Resources for UC San Diego Grant Writers

• ​​​ Teaching + Learning Commons: The Writing Hub

  • Supports all writers on campus -- every writer, any project. Hosts one-on-one consultations, writing rooms, and faculty writing retreats.

• Office of Research Affairs: Research Development

  • He​lps PIs and their teams find and pursue funding opportunities, collaborate effectively, produce compelling proposals, and compete more successfully for research funding. Learn more about their services, which includes FREE on-demand NIH grantwriting subscription (Bouvier Grant Group), by visiting their website.​​​

• Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) center

  • Assists investigators at every stage of the research process to produce results that are rigorous, meaningful, and easy to communicate; six full- and part-time statisticians with experience in a broad range of research settings, with areas of interest that include clinical trials, longitudinal data, survival analysis, observational studies, and high-dimensional data.

• Health Sciences Sponsored Project Pre-Award Office (HS SPPO)

  • Provides guidance and training to faculty, postdoctoral scholars, trainees, and staff to ensure they submit superior quality NIH & AHRQ proposals and NIH & AHRQ related subaward proposals that maximize extramural funding for the Health Sciences community, as well as further their personal and professional advancement. Proposals include: single-project & multi-project grants, cooperative agreements, dual-degree pre doctoral & post doctoral fellowships, and Loan Repayment Program (LRP) certification. 

• Resources and Programs for NIH Grant Applicants (PDF)

  • The Center for Scientific Review (CSR) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides a helpful infographic (PDF) detailing various resources for NIH grant applicants.

• Become a Reviewer (for Early Career Researchers)

  • Aims to help early career scientists become more competitive as grant applicants through first-hand experience with peer review and to enrich and diversify CSR's pool of trained reviewers.

• Qualcomm Institute

  • Offers paid proofreading services

Books on scientific writing

• The Grant Application Writer's Workbook (NIH version)

• On Writing Well by William Zinsser

• Stylish Academic Writing by Helen Sword

• Style: Toward Clarity and Grace by Joseph Williams and Joseph Bizup