Electronic Proposal Submission and Online Grant Administration Systems
National Science Foundation's FastLane
NASA - STScI Grants Management System
Program Development
Grantionary - A Glossary of Terms related to grants and funding
Statistical Information for Proposal Development
Nassau County Data and Research Resources
Suffolk County Planning and Research Page
Proposal Writing Guides
DHHS Office of Research Integrity’s Ten Tips for Writing a Winning Proposal
Environmental Protection Agency’s “General Tips for Writing a Competitive Proposal”
GuideStar’s Tips for Successful Grant Writing
U.S. Department of Education's "What Should I Know about ED Grants"
National Science Foundation Division of Education and Human Services:
A Guide for Proposal Writing
The Foundation Center's User-Friendly Guide to Funding Research and Resources
The Foundation Center's Proposal Writing Short Course
Publications
On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research
Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy
National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine
National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1995 (40 pages).
Reinventing Undergraduate Education, The Boyer Commission
Research universities were the target audience for this report of the National Commission on Educating Undergraduates when they convened in 1995 under the auspices of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Nonetheless, this report provides much food for thought among our nation's predominantly undergraduate institutions.
Philanthropy
The Foundation Center "Your Gateway to Philanthropy on the World Wide Web"
The Chronicle of Philanthropy "The Newspaper of the Non-Profit World"
Ford’s Foundation’s Other Philanthropic Resources
Grantspy "The Grant-Seeker's Intelligence Source"
Institute for Youth Development
Organizations Promoting University-Based Research
National Council of University Research Administrators
Association of University Technology Managers
Council on Government Relations
Council on Undergraduate Research
Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable
New York State Office of Science, Technology, and Academic Research
Miscellany
Per Diem Rates
This is a link to the per diem travel rates established by the General Services Administration for use by federal government employees. We have added this link in an effort to provide assistance budgeting travel costs on your sponsored project grant applications. These costs do not represent limitations on cost reimbursement to Hofstra University employees; rather, this information is provided as guidance in preparing proposal budgets.
Xe.com The Universal Currency Converter
Currency Exchange Calculators can be found on many websites, providing the most common exchanges (Euro-U.S. Dollar) as well as some of the more obscure (from the Albanian Lek to the Zambian Kwacha). Xe.com is one of the more popular and easy-to-use Exchange Rate Calculators. It is provided at this site for your convenience when preparing cost projections and/or travel expenses and reimbursement reports on grants.
Videotape Series: "Protecting Human Subjects"
"Protecting Human Subjects" is a series of three instructional videotapes produced by the federal government's Office of Human Research Protections (formerly the Office for Protection from Research Risks). These videos are available by loan from Hofstra University's Office for Research and Sponsored Programs. Suggested Audiences: Researchers, institutional officials, students, investigators, IRB members, and staff.