Please contact Amanda Hurford (amanda@palni.edu) for questions or help with your grant proposal.
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Beginner's Guide to Grantwriting
In-person workshops and other resources are offered by Purdue Extension.
Self-paced and instructor moderated virtual courses offered via MCLS.
Free Online Grant Writing Classes
Courses on grant writing through nonprofitready.org
Grant Writing for Digital Collections in Libraries & Museums
From Library Juice Academy, this course discusses grant planning and writing, for digital collections creation.
Self Paced Learning: Introduction to Proposal Writing
A free, short-course from Grantspace, a service of the Foundation Center.
Budget Basics for Grant Writing: A Handbook of Budget Basics for Writing Grant Proposals
Leslie Paige & Misty Koonse, Office of Scholarship and Sponsored Projects, Fort Hays State University, n.d.
Principles of Grant Writing: Text and Course Companion
Carolyn Marshall-Jackson, Grambling State University, 2021
How to Use Grant Writing to Offset Library Budget Cuts
Information Today, 38(1),16-17, Amber Boedigheimer, Jan/Feb, 2021
10 Tips for Successful Grant Writing
Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 14, 2018
8 Traits of Successful Grant Writers
Accessible to PALNI member libraries.Turnkey Writing Solutions.
Tips for Mastering Data to Demonstrate Impact
Accessible to PALNI member libraries. Chronicle of Philanthropy presentation, May 17, 2018
The Grant Support Task Force can help you with any of these roadblocks.
Source: Woody, R. C. (2018, Dec. 5). Identifying Museum Funding Roadblocks. Lucidea.
Source: Kamin, E. (2017, Nov. 14). 7 Tips for Writing an Effective Grant Proposal. National Environmental Education Foundation.