Resources for Proposals, Papers, and Reports

An important aspect of good engineering is being able to communicate your ideas, findings, and projects in order to effectively obtain grants, publish in peer-reviewed journals, and keep agencies up to date on results from funded projects.

Below are links to documents that might be useful in preparing proposals, papers, and reports. Further, Related Links to the right are sites that provide valuable resource information.

Proposals

• NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide, Dec. 2014
• NSF Biosketch Checklist
• GRC Proposal Development Handbook
• GRC Guide to Foundation Funding
• Technical Writing for Proposals 2014
• Template for Current and Pending Support
• Instructions for Current-Pending Support Form
• How to Prepare an NSF Summary Page 2013
• Preparing a Graduate Fellowship Application 2014

Papers and Reports

• Citations, References & Referencing Tools, Spring 2016
• Elsevier Publishing Campus
• Literature Review, Spring 2016
• Preparing a Paper for Publication, Spring 2016
• Preparing a Paper in IEEE Format, September 2015
• Preparing a Technical Report, Spring 2016
• "10 Tips for Writing a Truly Terrible Journal Article"

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