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Web Resources for Grant Writers

Quick links to web resources mentioned in our Grantsmanship Training Video series and other essential resources for grant writers.

  • NIH Grants Process Overview

    Overview of the steps of the NIH grant development, submission, review, and award process from start to finish.
  • Center for Scientific Review

    The Center for Scientific Review (CSR) is the gateway for NIH grant applications and their review for scientific merit. This site provides detailed information on all aspects of the review process.
  • Center for Scientific Review - Peer Review Videos

    The Center for Scientific Review (CSR) has produced a series of videos to give you an inside look at how scientists from across the country review NIH grant applications for scientific and technical merit.
  • NIH “All About Grants” Podcasts

    The Office of Extramural Research (OER) talks to NIH staff members about the ins and outs of NIH funding. Designed for investigators, fellows, students, research administrators, and others just curious about the application and award process, we provide insights on grant topics from those who live and breathe the information.
  • Better at the Bench

    Visit the “Grant Writing Spring Proposal Bootcamp” created by Jennifer Kong, a postdoc in the Biochemistry Department at Stanford University to access grant writing resources, strategies and tips on how to make a writing plan, find funding opportunities, write an abstract, and more.
  • Grant Writers’ Seminars & Workshops

    Longstanding private company providing training sessions and materials on writing grants for NIH, NSF, and other funding agencies.
  • Edge for Scholars: Grants & Funding

    An online resource created by and for the academic community.
  • ELSI Research Domains

    Review the research domains funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program.  
  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    The Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program (EGRP) has posted excerpts of funded grant applications online. Find links to more sample proposal repositories at the bottom of the page.
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)

    Several NIAID investigators have shared exceptional applications and summary statements as samples to help the research community. Below the list of applications, find example forms, sharing plans, letters, emails, and more.