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Guide to Information Resources in Education
Grantwriting Resources

Are you getting ready to write a grant proposal?  Here are some resources available either online or in the Education, Human Ecology, Psychology, and Social Work (EHS) Library to get you started.

SELECTED BOOKS

• Brewer, Ernest W., et al. Finding funding: grantwriting from start to finish, including project management and Internet use. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2001.
  LB2342.4 .U6 B74 2001 (EHS Stacks)
• Fraenkel, Jack R. and Wallen, Norman E. How to design and evaluate research in education, 4th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
   LB1028 .F795 2000 (EHS Stacks)
• Henson, Kenneth T. Grant-writing in higher education: a step-by-step guide. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2004.
  LC241 .H46 2004 (EHS Stacks)
• Miner, Lynn E.; Miner, Jeremy T.; and Griffith, Jerry. Proposal planning and writing, 2d. ed. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx, 1998.
  HG177.5 .U6 M56 1998 (EHS Reserve 3-Day Loan)
• Locke, Lawrence F.; Spirduso, Waneen Wyrick; and Silverman, Stephen J. Proposals that work: a guide for planning dissertations and grant proposals. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2000.
  Q180.55 .P7 L63 2000 (EHS Reserve)
• Peterson, Susan Lee. The grantwriter's Internet companion: a resource for educators and others seeking grants and funding. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2001.
  LC243 .A1 P48 2001 (EHS Reference)
• Ries, Joanne B. and Leukefeld, Carl G. The research funding guidebook: getting it, managing it and renewing it. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1998.
  HG177 .R533 1998 (EHS Stacks)
• Yuen, Francis. K.O. and Terao, Kenneth L.  Practical grant writing and program evaluation. Pacific Grove, CA: Thomason/Brooks/Cole, 2003.
   HV41.2 .Y84 2003 (EHS Stacks)

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ONLINE RESOURCES

• OSU Research Foundation (OSURF): Proposal Development and Preparation 
  http://rf.osu.edu/

• Developing and Writing Grant Proposals (by the staff of the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance; applicable to all those seeking federal grant support)
  http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.GRANT_PROPOSAL_DYN.show
• The Foundation Center's User-Friendly Guide to Funding Research and Resources
  http://fdncenter.org/learn/ufg/index.html
• Grants and Grant Proposal Writing (John O'del, St. Louis University)
  http://eweb.slu.edu/grants.htm
• Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal (S. Joseph Levine, Michigan State University)
  http://learnerassociates.net/proposal/
• Guide to Proposal Planning and Writing (Lynn E. Miner, Marquetter University)
  http://www.uvm.edu/~reshmpg/miners~1.htm
• Harvard Graduate School of Education Grant-Seeker's Toolbox
  http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~hgseosr/toolbox-researchguide.html
• Proposal Writer's Guide ( Don Thackrey, University of Michigan)
  http://www.research.umich.edu/proposals/pwg/pwgcontents.html
• Proposal Writing: Selected Web Sites
  http://www.pitt.edu/~offres/proposal/propwriting/websites.html

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