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 a FREE subscription to Pivot, a comprehensive database of funding opportunities.

• 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

• Funding Resources

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