Resources for grantees /prospective grantees

Proposal Writing

Please note that all proposals submitted to Community REACH must satisfy the criteria of the Request for Applications (RFA) in terms of the type of project, format, page-length, budget and other necessary criteria that are all specified clearly in the RFA. Unsolicited proposals submitted outside of a RFA will not be reviewed.

The following organizations provide information as well as tools for proposal development.

National Minority AIDS Council
http://www.nmac.org/programs___services/technical_assistance/ta_help/738.cfm
The Research Assistant
http://www.theresearchassistant.com/tutorial/index.asp
Grant Proposal.com
http://grantproposal.com/
The Foundation Center
http://fdncenter.org/learn/shortcourse/prop1.html
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
http://www.cpb.org/grants/grantwriting.html
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.GRANT_PROPOSAL_DYN.show

Success Story Writing

 Tips for Writing Success Stories (English Version)

Tips for Writing Success Stories (Spanish Version)

Tips for Writing Success Stories (Portuguese Version)

 Link to USAID Telling Our Story guidelines www.usaid.gov/stories/guidelines.html

Useful Links

The following websites contain good technical resources related to HIV programming:

International HIV/AIDS Alliance
http://www.aidsalliance.org/sw1280.asp
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)
http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/
The Synergy Project
http://www.synergyaids.com/
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
http://www.unaids.org/en/default.asp
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/HIVAIDSTB/
World Bank
http://www1.worldbank.org/hiv_aids/
World Health Organization
http://www.who.int/hiv/en/

Funding Resources

The websites below are useful search engines for grant funding:

CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN)
http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/locates/LocateFund.asp
Grants.gov
http://www.grants.gov/FindGrantOpportunities?search=basic
Firelight Foundation
http://www.firelightfoundation.org/apply-2005.htm