Sample Funded Proposals
Many sponsors and agencies make successful proposals available to researchers. A selection of these is contained below. Note that each sample proposal link will open a .pdf document.
National Endowment for the Humanities
The National Endowment for the Humanities typically provides 3-4 sample proposals for each funding opportunity. The following are links to samples provided by NEH.
- (University of Virginia)
This list is a just a small selection of the samples which NEH makes available. Please visit the NEH program pages directly to access additional sample proposals.
National Institutes of Health
Within the National Institutes of Health, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) provides a wide range of . The NIAID website has samples for the following:
- Research grants. , , , , and
- Small business grants.
- Training and career awards , , and
- (Gordon Research Conferences)
(Gordon Research Conferences)
National Science Foundation
While NSF does not publish funded proposals online, there are universities and individuals that do. Please visit the following sites for samples.
- : Dr. John Bunce provides a 2011 rejected proposal, along with the reviewer's comments and panel summary for that year. He then provides the 2012 successful proposal with the comments and panel summary. This is a wonderful resource that demonstrates how someone successfully responded to reviewer's comments.
- : Teach the Earth provides a number of successful earth science proposals available to the public.
- - 5 funded proposals related to Geosciences (On the Cutting Edge)
- (Brooke Shipley)
U.S. Department of Education
The Department of Education provides access to a variety of information, including successful grant applications in their Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) . The selection below was taken directly from their website.
- : The U.S. Department of Education has provided links to more than 20 successful proposals.
- (Colorado Grants)
USDA
Other Sources
- funds conservation projects through its grants program. The AZA has posted several successfully funded proposals for prospective grant applicants to review.
- : CIVICUS provides guidance on proposal writing plus a sample proposal requesting support for an AIDS orphan project beginning on p. 28 of the linked document.
- : The website has posted two sample proposals for community-level projects.
- : You can find three sample grant proposals posted on , the website for Community Consulting and Grant Writing.
- : Released in 2008, this book includes 38 sample proposals, all successfully funded.
- Grant Gopher is an online database of grant opportunities. If you register for an account with Grant Gopher (a free account or paid annual subscription), you can download up to five sample proposals in each category.
- : On GrantSpace, you'll find sample cover letters, letters of inquiry, budgets, and proposals.
- : The site offers (for purchase) examples of successful proposals from a range of disciplines.
- Jabberwocky Ecology has posted links to proposals in the biological sciences, most of which were submitted to government agencies.
- : Nonprofit Guides has posted sample proposals for community projects (one to a foundation, the others to government agencies).
- : A supplement to Thomas Blackburn's book (Jossey-Bass, 2003), the website includes links to funded proposals to federal and private agencies.
- (Ballet Austin)
Additional Resources
- : The site provides a sample outline and a suggested approach for education-related proposals.
- : CIVICUS has a proposal toolkit that provides instruction on planning and writing a proposal and includes a sample proposal.
- : The Community Tool Box offers a comprehensive proposal outline that includes proposal guidance, links to tools for proposal development, and two sample proposals.
- Udemy course with Dr. Beverly Browning: Dr. Browning's course includes excerpts from two of her funded proposals (one to a foundation, one to a U.S. government agency). The course has a list price of $49.
- : The National Marine Fishery Service has provided an annotated proposal outline covering proposal development and writing phases.
- : On the World Bank blog, a reviewer of World Bank proposals for impact evaluation work provides tips for stronger proposals.
- George Washington University –
University of Northern Colorado –