your Reviewers What They Need to Know (reprinted from the July 2015 issue)
The Dos and Don’ts of Writing the Statement of Purpose for a Humanities/Social Sciences Funding Application
Make Your Case for Value-Added Benefits (reprinted from the Aug. 2015 issue)
October 2022
Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
What is a Humanities Program Officer and When Should You Contact Them?
NIH Expands Role of AI Funding Solicitations
ARPA-H: A New Funding Agency is Born
The Most Important First Decision in Grant Writing
NIH Faculty Readiness & Submission
In Proposals, Less is Often More (reprinted from the Jan. 2020 issue)
What is the Significance of Your Proposed Humanities Project? (reprinted from the Nov. 2019 issue)
Writing a Successful White Paper to NEH (a reprinted article from the NEH Office of Digital Humanities)
September 2022
Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
Where Research Begins: Choosing A Research Project in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Getting the Writing Right—Newly Funded NSF ERCs
New NSF Opportunities for Social Scientists
Review Criteria Across Funding Agencies—What New Faculty Need to Know
Editing, Revising, and Rewriting Your Proposal (reprinted from Sept. 2018 issue)
Preparing to Write Your Proposal (reprinted from Sept. 2018 issue)
Writing the Proposal (reprinted from Sept. 2018 issue)
August 2022
Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
Fitting Your Research Topic to a Funder’s Mission
NSF GRANTED: Broadening Participation in STEM
Reading the Funding Tea Leaves: How to Anticipate New Funding Opportunities
NSF Partnership to Advance Conservation Science
Reviewing and Editing USDA Foundational Grants
So You’ve Submitted Your CAREER Proposal: What Now? (reprinted from the August 2021 issue)
Proposal Pet Peeves (reprinted from the May 2021 issue)
The Role of the Project Evaluator on the Writing Team (reprinted from the October 2026 issue)
July 2022
Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
Narrative Space Is Limited ̶ Use It Wisely
What does NSF mean by Innovation Ecosystem?
USDA/NIFA Proposal Workplan Template—A Generic Guide to Writing A Funded Proposal
Changes Coming to STEM Education Programs
Preparing to Write Your Proposal (reprinted from the September 2018 issue)
June 2022
Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
NSF Begins Using Broad Agency Announcements
NSF’s New TIP Directorate
NSF’s Semi-Annual “Shout Out to Those Guilty of Research Misconduct and Plagiarism
Adjectives are Not Numbers
Defining and Supporting Your Premise (reprinted from the December 2018 issue)
May 2022
Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
USDA Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2022-2026
Planning and Describing your CAREER Education Component
What Does A Successful ERC Proposal Look Like?
DOEnergy Funding Directions 2023
NSF FY2023 Budget Request: Where the Money is Going
How a Good Website Can Help Faculty Win Grants (reprinted from the May 2018 issue)
April 2022
Select List of Humanities, HSS, and Arts Opportunities & News
Biden Administration Requests Big Increases for the Humanities
Addressing Agency-Relevant Significance at USDA/NIFA
How Understanding the Curse of Knowledge Can Help You Write Better Proposals
USDA NIFA 2022 Foundation Grant Program
NSF FY2023 Budget Request: Where the Money is Going
Know the Type of Project You’re Proposing (reprinted from the June 2019 issue)
March 2022
Advice for Applicants to Social Science Research Council (or, Really, Any) Competitions
Pathway from An NSF EAGER to Understanding the “Strengthening American Infrastructure” Solicitation
An Overview of Early Career and Research Initiation Grants for STEM Faculty
DOE’s Plan to Strengthen Clean Energy Supply Chains and Bolster Domestic Manufacturing
Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants
How to Formulate Hypotheses for NSF and NIH (reprinted from the April 2018 issue)
February 2022
The New Research Agenda for the National Endowment for the Arts, 2022-2026
Let NIH/NIAID Write Your Winning Proposal for You...and it is surprisingly legal!
Overview of the New Quantum Workforce Development Plan
Confusion Over the Meaning of the Research Narrative Is Usually the Author’s Fault
Don’t Forget the Key Part of Your Proposal’s Management Plan Is Managing the Research
How a Good Website Can Help Faculty Win Grants (reprinted from the May 2018 issue)
January 2022
Applying for a Fulbright Award
Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants
Time to Start Working on Your CAREER: A Timeline
Webinar report: NSF’s Human Networks and Data Science Program
Editing Proposals for Significance: What It Is and Why It Is Critical to Funding Success
Is an NSF Center Proposal in Your Future? (reprinted from the January 2018 issue)
December 2021
Funding Opportunities in the Humanities
Describing the Methodology and Work Plan in an Individual Humanities/Humanities-Related Social Sciences Proposal
The Best Order of Research Narrative Edits
Webinar report: NSF’s Human Networks and Data Science Program
Is Your Red Team in Place for Your STC Preliminary Proposal? If not, You’d Best Get on It!
“Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!" (Sir Walter Scott, 1808)
Do You Have Your NSF STC Endgame in Place? (reprinted from the April 2019 issue)
November 2021
Funding Opportunities in the Humanities
New Funding Directions at the Department of Energy
Advice & Resources for Your NSF MRI Proposal
The First Step to STC Success is to Learn the Language
New Funding Directions at NOAA
Editing the Proposal Introduction: The What, Why, How and So-What of a Preliminary Review (reprinted from the Oct. 2020 issue)
October 2021
Want to Widen the Audience for Your Research? Applying for NEH’s Public Scholar Program
Humanities Scholars: Applying for ACLS’s “Sustaining Public Engagement Grants” (SPEG)
How to Write a Winning Proposal to the USDA/NIFA
Funding High-Risk Research
What Faculty Need to Know about Broad Agency Announcements (BAA)
White Papers and Concept Papers Are Often the First Step to Funding Success (Reprinted from June 2019 issue)
Don’t Let Your Proposal Wear a Disguise on Halloween (Reprinted from Halloween 2012)
September 2021
Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
NIH’s Five-Year Plan to Support Researchers and Universities through Extramural Research
Funding to Broaden Participation in STEM for Persons with Disabilities
Why You Need a Communications Plan for Multidisciplinary Research Partnerships
USDA’s Farm of the Future Program: A Predictor of Future Funding Directions and Research
Writing Your Proposal (reprinted from September 2018 issue)
August 2021
Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
Proposal Writing in the Humanities: Theoretical Orientation and Significance
Does Your Research Narrative Require a Description of Stakeholder Engagement?
So you’ve submitted your CAREER proposal: What now?
EPA’s Got Its Mojo Back!
Organizing Your Response to Reviewers’ Comments on Resubmittals
Make Your Case for Value-Added Benefits (reprinted from August 2015 issue)
July 2021
Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
When Proposal Writing Rather than Content Can Sink a Proposal
Because a Management Plan Is Not Required Does Not Mean It Is Not Necessary
NSF Funding At The Interface Of Computer Science And The Social & Behavioral Sciences
Strategies for Proposal Resubmissions
Understanding Plagiarism & Other Research Misconduct to Avoid in the Research Narrative
How to Go From Research Ideas to Research Dollars: Ten Key Steps to Getting Your Ideas Funded (reprinted from June 2013 issue)
June 2021
Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
Assembling a Team of Advocates for Winning Humanities Grants
Writing Grants to EPA in a Time of Budget Increases
NSF’s Webinar on Invention to Innovation programs
How Agency Mission & Culture Impact Funding Success
The Role of Project Abstracts in Funding Success
Organizing the Proposal Narrative (reprinted from April 2016 issue)
May 2021
Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
Cultivating Grantsmanship among Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Students
Developing Proposals to Fund the Future Workforce in Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
Proposal Pet Peeves
Strategic Uses of the Funding Solicitation
New Research Directions Under President’s 2022 Discretionary Funding Request
Explaining the State of the Art: Telling Your Reviewers What They Need to Know (reprinted from July 2015 issue)
April 2021
Tips for Winning an NEH Individual Fellowship
NSC Report on Artificial Intelligence Offers a Guide to Future Funding Success
You Got Funding! Now Think About Supplements
Competitive Models for STEM Education and Research
Transdisciplinary Funding Horizon for Electric Power Research, Education, and Training
Engineers: Beware the Downselect Proposal (reprinted from March 2017 issue)
March 2021
Humanities and Arts Funding Opportunities
Attracting Students to the Humanities: A Comprehensive Resource from the National Humanities Alliance
What Does a Successful Proposal Look Like? NSF’s Answer Too Often Falls on Deaf Ears
Avoiding A Common Reviewer Complaint: Descriptive Research
STEM Education Funding Outlook 2021
Assume All Reviewers Are from Missouri
February 2021
Humanities and Arts Funding Opportunities
The Future of Arts and Humanities Funding under the Biden Administration
The Impact of Science Policy Changes on Funding Opportunities
How Alondra Nelson’s Appointment to Office Science & Technology Policy Will Impact Funding
What Amazon Can Teach You About Proposal Writing
Research Priorities Revealed in Preliminary and/or Final Federal Agency Budgets
Communications on Interdisciplinary Team Grants (reprinted from December 2016)
January 2021
Humanities and Arts Funding Opportunities
Humanities and Social Science Scholars: Are You Registered with Grants.gov?
Expanding Your List of Potential Agency Funders
Long-Range & Near-Term Research Funding Horizons
New Year’s Resolutions for Preparing Your NSF CAREER proposal
The Tentative (Maybe/Maybe Not) Proposal
An Idea is Not a Plan; A Strategy is Not a Project (reprinted from July 2017)
December 2020
Humanities and Arts Funding Opportunities
Understanding Competitive Funding Strategies for Integration of Research & Education at NSF
Virtual NSF Grants Conference Overview
When Your NSF Program Officer Comes Back with Questions
Funding Success Requires Adding Evidence-Based Educational Components to Many Research Grants
Fundamentals of Funding Success: Synergy Not Silos (reprinted from November 2017)
November 2020
Humanities and Arts Funding Opportunities
Did You Miss the 2020 NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration?
Strategies for Increasing Sustainability Research and Educational Program Funding
Does an NSF MRI Fit Your Situation?
Are You Up-to-Date on NSF Terms and Definitions?
Post-Election New Directions in Research Funding
Funding Fundamentals for New Faculty (Reprinted January 2018)
October 2020
Editing the Proposal Introduction: the What, Why, How and So-What of a Preliminary Review
National AI Research Institute Webinar Report
Now is the Time to Plan the Red Team Review of an Invited NSF ERC Full Proposal, or Similar Efforts
Strategies for Increasing Team Funding Success
Don’t Let Your Proposal Wear a Disguise on Halloween (reprinted)
September 2020
Supporting the Dissertation: How and Why to Apply for Dissertation Funding
Following the Public Health Research Dollars into 2022
Resources for Education Cost Analyses
Proposal Reviews: The Mother Lode of Insight for Research Offices, or Why You Should Learn to Love Bad Review
“DECLINED” But, is your proposal dead?
How a Good Website Can Help Faculty Win Grants (reprinted from Oct. 2016)
August 2020
Understanding Peer Review
Observations on the NSF ERC Letter of Intent
When There’s Too Much To Stay: Strategies to Meet the Page Limit
Writing a Stronger K-12 Teacher Workforce Component to an NSF Research Proposal and Relevance to an ERC
Writing a Winning USDA Foundational Grant Proposal
The Role of the Project Evaluator on the Writing Team
July 2020
The Dos and Don’ts of Writing the Statement of Purpose for a Humanities/Social Sciences Funding Application
Strategies for Revisions and Resubmittals
Last-Minute NSF CAREER Proposal Checklist
The Role of Stakeholders in a Competitive Proposal
Plagiarism in a Proposal Is the Kiss of Death to a Research Career
Where Research Offices Can Most Help New Faculty
June 2020
Humanities in the Age of COVID-19: ACLS Strategic Priorities for 2020-2024
A Vision for NSF Earth Sciences 2020-2030: Earth in Time
Overview of the New IES RFAs
Summary Overview: A guide for Preparation and Submission of NSF Applications via Grants.gov
Topics in Brief Proposal Writing Best Practices and the NSF ERC
Characteristics of an Effective Proposal Team Member
May 2020
Tackling the Project Narrative for the NEH Summer Grant
Is Your Proposal Fully Responsive to the Funding Solicitation?
NSF ERC Webinar Report
Understanding the USDA Review Process
What the NSF Funding Horizon Looks Like
A Heads Up to New Faculty about Research Misconduct (reprinted from Sept. 2017)
April 2020
Finding the Best Fit between a Funder and a Humanities/Social Science Project
Humanities and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
ERC Engineering Workforce Development and K-12 Engineering Education
New Coronavirus-related Funding Opportunities
One Common Mistake Made in Writing NSF ERC Proposals
The NSF ERC Proposal Production and Task Assignments Schedule (PPTAS)
Understanding Your Proposal Writing Tendency (reprinted from Nov. 2017)
March 2020
Humanities and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
The Power of Faculty Writing Groups for Review Proposals and Overall Writing Improvement
Where’s the Money? The State of US Science and Engineering 2020
How to Write Your Data Management Plan
The Thirty-Minute Grant Writing Workshop
Writing Better STEM Education Grant
Agency Missions and Cultures Are Not Fungible (Reprinted from August 2014)
February 2020
Humanities and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
Calling All Published Poets: Funding for Individuals from NEA
Overview of the New NSF CAREER Solicitation
Writing the Innovation Section of Research and Education Proposals
DOE’s $97 Million FOA for Bioenergy Technologies
Basic Grant Writing Training Presentation (Reprinted from July 2016)
January 2020
Humanities and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
If You Name It, Explain It
In Proposals, Less is Often More
AI’s Future Impact on STEM Education
Don’t Sell the Funding Solicitation Short
Create a Process for Adding Team Members to Proposals (Reprinted from March 2017)
December 2019
How Academic Peer Review Operates
Humanities and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
The Advantages of Coordinated Team Reviews of Proposal Drafts
Highlights of the NIH Regional Seminar
Technology for Plagiarism Detection at NSF
Non-Traditional Collaborations among Research Communities
Seed Your Narrative with Explanatory Clauses (Reprinted from February 2017)
November 2019
What Is the Intellectual Significance of Your Proposed Humanities Project?
Humanities and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
AI’s Really Big Footprint Across Disciplines
Advice and Resources for Your MRI Proposal
What To Do When Reviewers Disagree
Why Do Well Reviewed Proposals Get Declined for Funding?
Why the Butler and the Poor Writer Are Prime Suspects
Explaining Mission Agencies to New Faculty (Reprinted from September 2016)
October 2019
A Close Reading of the National Endowment for the Humanities Strategic Plan FY 2018 –2022
Humanities and Arts Funding Opportunities and News
Writing the Workforce Component of STEM Proposals
Changes in NSF's Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Programs
What To Do When Reviewers Disagree
Beware of an Off-the-Shelf Contribution to a Team Proposal
Don’t Let Your Proposal Wear a Disguise on Halloween (Reprinted of 7 article series 2012)
September 2019
Humanities Funding: A Travel Guide with a Stop at the National Humanities Center
Selected URLs for Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts (HSSA) Funding
What is Your Great Idea and Why is it Important?
Applying for the DARPA Young Faculty Award
Gain an Advantage in Funding Success by Reviewing Project Abstracts
FFAR Annual Report Offers Key Insights into Competing for Agricultural Research
Communications on Interdisciplinary Team Grants (reprinted)
August 2019
Finding Funding in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Part 2
How to Analyze a DARPA BAA
Tips for Effective Proposal Graphics
NSF ECR Proposal Preparation Web Seminar
USDA Report on the Key Role of Technology Transfer in Funded Proposal
The Schedule and Task Assignment Table for Proposal Production (reprinted)
July 2019
Finding Funding in the Humanities and Social Sciences
How to Convince Reviewers to Fund Your Proposal
Last-Minute CAREER Checklist (updated)
More on Success in Funding Convergence Research
Are You New to the Office of Naval Research?
Understanding the Role of Your PO (reprinted)
June 2019
Don’t Let the Organizational Ghosts of Proposals Past Haunt Your New Proposal
White Papers and Concept Papers Are Often the First Step to Funding Success
Know the Type of Project You’re Proposing
Does Your Office Assist New Faculty in Grant Writing? Here Are Some Tips
Talking to New Faculty about Reproducibility and Replicability in Science
Do Not Build YOur Proposal Out of Spare Parts (reprinted)
May 2019
Planning for New Funding Directions in Food and Agricultural Related Research
Do You Know where Your Research Fits in Your Disciplines State of the Art?
Is Your Research Relevant to Alzheimer’s? NIH Wants You!
The Future of STEM Education in the Federal Budget
How the Department of Energy Reviews Your Proposal
Communications on Interdisciplinary Team (reprinted)
April 2019
Convergence, Like Spring, is Breaking Out All Over, Including at NSF and USDA
NSF FY2020 Budget: Hoping for Better News, Planning for Good News
NIH SCORE: a funding mechanism for PIs at MSIs
How-to Tips on Editing a Research Narrative
Do You Have Your NSF STC Endgame in Place?
Strategies for Preparing for a Site Visit (reprinted)
Understanding the Site Visit Process (reprinted)
March 2019 Issue
Planning Your NSF Funding Transition Strategy
More on NSF Expectations for Convergence
Basic Research: The Trial-and-Error Trap
Tracking Shifting Allocations within Research Agency Budgets
Building Knowledge Based Research Offices
Fostering Integrity in Research: A Critical Read for Research Offices (reprinted)
February 2019 Issue
Avoid the Research Misconduct Perp Walk
Non-Faculty Researchers and Broader Impacts
CAREER: The Importance of Focus
US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity
Post-Shutdown Startup
How to go from Research Ideas to Research Dollars (reprinted)
January 2019 Issue
Tips on Successful Foundation Funding
Underlying Strategies for STEM Partnerships with Minority Serving Institutions
Scheduling the Production of Your NSF CAREER Proposal
Mark Twain’s Advice on Grant Writing
To Revise, Re-Write, or Begin Anew?
Win Your Grant on Page 1 (reprinted)
December 2018 Issue
NSF PPAPG Webinar Overview
Key Documents for NSF Broader Impacts
Defining and Supporting Your Premise
Federal Strategy for STEM Ed and Its Impact on Writing a Proposal’s Educational Narrative
Planning for Proposals Addressing National Water Research Priorities
What is an Innovation Ecosystem at NSF? (reprinted)
November 2018 Issue
Where is NSF Going and What Does the Path Look Like
Questions to Keep in Mind When Writing the Project Management Section
NSF Gen-4 ERC Webinar Overview
Remember to Revisit the NSF Merit Review Process
Echo But Don’t Parrot Agency Language (reprinted)
October 2018 Issue
Big Changes in the NSF BIO Directorate
Defining the Future in Research and Innovation
Other Types of NSF Proposals
Planning Proposals in Data Science for Undergraduates
NIH’s Strategic Plan for Data Science
Don’t Let Your Proposal Wear a Disguise on Halloween (reprinted)
September 2018 Issue
BLUF: Write as if Your Reviewers Were Generals
Preparing to Write Your Proposal
Writing Your Proposal
Editing, Revising, and Rewriting Your Proposal
Understand the Review Process & How to Write to Your Reviewers
Reviewing the Reviewers (Resubmitting Declined Proposals) (reprinted)
August 2018 Issue
It is Mapping Proposals to Agricultural Research Priorities
Funding for Advanced Building Technologies Research: NSF and DOE
Federal 2020 Budget Priorities for R&D
ARPA-E’s Grid Optimization Competition
Basic Grant Writing Training Presentation (reprinted)
July 2018 Issue
It is Not Easy to Disinvite a Team Member
Overview of the New DoED IES RFAs
NSF's STEM Education for the Future
How ED and IES Review Grant Applications
Writing the 1.5-page Practice Proposal (reprinted)
June 2018 Issue
Humanities and STEMM Integration
It's a Good Time to Submit an NSF EAGER Proposal
Characteristics of an Effective Proposal Team Member
Funding Agencies Are Not Monolithic
Proposal Development Topics in Brief
Unrealistic Expectations for Wordsmithing (reprinted)
May 2018 Issue
More on Convergence Research at NSF
USDA Strategic Goals for FY2018-2022
To FOIA or Not to FOIA Proposal Requests
Mission Agency Common Denominators
How a Good Website Can Help Faculty Win Grants
Proposal Writing Tips for Non-Native English Speakers (reprinted)
April 2018 Issue
Why is Your Research in the National Interest?
The Silent Partner Flaw in Team Proposals
NSF's Vision for Future Research Centers
How to Formulate Hypotheses for NSF and NIH
Navigating International Grants - Horizon 2020
Grants are Awarded Not Anointed (reprinted)
March 2018 Issue
NASA's New Strategic Plan, 2018 - 2021
The Benefits of an Organizational Edit
Research Development Topics in Brief
NSF's 10 Big Ideas & Convergence Accelerators
The NORDP 2018 Conference is Coming Up
Decoding NSF for Funding Success (reprinted)
February 2018 Issue
Why Review Proposals for Funding Agencies
US DoED Strategic Goals 2018-2022
NSF OIG Report on Proposal Plagiarism & Misconduct
Writing Proposals to US Department of Energy
Dealing with NIH's New Clinical Trials Policy
The Perilous Transition: Idea to Implementation (reprinted)
January 2018 Issue
Expectations by NSF for Proposal Success
Narrative Reference Resources
Funding Fundamentals for New Faculty
Last-minute MRI Checklist
How to be Competitive for Externally Funded Grants - Internationally
Planning for Funding Success (reprinted)
December 2017 Issue
Organizing the Proposal Narrative
Understanding NSF by Its Resource Allocation Strategies
"Generic Gems" from NSF Civil Infrastructure Webinar
Heads Up: NSF PAPPG Changes in Jan. 2018
How to be Competitive for Externally Funded Grant - Internationally
The Grant Writer's Narrative Checklist (reprinted)
November 2017 Issue
"Hands-On" Experiences in Grant Workshops
Funding Success: Synergy Not Silos
Where Does Your Research Fit?
Proposal Metrics Do Not Require an Avalanche
Understanding Your Proposal Writing Tendency
Do You Have a Narrative Integration Plan? (reprinted)
October 2017 Issue
Hidden Benefits of NSF Webinars
Gain a Competitive Edge by Reading Abstracts of Funded Projects
Expanding Your Funding Search to Open BAAs
Don't Be Alarmed by Nonlinearity
Reorganizations and Deadline Changes at NSF
The Schedule and Task Assignment Table for Proposal Production (reprinted)
Don't Let Your Proposal Wear a Disguise on Halloween (reprinted)
September 2017 Issue
Expectations for Institutions Addressing Responsible Conduct of Research by NSF/OIG
A Heads Up to New Faculty about Research Misconduct
What You Need to Know About Reproducibility
Is Anyone in Charge of this Orphan Proposal?
HBCUs and MIs: DoD Wants You to Apply For Funding
The Strategic Role of the Funding Solicitation (reprinted)
August 2017 Issue
Grant Writing Distinctions for New Faculty
The Value of Social Sciences to National Priorities
Assume All Reviewers Are from Missouri
New Faculty: Meet the Dark Matter of the Funding Universe
DoD Funding: Proposer's Days and How They Can Help You
Performing an Autopsy on Declined Proposals (reprinted)
July 2017 Issue
An Idea is Not a Plan; A Strategy is Not a Project
Last-minute CAREER Proposal Checklist
Does Your Project Narrative Require an Evidence-Based Response?
Where Research Offices Can Help New Faculty
Models and Best Practices for Undergraduate Research
Start Your Proposal With a Conceptual Roadmap
The Proposal Editor's Checklist (reprinted)
June 2017 Issue
NSF Regional Grants Conference Report
Role of Social Science Funding in National Security
Workforce Training Grants
Tracking Mission Changes at Funding Agencies
Models and Best Practices for Undergraduate Research
Understanding Funding Agency Mission & Culture (reprinted)
May 2017 Issue
Kellogg Foundation Update
Fostering Integrity in Research: A Critical Read for Research Offices
What Characterizes a Successfully Funded Center-Level Proposal?
Understanding Scalability and Sustainability at NSF - A Key Distinction in the Project Description
Future Funding Scenarios in the Soical and Behavioral Sciences
Explaining the State of the Art: Telling Your Reviewers What They Need to Know (reprint)
April 2017 Issue
Heads Up: Changes to NSF CAREER Solicitation
What is the Future of Broader Impacts at NSF?
Competitive Proposals in a Skinny Budget
Finding Your Big Data Home
Addressing Convergence in Your NSF Narrative
Funding Rates: Actual and Real (reprint)
March 2017 Issue
Engineers: Beware the Downselect Proposal
Process for Adding Team Members to Proposals
Staff Proposals in Education and Outreach
Be Prepared for Big Funding Changes at Mission Agencies
Impact of Infrastructure Funding on Research
Avoid Common Proposal Figure Mistakes (reprint)
February 2017 Issue
Avoid the Stream-of-Consciousness Narrative
Four Key Questions in Editing the Narrative
Seed Your Narrative with Explanatory Clauses
Surviving Chaos in Proposal Development
NORDP: A Resource for Pre-Award Staff
Helping New Faculty Give Birth to Fundable Ideas (reprint)
January 2017 Issue
Don't Force Your Reviewers to Think Too Much
To Submit or Not to Submit
What Does 2017 Hold for Mission Agencies?
Understanding Bioenergy Technologies Office
Funding for Cybersecurity Research
Performing an Autopsy on Declined Proposals (reprint)
December 2016 Issue
Where is NSF Going in 2017?
New Models of Graduate Education at NSF
How to Get Blackballed by NSF
Planning Communications on Team Grants
NSF's Big Ideas for Future NSF Investments
November 2016 Issue
The Editorial “Clawback” on Page Overruns
What’s Your Problem? What’s Your Solution?
Initiative to Strengthen Agricultural Workforce
The EPSCoR Track 4 for Junior Faculty
The Stepwise Path from Ideas to Dollars
October 2016 Issue
The Straw Man Proposal
Explain Your Rationale for Selecting Projects
The Proposal Majordomo's Role of Grants
The Role of the Project Evaluator on the Writing Team
SBIRs and STTRs: What are they and how can faculty use them?
September 2016 Issue
Explaining Mission Agencies to New Faculty
The Myth of Insider Grants Information
Looking for Humanities Funding? Ask Google
An Introduction to NOAA for New Faculty
Developing Proposals for "Institutional Transformation"
August 2016 Issue
Understanding the Role of Your PO
Tensed about Tenses
USDA/NIFA Antimicrobial Resistance Webinar
Basic Grant-Writing Training Presentation (Part 2)
July 2016 Issue
Avoid NSF OIG Audits for Proposal Plagiarism
Gaining a Competitive Advantage at NSF
Blue Sky Proposals are Not Fundable
Basic Grant Writing Training Presentation (Part 1)
June 2016 Issue
Interdisciplinarity Makes Strange Bedfellows
National Microbiome Funding 2016/2017
IES Basic Grants Webinar Report
Where is NSF Going & Why & Where Will the $s be?
An Overview of the Big Data Strategic Plan
May 2016 Issue
Positioning for Smaller Team Grants
Where Proposals Run Off the Road
Human Health-Related Funding at NSF: Do's and Don'ts
Benefits of Packing Your Own Funding Chute
April 2016 Issue
How Readers Read Your Proposal
Organizing the Proposal Narrative
Helping Your Junior Faculty: Successful Models
The Chronicle of Proposal Flaws
March 2016 Issue
Making Copy-and-Paste Illegal
NSF INCLUDES: Success Is All About Scalability
The Generic Management Plan
FY 2017: Funding Social & Behavioral Sciences
February 2016 Issue
The Jackson Pollock Narrative
Practical Teaming
Big Data and the Internet of Things
Big Data and Agricultural Research Funding
Heads-up: New NSF GPG requirement
January 2016 Issue
Private Foundations that Fund Academic Research
Research Narrative Knowledge Base
In Brief: NIH New Strategic Plan (2016-2020)
Write Like You Are the Reviewer
Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems
December 2015 Issue
Avoiding the Mule’s Kick at NSF
Writing Grants to the Department of Education
Heuristic White Papers Build Teams & Ideas
NSF FY 2015 Financial Report
Proposal Writing Tips Proposals for Non-Native English Speakers
November 2015 Issue
Win Your Grant on Page 1
NSF’s New Public Access Plan
The Proposal Editor’s Checklist
Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research
Proposals for Basic Research: Why You Need a Theoretical Framework
October 2015 Issue
Planning for Narrative Synergy
Don't Let Your Proposal Wear Costumes and Disguises on Halloween
Has Your BAA Been Superseded?
Developing Timelines and Milestone Charts for Your Proposal
September 2015 Issue
What does NSF mean by “Innovation Ecosystem”?
White House/NSF Webcast on HBCUs
NSF ERC Webinar Report
NSF Reverse Site Visits
U.S. Department of Interior
August 2015 Issue
Welcoming New Faculty: What Research Development Offices Can Do
Is There a Need for Your Proposed Project?
Make Your Case for Value-Added Benefits
Implicit Requirements: Dark Matter of the Research Solicitation
Strategic Planning for an NSF ERC
July 2015 Issue
Clarity in the Research Narrative
USDA Center of Excellence Justification
Explaining the State of the Art: Telling Your Reviewers What They Need to Know
Don’t Bury the Lead
What NSF Expects to See in Your Narrative
June 2015 Issue
Broader Impacts and Evidence-Based Models
NSF’s Perp Walk for Plagiarism
Team Grant Training for New Faculty
Confessions of a Grumpy Reviewer
CAREER Heads-up: Don't let this happen to you
Topics in Brief: EAC at NSF; Antimicrobials
May 2015 Issue
NORDP 2015 Conference Report
NIGMS Pilots New Funding Model
Agency Wide Insights from the NSF Cyberlearning Webinar
Generic vs. Specific Characteristics of Proposals
The Myth that Agencies Fund Good Ideas
April 2015 Issue
Grants are Awarded Not Anointed
New Directions in Broadening Participation
Writing as a Team
Agency Models for Introduction & Background
Helping Reviewers Do the Math: Writing Proposals for Highly Mathematical Projects
March 2015 Issue
Psychology and the Reviewer
NSF Funding for Food-Energy-Water 2015 - 2021
USDA/NSF Intersections in Food-Energy-Water
DOE's 2016 Budget: Energy-Water Nexus, etc.
DoED 2016 Budget Request: Higher Ed and IES
February 2015 Issue
The National Alliance for Broader Impacts
NSF CBET CAREER Webinar Report
The Perilous Transition: Idea to Implementation
The Materials Genome Initiative Strategic Plan
Writing Proposals to USDA/NIFA/AFRI
January 2015 Issue
Counseling PIs on Broader Impacts
Writing Successful Grants in the Humanities
Two New NSF Funding Mechanisms
Strategies for Preparing for a Site Visit
December 2014 Issue
Do You Fit ONR's Mission Priorities?
Understanding the Site Visit Process, Part 1
Writing Proposals for Instrumentation
Don't Get Caught in the NSF Spider Web
Webinars: EHR Core and IUSE Programs
November 2014 Issue
Planning for Funding Success
Planning to Write as a Team
NSF SBE Funding Update
NSF's New GRIP Program: An Integrative Model
Got STEM Education Data?
October 2014 Issue
Summary: Restoring the Research Foundation
What is Big Data and How to Fund It
A Directory of NIH Resources on the Web
Introducing New Investigators to BAAs
BRAIN Research and Funding
September 2014 Issue
Writing the NSF STC Proposal
Role of the Grant Therapist in Funding Success
Mentoring Students Applying for the NSF GRFP
Defining Your NSF STC Grand Challenge
Drilling for Energy Funding at NS F
August 2014 Issue
Agency Missions and Cultures Are Not Fungible
The NIH Common Fund
Avoid Common Proposal Figure Mistakes
Looking to the FY2016 STEM Budget Priorities
NSF Crosscutting & Interdisciplinary Programs
July 2014 Issue
Funding Rates: Actual and Real
NSF’s New Advanced Technology Education
Too Much Why and Not Enough How
Help New Faculty Give Birth to Fundable Ideas
Research at Undergraduate Institutions
June 2014 Issue
Research Narrative Integration Strategies
NSF Ferrets Out/Punishes Research Misconduct
Using Databases of Previous Awards
Unrealistic Expectations for Wordsmithing
Diversity Topics and Directions at NIH
May 2014 Issue
Performing an Autopsy on Declined Proposals
Proposal Development Templates/Roadmaps
Basic Research at DoD: A Status Report
Resources for Evidence-Based STEM Models
NSF NRT Webinar: Decoding Future Directions
April 2014 Issue
NSF’s New Research Traineeship Program
Short Fuse or Wired Solicitation?
Opportunities for Social Science Funding at NSF
DARPA’s New Biological Technologies Office
Eliminate Ambiguity in the Research Narrative
March 2014 Issue
Decoding NSF for Funding Success
Strategic Planning for Funding Diversity
NIH Concepts: Anticipating Future Funding
NSF Budget FY2014: Focus Matters Most
FY2015 Preliminary Federal Research Budgets
February 2014 Issue
Writing the NIH BUILD Application
Funding Favors the Strategically Prepared
Ideas Labs: What are They and Why is NSF Using Them?
There is More to HHS than NIH
Avoid a Cognitive Tax on Your Narrative
January 2014 Issue
Summary: 2014 Global R&D Funding Forecast
Funding Your STEM Workforce Ecosystem
NIH Grant Writing for New Investigators
STEM Resources for Context/Dissemination
December 2013 Issue
New NSF EHR Programs: EHR Core, IUSE & REAL
Intelligence Advanced Research Project Activity
Transformed GRF and IGERT Mean New Metrics
ARPA-E Funds Applied Not Basic Research
STEM Attrition: Paths into and out of STEM
November 2013 Issue
Searching the Foundation 990 for Funding
Your Grant-Writing Elevator Speech
AGEP Planning Strategies - Got Data?
Backgrounding the National Robotics Initiative
NSF’s Research Coordination Networks
October 2013 Issue
NSF and ED: Writing Education Proposals
Funding Strategies for New Humanities Faculty
Team Science:Energy Frontier Research Centers
Avoid the Generic Introduction & Background
NSF’s I-Corps Program
September 2013 Issue
Strategic Research Training for New Faculty
Pointing New Faculty to Hidden Opportunities
What New Faculty Need to Know about NIH
The Grant Writer’s Narrative Checklist
NSF CMMI’s Materials Reorganization
August 2013 Issue
Avoid NSF's "Perp Walk" Audit for Plagiarism
Drafting UP the PI's Verbal Research Narrative
Importance of Planning for Large Team Grants
What All New Faculty Need to Know About NSF
NSF REU Proposal Checklist
July 2013 Issue
Writing the 1.5-Page Practice Proposal
Funding Snapshot: National Institute of Justice
Funding Snapshot: US Department of ED
How NASA, USDA, HHS/ACF Review Proposals
Last-Minute NSF CAREER Checklist
June 2013 Issue
Going from Research Ideas to Research Dollars
NSF ERC Webinar Report
Now Proposals are Reviewed by NSF, NIH, DoED & DOE
Big Changes in STEM Education Funding
May 2013 Issue
USDA/AFRI Competitive Grants Program, 2014
Red Teaming: Scalable, Adaptable & Versatile
Budgeting Strategies for Team Proposals
Logic Models
Resources for Your CAREER Education Plan
April 2013 Issue
Getting the Writing Right
Boost Your Grants IQ with RSS Feeds
Gain a Competitive Edge: Agency Webinars
Quantifying the Project Narrative
Observations on Writing the NSF ERC FY 2014
March2013 Issue
No Squishy Commitments or Weasel Clauses
Proportionality & Sequence in the Narrative
Time to Start on Your NSF CAREER Proposal
National Center for Environmental Research
The Role of Self-Assessment in Grant Success
February 2013 Issue
The Too Kind Program Officer
NSF INSPIRE Webinar Report
Transagency Research: NSF/USDA/NIFA
The Dictionary of Common NSF Usage
The Background Researcher on Proposals
January 2013 Issue
How to Write a More Competitive NSF Proposal Using the Revised Grant Proposal Guide, 2013
How NSF’s Revised Merit Review Criteria for 2013 Will Impact Your Project Narrative
What’s New about Broader Impacts in 2013
Why Generalities Suffocate the Narrative
Update: White House’s Advanced Manufacturing Partnership
December 2012 Issue
From Silos to Synergy: The Yellow Brick Road of Grant Writing
Integrating PI Experiences from Various Agencies
Saturated Superlatives Clog the Arteries of Proposals
Optimizing the Proposal Planning and Development Process
Why Formatting Matters, Part 2: Graphics
November 2012 Issue
No Tweaking, No Nudging, No Band Aids
The Role of BAAs in Your Funding Strategies
The Role of Context in a Successful Proposal
Why Formatting is Important
Research Grant Writing Topics in Brief
October 2012 Issue
Pathways & Keystones: Writing Larger Grants
Writing the Project Sustainability Statement
ARPA-E Webinar: Deadly Sins & Best Practices
Why Halloween is Bad for Proposals, Part 7
The NSF MRI: Avoiding Common Mistakes
September 2012 Issue
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
Value of Instituional Transformation Proposals
Too Much Data?
Training Topic: NSF GRF and and Ford Fellowships
Why Halloween is Bad for Proposals, Part 6
Writing the NSF I/UCRC
August 2012 Issue
Writing the DOE Early Career Preapplication
Writing the NSF AGEP & Webinar Report
Interviewing Schrödinger’s Cat
Do You Have a Narrative Integration Plan?
Why Halloween Is Bad for Proposals, Part 5
July 2012 Issue
NSF Industrial Innovation and Partnerships
Red Teaming the Solicitation
Program Officers Are Not All Alike
Avoid the Generic Introduction
Narrative Silos Are Like Weeds
Why Halloween Is Bad for Proposals, Part 4
June 2012 Issue
Where NSF is Going & How It Will Get There
Reviewing the Reviewers
Writing Education-Related Grants
Intelligence-ARPA (IARPA), an Overview
Why Halloween Is Bad for Proposals, Part 3
Using NIH RePORTER to Identify Your Program at NIH
May 2012 Issue
Grant Strategies in a Difficult Funding Climate
Changes in NIHs R15 AREA Program
Why Halloween is Bad for Proposals, Part 2
ARPA-E New & Emerging Directions 2012-2013
What You Need to Know About NIFA Funding
DOEnergy SBIR/STTR Outlook 2012-2013
R&D Officer Plugs Holes and Sells Ideas
April 2012 Issue
Writing the Vision, Goals, Objectives, Rationale, and Outcomes Statements
Why Halloween Is Bad for Proposals
The Materials Genome Initiative and Related New Funding
Submitting Proposals to Basic Energy Sciences
Air Force Research Office Funding Update
March 2012 Issue
The Role of Specificity in a Successful Proposal
Planning Your FY2013 NSF Funding Strategies
Observations on Critiquing a Proposal
USDA Research Budget Directions, FY2013
Energy Update: FY2013 Budget and Priorities
February 2012 Issue
Writing a Compelling Project Narrative
Writing the DOE HUB for Energy Storage
Observations for Researchers New to NSF
Starter Templates to Guide Multple Authors
NSF Notes in Brief
A Quick Primer for Researchers New to NIH
January 2012 Issue
NSF Math/Science Partnership Webinar Report
Writing a Successful Project Management Plan
Writing Shared Use Infrastructure Grants
NIH Changes: NCRR Dissolved, NCATS Created
December 2011 Issue
NSF INSPIRE/CREATIV Webinar Report
NIH Funding for International Programs
Echo but Don't Parrot Agency Language
NSF MRI Revisited, an Update for 2012
Finding the Common Denominators of Successful Grants
How Your Propsal will be Reviewed at NSF, NIH, DoED, IES, DOE, NASA, USDA/NIFA, etc.
Health Information Technology Funding
November 2011 Issue
The Challenge of Integrating Multiple Authors
Strategies for Sustainability Research Revisited
Graphics as a Narrative Integrator
STEM Learning & Activity Models for Proposals
Obtaining Copies of NSF-Funded Proposals
Social Science Components of NSF Proposals
Funding for International Collaborations from NSF
October 2011 Issue
Strategies for Emerging Research Institutions
Do Not Build Your Proposal Out of Spare Parts
Supporting Faculty Research Affinity Groups
NSF's New Strategic Plan, 2011-2016: A Synopsis and Observations for the Grantwriter
Workforce Development Grants
Mentoring Students for the NSF GRFP
Applying for a Ford Fellowship
September 2011 - Special New Faculty Issue
Introduction
Developing a Research Funding Strategic Plan
Developing Your Research Agenda
Developing Your Education Agenda
Finding Research Funding
Funding from Federal Agencies
Funding from Foundations
Funding in the Humanities
Funding Less Well-Supported Research Areas
Who Funds What? A Quick Guide
Role of the RFP (Request for Proposals)
Role of the RFP in Proposal Organization
Mission & Culture of Funding Agencies
Program Officers & When to Contact Them
Writing for Reviewers
Agency Review Criteria
Finding Research Mentors
Working with Research Collaborators
Scheduling Proposal Production
Writing a Compelling Project Summary
Writing the Proposal Narrative
Writing Unsolicited Proposals & White Papers
Formulating Strategies For Re-submission
August 2011 Issue
Helping Faculty Develop Proposals
Writing Proposals to NEH
NSF PIRE Webinar Report
Writing Proposals to U.S. DOT
Pursuing Funding from NIST
Pursuing Funding from HUD
July 2011 Issue
What if You Cant Find Funding for Your Research
Funding Sustainability Research & Education
Writing Proposals to Department of Interior
What do Federal Funders Mean by Innovation and the Innovation Ecosystem?
Writing Proposals to the Department of State
The National Research Council, a Partner for Writing More Competitive Proposals
Pursuing Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
June 2011 Issue
Strategies for Developing Competitive Partnership Proposals
How to Pack Your Own Funding Chute
Writing Proposals to the Department of Homeland Security
Writing Proposals to the Health Resources and Services Administration
Formatting Your Proposal
Writing an NSF REU Site Proposal
Topics in Brief -- NSF Broader Impacts (BI) Revisited
May 2011 Issue
NSF CAREER: The Budget and Budget Justification
Writing the Data Management Plan
Writing Proposals to the Economic Development Administration
Strategies for Applying to Long-Standing Grant Programs
Funding Health Disparities Research: an Introduction
Writing Proposals to the Department of Justice
Writing Proposals to AHRQ
April 2011 Issue
NSF CAREER: The References, Letters and Other Documents
NSF STC Preliminary Proposal Webinar Report
Writing the FY2012 Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Fellowship Proposal
Writing the NSF SBE DDRIG (dissertation)
Writing Proposals to NASA: An Introduction
Understanding the Mission and Culture of the Funding Agency
Funding Energy ResearchNew Opportunities
Opportunities for Humanities Funding
ARFS Report from the NSF Grants Conference
March 2011 Issue
NSF CAREER : Writing the Education Plan
Writing the NSF Science & Technology Center Preliminary Proposal, Part 2
Finding Funding & Writing Grants in the Humanities
Writing Proposals to the U.S. Department of Education: an Introduction
Funding Research in the Geosciences: an Introduction
Preparing an NRSA Predoctoral Application
IGERT Revisited
February 2011 Issue
NSF CAREER: Structuring Your Project Description
Writing the NSF Science & Technology Center Preliminary Proposal
Writing a Successful Project Summary
Writing Grants to EPA: an Introduction
EPA & NSF SBIR 2011 Opportunities for Environmental Technology
Writing Grants to NOAA: an Introduction
Planning and Writing an NSF IGERT Proposal
Pursuing Research Funding from the Department of Defense
January 2011 Issue
NSF CAREER: Things to Keep in Mind When You Start Writing
Funding Water Research: an Introduction
Know the Context of Your Research
Funding Biofuels Research: an Introduction
Writing Competitive Proposals: Topics in Brief
USDA/NIFA FY2011 Funding Overview
Strategies for Funding Materials Research
NSF Directions: Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability
December 2010 Issue
NSF CAREER: Planning Your Education Component
Why Seek Grant Support for Research in the Humanities and Arts, by Barbara L. E. Walker, Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara
Proposal Planning: The Key Role of the Schedule and Task Assignment Table
Writing Grants to USAID: an Introduction
Writing Grants to USDA: an Introduction
The Role of the Evolving Proposal Narrative
Faculty at PUI: When You Need Lab Equipment
Grad Students and Postdocs: Writing Proposals with Your Advisor
November 2010 Issue
NSF CAREER: Choosing a Research Topic
Writing Proposals to DARPA: An Introduction
Red Teaming Proposals for Funding Success
An Introduction to SBIR/STTR Grants
Why Read Abstracts of Funded Projects?
Evaluation Resources on the Internet
Writing for NSF Review Panels
October 2010
Writing the NSF MRI Proposal
Writing Proposals to NIH: An Introduction
Writing the Center Vision Statement
Quad Charts, White Papers & Unsolicited Proposals: Role in Research Funding
Writing for Reviewers: An Introduction
How to Use the NSF Award Database to Prepare a Better Proposal
Preparing Letters of Support & Collaboration
Faculty at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions: Collaborating Dos & Donts
Grad Students and Postdocs: Finding Fellowships You can Apply for Now
Using MSPnet for K-12 STEM Proposals
September 2010
Research Funding Strategies for New Investigators: How to Get Started
Unsolicited Proposals: What Are They And Who Accepts Them
Writing the Competitive Research Center Proposal: Submitting for the Right Reasons with the Right PI
The Strategic Role of the RFP
How To Find Funding Opportunities at NSF
Writing Proposals to the Department of Energy
Finding Funding for Energy Research at Federal Agencies
Faculty at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions: Assessing Your Strengths
Grad Students and Postdocs: Preparing for Success as an Independent Researcher
New Funding Opportunities & Competitive Proposal Development Resources