Further Reading — Chapter 4: The Proposal Development Process

Process and registration details change; verify current requirements at the source.

Registration and Submission Systems (Set These Up Early)

SAM.gov (sam.gov). Where U.S. organizations register to receive federal funding (and obtain a Unique Entity ID). Registration and annual renewal can take days to weeks — the classic multi-week trap. Read the "Entity Registration" help now if federal funding is in your future.
eRA Commons (era.nih.gov). The NIH system where investigators and institutions manage applications. Accounts must be established in advance; do not leave this to the final week.
Grants.gov Workspace. The federal application workspace; its help center explains the submission mechanics and common errors. Worth a dry run before your real deadline.
Research.gov. NSF's submission system; review its requirements early if you are NSF-bound.

Reif-Lehrer, Liane. Grant Application Writer's Handbook. Strong on the process of building a federal proposal — timelines, team roles, and the institutional machinery — not just the writing.
Karsh & Fox, The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need, the planning chapters. Practical, nonprofit-oriented guidance on organizing the development process and working with limited staff.
Your institution's office of sponsored programs / research administration website. The single most useful "reading" for an institutional applicant: your own office's internal deadlines, routing procedures, required forms, and registration help. Find it and read it before your first proposal.

Candid Learning and your local public library's Funding Information Network. Free courses and coaching on proposal development for unaffiliated applicants (see also Chapter 3).
Federal agency pre-application webinars and "office hours." For most major programs, agencies hold informational sessions; the program's funding announcement lists them. These are free access to the people who fund you.
Small Business Development Centers (americassbdc.org) for SBIR/STTR applicants, and state/regional nonprofit associations and arts councils for nonprofit and arts applicants — all offer free or low-cost help with the development process.

Any shared-document platform you already use (with version history) plus a simple shared checklist. The discipline matters more than the tool; see Section 4.7. Project-management templates for grant proposals are widely available free from nonprofit-support organizations.