Grant Writing Toolkit

Grant Writing Toolkit

Resources to help you navigate the grant-writing process.

Below is a list of resources and assistance to help write, edit and submit your grant application. The tools below can be adapted to meet specific grant opportunities and you can also contact the CTSI for help.

Contact the CTSI

General Resources

• Grant Writing 101

  Upon completion of this article, the reader will have an understanding of basic grant writing.

• What to Say-and Not to Say-to Program Officers

  The Chronicle of Higher Education, by Micheal J. Spires

• Applying for EPA Grants
• University of Alabama at Birmingham Grant Proposal Library

  Our partners at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have examples of F, K, T and R grants, program and center grants and resources on how to write and edit grants.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Resources

• NIH Research Career Development Awards (K) Kiosk
• NIH Sample Applications (R and K)
• NIH Online Application Information
• NIH Early Career Reviewer Program
• NIH Grant Writing Tips
• NIH Funding Strategies for Population Scientists
• NIH Writing Your Application
• NIH Review Criteria
• NIH All About Grants Podcasts
• NIH Sample Funded Grants
• NIH RePORTER

  Search funded projects

• NIH Individual Fellowships (F) Kiosk

  Search funded projects

Relevant PDFs

• Ten Steps to a Successful NIH Grant Proposal (PDF)
• The Anatomy of a Specific Aims Page (PDF)
• Specific Aims Checklist-Meg Bouvier Writing Resources (PDF)
• NIH Specific Aims/Hypothesis Recommendations (PDF)

National Science Foundation (NSF) Resources

• NSF 2023 Grants Conference Webinar
• Understanding the NSF CAREER Award
• NSF Proposal Writing Guide

  Carnegie Mellon University 2015

• NSF Fellowship Website
• NSF Fellowship Reference Writer Information
• NSF Previous Awards Database

  Search funded projects

• NSF A Guide for Proposal Writing
• NSF Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences
• NSF Graduate Student Funding
• Broader Impacts Review Criterion
• Intellectual Merit
• Merit Review

Ohio State Resources

• Ohio State Office of Sponsored Programs
• Ohio State Human Subjects Institutional Review Board
• Ohio State Proposal Library
• Ohio Innovation Exchange
• Ohio State Writing Center

Gopen

• Ohio State Funding Resources

  Additional resources made available from the George Gopen Writing Seminar

Cite the Grant

Citing the CTSA grant

Publications supported by The Ohio State University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) must cite the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) grant number (UM1TR004548) and by law, be submitted to PubMed Central. For instructions, review the NIH Public Access Policy on the CTSI website.

Read the guidelines on citing the CTSA grant