ABSTRACT
Proposal writing is a genre that differs in significant ways from a journal manuscript, a book chapter, or other forms of academic writing. Proposals are persuasive and formulaic documents that must adhere to specific expectations and norms of the research funding world. This chapter will take you through the process of zeroing in on the most sell-able research idea that stays true to your academic goals, helps you devise an overall strategy to determine what agencies want to fund, and provides guidance on how to write a proposal that speaks to the intended audience.
Flash Topic 4. Program Officer Viewpoint - Foundations
Joseph S. Meisel, Deputy Provost at Brown University, provides a Foundation Program Officer viewpoint on proposal writing. Meisel was Program Officer for Research Universities and Humanistic Scholarship at The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation from 1999 to 2010.