Grant Writing is Something To Learn
. . . and something we can learn together.
Grant writing can open doors—to new ideas, new partnerships, new resources, and new possibilities for communities. But learning how to write a strong grant proposal can be challenging. grantwriting.solutions brings together practical tools, teaching resources, examples, conversations, and ideas to make grant writing more accessible to everyone.
About this site . . .
This site supports three books that approach grant writing from complementary perspectives:
- Grant Writing Using Rhetoric and Technology
- Writing Grants, Building Care: A Community-Centered Approach
- The Careful Grant Writer: Rhetoric, Practice, and Possibility
The first is an invaluable textbook for students and practitioners; the second a free open educational resource for students and nonprofits; the third a free book for scholars on grant writing theory. Each explores grant writing as more than formula. It’s a way to understand communities, build relationships, make arguments, develop ideas, and create opportunities for meaningful change.
Whether you are a student learning to write your first proposal, an instructor teaching grant writing, a researcher looking for practical resources, or a community organization seeking support for an important project, this site is designed to help. Use what you need, share what you learn, and return as your projects develop.
The project has been supported by the Texas Tech University Libraries OER Office, the TTU Humanities Center, and the TTU Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center. We are especially grateful to grant writing graduate students in the TTU Technical Communication and Rhetoric Grant Writing Certificate Program. Their questions, ideas, experimentation, and feedback have helped grow this project.
Grant Writing
in the AI Era.
Grant Writing Using Rhetoric and Technology
Bridge persuasive storytelling, smart technology, and funder alignment into successful proposals.
The Strategy of Success with Chess Thinking
“Chess thinking” and the strategy of reverse engineering successful proposals to demonstrate a clear return on investment to funders.
Grant Writing Workshop (June 10-11, 2027)
Proposal writing is a powerful form of public rhetoric. Grant proposals define problems and translate evidence into action. They also shape which forms of research, care, teaching, and community work become fundable. This workshop invites participants to approach grant writing as rhetorical strategy and ethical public practice. Register by 2/15/27 for the Summer RSA Institute.
Book Endorsements
This book makes a vital contribution to the teaching of grant writing. With discussion and quiz questions in each chapter to cultivate critical and creative thinking, it proceeds methodically from explaining the rhetorical nature of grant writing to detailing considerations, practicalities, and implications involved in generating ideas and locating funding sources as well as writing, editing, revising, and submitting proposals—all while conscientiously assessing ethical uses of AI and related technologies.
Sam Dragga
Professor Emeritus
Texas Tech University
This book successfully addresses both the “art” and the “science” aspects of the grant writing process in a way that make core ideas readily available to a range of audiences. In so doing, the authors provide readers with a model for navigating the different contexts where grant writing takes place and the various technologies at work in such contexts. The result is a resource that will be of value to audiences across a range of organizations where grant writing is a core process.
Kirk St.Amant
Professor
Louisiana Tech University