Proposal Planning & Writing

by Miner, Jeremy T.

• ISBN13: 9780313356582
• ISBN10: 0313356580
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-07-30
• Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group

Summary

In a world of limited funding, grantseeking is extremely competitive. Now in its 4th edition, this standard guide to proposal planning and writing offers new information and examples to help grantseekers in the Internet age. New to this book are updated websites, including 25% more than in the last edition. In response to user feedback, this updated volume also provides more examples of successful proposals, including 9 letter proposals, complete with annotations. The book also offers expanded information on evaluation and outcome assessments, which are key to obtaining grants. Finally, the book gives an extended discussion of project sustainability after grant support runs out, a factor critical to successful applications.

Table of Contents

Finding Sponsors and Planning Proposals	p. 1
Introduction to Grantseeking	p. 3
Finding Public Funds	p. 11
Finding Private Funds	p. 23
Preproposal Contacts	p. 39
Writing Private Foundation and Corporation Proposals	p. 53
Letter Proposal Template	p. 55
Letter Proposal Examples	p. 69
Writing Government Proposals	p. 87
Statement of Problem	p. 89
Goals, Objectives, and Outcomes	p. 97
Methods	p. 105
Evaluation	p. 119
Dissemination	p. 129
Budgets	p. 139
Appendixes	p. 153
Abstracts	p. 165
The Final Steps	p. 169
Writing and Editing Techniques	p. 171
Grant Review and Funding Decisions	p. 183
Bibliography	p. 193
Index	p. 197
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