When we work and interact with other people globally, writing skills in English is absolutely necessary as well as speaking and reading.
If you are seeking some funds, a good and competitive proposal have to be written in English. There are some guidelines, tips and tricks to write a good and competitive proposal. You may find some practical English writing in the following websites.GUIDELINE TO WRITE a PROPOSAL
Guide for writing a funding proposal - http://www.learnerassociates.net/proposal/
Grant- writing tools for non-profits organizations - http://www.npguides.org/guide/index.html
A practical guide for writing proposals - http://members.dca.net/areid/proposal.htm
Toolkit: Proposal writing and fundraising - http://www.gdnet.org/middle.php?oid=363
Fund raising guidelines:
http://www.tropical-biology.org/admin/documents/pdf_files/Writing%20guides/Fundraising%20_FINAL.pdf
GUIDANCE ON WRITING IN ENGLISH
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb.html (The Writers Web, a useful site maintained by the University of Richmond, Virginia, USA, with links to specific topics on writing, including ‘getting started’; ‘the first draft’; ‘clarity and style’; ‘punctuation’ and ‘sentence structure’ and ‘analysis and argument’; highly recommended.)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ (Online handouts covering writing, research, grammar, etc.)
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/ (Similar to the OWL site at
http://aerg.canberra.edu.au/pub/aerg/edupaper.htm (Notes on the structure of a scientific paper.)
http://www.bms.bc.ca/library/Guidelines%20for%20writing%20Scientific%20papers.pdf (A downloadable PDF file, Guidelines for Writing Scientific Papers.)
http://www.maths.strath.ac.uk/~aas96106/tips.html (101 tips on writing.)
http://www.bartleby.com/141/ (Online access to a widely recommended guide to improved writing The Elements of Style, by William Struck and E.B. White; short, fully of simple guidelines, and a delight to read)
http://www.economist.com/research/StyleGuide/ (The Economist’s well known guide to style, written for journalists though the guidelines apply more broadly.)
http://www.emcf.org/pub/jargon/words/ (A website that discusses and provides alternatives to commonly used jargon. You can also downloading the three short books written by Tony Proscio, from which the tips on jargon are drawn.)
http://www.confusingwords.com/index.php (A site to go to when you are uncertain about which of two similar words to use.)
http://www.usingenglish.com/reference.html (This site provides definitions of English grammar terms, and includes links to online dictionaries.)
http://www.yourdictionary.com/ (An Online Dictionary and Thesaurus, an easy option if you do not have your own.)
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