Grant Writing For Dummies®, 3rd Edition
by Beverly A. BrowningEdition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-12-01
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary
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 websites, and state agencies that publish grant funding opportunity announcements for seekers who struggle to find opportunities. New to third edition.
Author Biography
Dr. Beverly A. Browning, MPA, DBA, a national grant writer and consultant with more than two decades of experience, has won more than $100 million in grants. She is the author of a dozen grant-related publications, teaches online grant writing classes for Education to Go, and is a member of and chapter resource developer for the American Association of Grant Professionals.
Table of Contents
| 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 | |
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