GSE Grant Proposal and Research Resources

The GSE Supports Principal Investigators (PIs) and their staff with the development, preparation, and submission of competitive research proposals. The following resources are available.

Listing of pre-award services available.

GSE grant proposal support process

There are four phases of support. Click on each phase to read a full list of the proposal support services and details of the proposal process.

  1. Pre-Award
  2. Interim Award
  3. Award
  4. Close-out

Online resources

The following links lead to online tutorials for writing research proposals, program evaluation tools, as well as many of the government offices, funding search sites, and statistical databases related to education.

PSU Library
"Research Survival Guide" provides links to research resources, style guides, and online reference materials.
http://www.lib.pdx.edu/instruction/survivalguide/index.htm

GrantProposal.com
"A site devoted to providing free resources for both advanced grantwriting consultants and inexperienced nonprofit staff"
http://www.grantproposal.com/

The Foundation Center
"Proposal Writing Short Course"
http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shortcourse/index.html

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
"Developing and Writing Grant Proposals"
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/catalog.GRANT_PROPOSAL_DYN.show

National Institute of Health
"Grant Writing Tip Sheets"
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_tips.htm

EPA/PURDUE University – Grant Writing Tutorial
http://www.purdue.edu/dp/envirosoft/grants/src/msieopen.htm

PSU - Graduate School of Education, Grant Writing Workshop Handouts

  • "How to Unpack a Federal Request for Proposals" (PDF)
  • "How the GSE Grant Support Specialist Supports a Proposal Team" (PDF)
  • "Budget Basics" (PDF)
  • "Sample Budget" (PDF)
  • "Sample Budget Narrative" (PDF)