Proposal Writer's Guide
http://www.research.umich.edu/proposals/PWG/pwgcontents.html

Thackrey, Don
University of Michigan

Abstract:

Writing a proposal for a sponsored activity such as a research project or a curriculum development program is a problem of persuasion. It is well to assume that your reader is a busy, impatient, skeptical person who has no reason to give your proposal special consideration and who is faced with many more requests than he can grant, or even read thoroughly.