Online Courses, Guides, and References sites

There are many good resources for both new and experienced grant writers available online, including workshops, tutorials on certain aspects of the proposal process, and collections of links to relevant information. The following sites offer online training opportunities, how-to guides, and good advice, as well as a variety of interesting ideas and perspectives on grant writing.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: Developing and Writing Grant Proposals:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/cfda/ia6.htm

The Foundation Center: Proposal Writing Course
http://fdncenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/index.html

The Foundation Center: Proposal Budgeting Basics
http://fdncenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/prop_budgt/index.html

The Foundation Center: Guide to Funding Research & Resources
http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/gfr/index.htm

Guidestar: What Grantmakers Want Applicants to Know
"http://www2.guidestar.org/rxa/news/articles/2003/what-grantmakers-want-applicants-to-know.aspx

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Basic Elements of Grant Writing:
http://www.cpb.org/grants/grantwriting.html

Appalachian Regional Commission: How to Write a Great Grant Proposal
http://www.arc.gov/funding/HowtoWriteaGrantProposal.asp

USDA Rural Assistance Center: Rural Health Funding Services, A Resource Guide
Online - http://www.nal.usda.gov/ric/ricpubs/healthguide.htm
PDF download - http://www.raconline.org/pdf/healthguide.pdf

Rural Health Resource Center: Raising Funds for Rural Healthcare, An Introductory Manual
[click here for pdf]

Non-Profit Guides: Grant Writing Tools for Nonprofit Organizations
http://www.npguides.org

DUNS Number Questions and Answers
http://www.usda.gov/rus/telecom/dlt/pdf_files/duns_qa.pdf

Central Contractor Registration (required for all federal grant applicants)
http://www.wapa.gov/business/PDF/CCR_Handbook.pdf