Online Resources
- Sage Research Methods Online (Harvard Login)A research methods tool created to help researchers, faculty and students with their research projects.Includes number of books on grant writing process.
- The Sage Handbook of Research Management (Harvard Login)The handbook includes Chapter 3: Responding to a Call; Chapter 4: Getting Funding for the First time; and Chapter 5: Winning Large Grants. Part II is on developing a proposal.
- Philanthropy MassachusettsA philanthropic advisory service that focuses on Massachusetts nonprofits. Services include: forums for nonprofits on topical issues in philanthropy, proposal writing workshops, professional development workshops.
The resources listed under Finding Funding, such as GrantStation, Foundation Directory, and Grants.gov, also have tips and tutorials for grant and proposal writing and sample proposals.
Also visit the general Writing Resources research guide.
Books (access through HOLLIS)
- How to Get Grant Money in the Humanities and Social Sciences byCall Number: OnlineISBN: 9780300217438Publication Date: 2019A valuable and engaging guide to applying for--and getting--grants in the humanities and social sciences. It features tips on how graduate students, postdocs, and young faculty members can present themselves and their work in the best possible light. The book covers the basics of the grant-writing process. Also, the book includes interviews with nine of the most respected scholars in the country, each of whom has evaluated thousands of grant applications.
- The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need byCall Number: OnlineISBN: 9780465058921Publication Date: 2014-04-08Provides comprehensive, step-by-step guide for grant writers, including vital up-to-the minute interviews with grant-makers, policy makers, and nonprofit leaders
- Winning Grants Step by Step byCall Number: OnlineISBN: 9781118662021Publication Date: 2013Provides important guidance to those who are new to fundraising as well as to anyone who needs a refresher. This new edition of Winning Grants brings updated tips and vivid examples.
- Storytelling for Grantseekers byCall Number: OnlineISBN: 9780470381229Publication Date: 2009Presents an organic approach to grantseeking by crafting a good story.