Research and Sponsored Programs

Resources by Agency

The links below contain agency-specific resources for developing your proposal. 

Note: Agency and funding opportunity requirements and deadlines may change from year to year. The resources below are not a substitute for official agency guidance. Always consult the relevant solicitation/funding opportunity announcement for the most up-to-date requirements.

National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF Career

National Institute of Health (NIH)

  • Biosketch Instructions: Please note the updated changes 
  • NIH Grant Writing Tip Sheet: NIH guidance on application preparation. 
  • NIH Review Criteria at a Glance 
  • R15 FAQs: published by the NIH 
  • Contacting an NIH Program Officer: NIH blog post containing information and tips on how and when to contact a program officer. 
  • Criterion Scores, Impact Score, and Funding Outcomes: A 2016 NIH blog post summarizing an internal analysis of predictors of funding. Contains useful information about the relative significance of individual application components to funding success. 
  • RePORTER: A database of projects funded by the NIH and its centers and institutes, searchable by mechanism, agency/institute/center, PI, and other criteria. 
  • Sample Applications: NIH page containing links to samples of funded proposals submitted to several NIH institutes. 
  • R-Series "Cheat Sheets:" Quick guides with an overview of key information about NIH R-series grant proposals. Prepared by UToledo Proposal Development. (These documents are not substitutes for the full instructions provided in the SF424(R&R) or individual FOAs.)

National Aeronautics and Space administration (NASA)


National Endowment for the humanities (NEH)


 

 

Last Updated: 8/2/23