Grant Writing for Dummies

Name: Grant Writing for Dummies
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ISBN: 9780470291139

ISBN-10: 0470291133

ISBN-13: 9780470291139

Edition: 3rd 2009

Authors: Beverly A. Browning

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Grant Writing For Dummies, 3rd Edition serves as a one-stop reference for readers who are new to the grant writing process or who have applied for grants in the past but had difficulties. It offers 25 percent new and revised material covering the latest changes to the grant writing process as well as a listing of where to apply for grants. Grant writers will find: The latest language, terms, and phrases to use on the job or in proposals. Ways to target the best websites to upload and download the latest and user-friendly application forms and writing guidelines. Major expansion on the peer review process and how it helps improve one's grant writing skills and successes. One-stop funding…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 360
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Introduction


Finding Your Way with Grant Basics


Grasping the Basics of Finding and Getting the Bucks


Mapping Success with a Funding Development Plan


Adding Winning Words to Your Request for Proposal


Identifying Key Grantmakers Worldwide


Checking Out Public Funding Epicenters


Wading through Grants.gov


Uncovering Private Sector Funding


Finding Individual and Business Grant Opportunities


Scoping Out International Grants


Playing and Winning the Grants Game


Using Your Resources to Win Government Grants and Contracts


Writing to Convince Peer Reviewers to Give You the Maximum Points


Magnetizing Funders with Powerful Writing


Writing a Competitive Application Narrative


Creating the Documents Outside of the Main Narrative


Building Grant Applicant Credibility


Conveying a Hopeless Situation and a Need for Funds


Laying Out the Plan of Action: Program Design and Accountability


Presenting Your Staff and Resources


Connecting the Budget to the Plan of Action


Reaching the Finish Line


Wrapping Up Your Funding Package


Managing Follow-Up Tasks


Celebrating or Commiserating: Do It the Right Way


Crafting the Corporate Letter Request


The Part of Tens


Ten Tips for Unearthing Hard-to-Find Information


Ten Ways to Secure Peer Review Opportunities


Appendix: A Complete Example of a Grant Application Narrative


Index