The Office of Research Advancement (ORA) in the Division of Research & Innovation (R&I) is a resource for advancing externally funded research to faculty and staff researchers and graduate students in all disciplines in the Prairie View A&M University. If you are interested and/or involved in writing proposals for grants and contracts to establish your externally funded scholarly research or creative activity at PVAMU, then you have arrived at the right place. This grant writing resources page includes several reading materials and guidelines for your benefit.
Grant Writing Resources
- FEDERAL GRANT WRITING MANUAL
- REDUCING INVESTIGATOR’S ADMINISTRATIVE WORKLOAD FOR FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH
- CHARTING A COURSE FOR A SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH CAREER
- YOU TUBE: HOW TO SEARCH FOR A GRANT
- YOU TUBE: PIVOT INTRODUCTION
- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ADMINISTRATOR (NCURA) YOUTUBE TRAINING VIDEOS
- THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: 10 TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL GRANT WRITING
- HANOVER RESEARCH: GRANTS CALENDAR (STEM PROGRAM)
Funding Sources
Federal Agencies:
- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF)
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH (NIH)
- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DOED)
- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (USDA)
- DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD)
- SUBSTANCE ABUSE & MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (SAMHSA)
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA)
- NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA)
- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (DOE)
- ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES (ACF)
- NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS (NEA)
- NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES (NEH)
- INSTITUTE FOR MUSEUM & LIBRARY SERVICES (IMLS)
- NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC)
- HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD)
- DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ)
- DEPARTMENT OF STATE – FULBRIGHT PROGRAM
- S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT)
Private & Non-Profit Foundations:
- ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION
- ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION
- BECKMAN FOUNDATION
- BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
- BURROUGHS WELLCOME FUND
- DAVID & LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION
- EWING MARION KAUFFMAN
- FORD FOUNDATION
- HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE
- JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION
- ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION
- W. K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION
- WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION