Grant Writing Resources

Research Development (RD) is here to help you develop the best possible funding request through one-on-one support working with a RD specialist. Additional grant writing resources are provided below.

Grant writing 

• What should be included in a letter of inquiry 
• Twelve steps to a winning research proposal
• Review criteria comparison across federal agencies

Early career 

• Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New Faculty, Second Edition 
• NSF 101: Four tips for applying to NSF’s CAREER program
• NIH Early Stage Investigator Resources

Developing a relationship with a program officer

• Program Officer Outreach Guidance – Prepared by Hanover Research

Writing letters of support/recommendation

• Writing a letter of recommendation 
• Writing a letter of support 

Science of team science

• Team Science Toolkit (National Cancer Institute/NIH)
• Enhancing the Effectiveness of Team Science (National Academies Press 2015)
• A New Vision for Center-Based Research (National Academies Press 2017)
• Team Scholarship Acceleration Lab at UCI
• CREDITS: Center for Research, Excellence, and Diversity in Team Scholarship
• International Network for the Science of Team Science Resources

Research-to-Policy Collaboration Model

• Research-to-Policy Collaboration Model
  • Application to pertaining to children and families

NSF Making the Leap to Large

• NSF Making the Leap to Large
  • Session 1: Foundations for Large-Scale Success
  • Session 2: Stakeholder Alignment
  • Session 3 Performance measurement and Feedback
  • Session 4: Project Leadership
  • Session 5: Data Management
  • Session 6: People Development
  • Session 7: Collaboration across fields and disciplines

Diversity, equity, and inclusion data and resources for proposals

• UCOP
  • UC Diversity Statement
  • Information Center
  • Graduate Admissions
  • Undergraduate Admissions
  • CA demographics
• UCSC
  • Profile & Diversity Statement Template
  • Logic Model Framework – Example Tables – Rubric
  • Student Success Survey Toolkit
    • Sense of Belonging Survey
  • Teaching and Learning Center (TLC)
    • Equitable and Inclusive Mentoring
    • Grant Partnerships
    • Teaching Resources
  • UCSC Institutional Research, Assessment, and Policy Studies (IRAPS) Dashboard – Admissions Funnel

Science communication

• UCSC Communications and Marketing
• American Association for the Advancement of Science Communication Toolkit

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