Resources
- Specific Proposal Writing Websites
- Checklist for Proposal Development and Submission
- Budgeting
- Checklists and Templates
- Please Note: These information below is offered as a guide for electronic submissions. Because sponsor regulations often change, always check the specific Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) and the agency guidelines for any unique rules or changes in format.
Resources for developing your application:
- Sample Applications and Summary Statements
- NIH Grant Application Basics
- NIH Grants Process Overview (flowchart)
- Tips for planning your NIH application
- Tips for writing your NIH application
- Tips for submitting NIH application
- 10 Steps to a winning NIH R0I application
NIH Checklist and Templates (in MS Word format):
Resources for developing your application:
- Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide NSF
- Grant Proposal Guide (GPG)– Revised
- Award and Administration Guide
- NSF’s Policy Office is responsible for developing, implementing and issuing proposal and award policy for programs and is available to assist you with questions involving policy related issues.
- NSF sample proposals (click on a program of interest, scroll down and click on "What has Been Funded." Abstracts are available on this site.)
- Search NSF’s Award Database for examples of previously-funded projects.
NSF Checklist and Templates:
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Checklist
- NSF Biosketch
- NSF Budget Justification
- NSF Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources
- GPG pre-Submission Links
- Proposal Preparation Instructions
- Conformance with Instructions for Proposal Preparation
- Format of the Proposal
- Proposal Contents
- Single Copy Documents
- Sections of the Proposal
- Cover Sheet
- Project Summary
- Table of Contents
- Project Description (Including Results from Prior NSF Support)
- References Cited
- Biographical Sketch(es)
- Budget and Budget Justification
(a) Senior Personnel Salaries & Wages Policy
(b) Administrative and Clerical Salaries & Wages Policy
(c) Procedures
(d) Confidential Budgetary Information- Fringe Benefits
- Equipment
(a) General
(b) Domestic Travel
(c) Foreign Travel- Participant Support
(a) Materials and Supplies (including Costs of Computing Devices)
(b) Publication/Documentation/ Dissemination
(c) Consultant Services (also referred to as Professional Service Costs)
(d) Computer Services
(e) Subawards
(f) Other- Total Direct Costs
- Indirect Costs (also known as Facilities and Administrative Costs (F&A) for Colleges and Universities)
- Total Direct and Indirect Costs (F&A)
- Amount of This Request
- Cost Sharing
Allowable and Unallowable Costs
(a) Entertainment
(b) Meals and Coffee Breaks
(c) Alcoholic Beverages
- Current and Pending Support
- Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources
- Special Information and Supplementary Documentation
- Appendices
- Special Guidelines
- Rapid Response Research (RAPID) Proposals
- EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) Proposals
- Ideas Lab
- Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities (FASED)
- Collaborative Proposals
- Equipment Proposals
- Proposals Involving Vertebrate Animals
- Proposals Involving Human Subjects
- Conference Proposals
- International Travel Proposals
- Support for Development of NSF Centers
- Support for Development of Major Research Equipment and Facilities
- Projects Requiring High-Performance Computing Resources, Large Amounts of Data Storage, or Advanced Visualization Resources
- Dual Use Research of Concern
- Exhibit II-1: Proposal Preparation Checklist
Exhibit II-2 Potentially Disqualifying Conflicts of Interest
Exhibit II-3: Drug-Free Workplace Certification
Exhibit II-4 Debarment and Suspension Certification
Exhibit II-5 Lobbying Certification
Exhibit II-6: Nondiscrimination Certification
Exhibit II-7: Definitions of Categories of Personnel - NSF Proposal Processing and Review
- Merit Review Principles and Criteria
- Selection of Reviewers
- Proposal File Updates
- Revisions to Proposals Made During the Review Process
- Funding Recommendation
- NSF’s Risk Management Framework and the Decision to Award or Decline Proposals
- Review Information Provided to PI
- Release of Grantee Proposal Information
- Exhibit III-1: Proposal and Award Timeline
- Non-Award Decisions and Transactions
- Renewal Proposals