Grants & Grant Writing 

Examples of grant proposals:

• Research Funding, a sample research plan and summary statement.
• Sample Grant Proposal, computer education program.
• Sample Grant Proposal, educational.
• Sample Grant Proposal, public safety.
• Sample Proposals from the SchoolGrants site, focused on K-12 education.
• Sample Proposals from Sinclair Community College, primarily for education grants.
• Sample RFPs and Funding Proposals

RFP examples from U.S. governmental agencies:

• Department of Defense Research Opportunities  ------------------
  
  • Defense Grant and Agreement Regulatory System (DGARS)
    "information on DoD policies for awarding and administering grants, cooperative agreements, and certain other assistance and nonprocurement agreements"
  • Other Research and Educational Opportunities in Science and Engineering
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
    "the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense." Provides links to individual offices, each of which link to their own Proposer's Information Pamphlet (PIP).
• Department of Education. Grant Application Packages
• Federal Register
  Select the Notices, type in a keyword, and find current grant information and RFPs.
• NASA. Research Opportunities
  Links to research announcements by offices of NASA, also to a review copy of their Guidebook for Proposers Responding to a NASA Research Announcement (NRA):     pdf file
• National Center for Environmental Research. Funding Opportunities - Environmental Research Grant Announcements
• National Endowment for the Arts. Grants
• National Institutes of Health. NIH Request for Proposals (RFP) Directory
• United States Geological Survey. National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. Proposals for Grants

Examples from California governmental agencies:

• CALFED Bay-Delta Program. Grant Information
• California Energy Commission. Requests for Proposals/Qualifications, Funding Programs, Program Opportunity Notices, Solicitations, and Commission Contracts Being Let