Proposal planning and writing

Now newly revised and expanded, this excellent self-help book is designed for first-time proposal writers and planners. The authors use a concise, straightforward approach, offering specific examples of how to find grants and how to plan, write, and submit proposals that get results. They also share their streamlining techniques for submitting more proposals in less time. Each of the techniques presented in the book has been extensively field tested. The authors offer greatly expanded coverage of computerized grants seeking, covering such topics as sources of public and private funding information on the World Wide Web, search engines, award information, online editorial advice, and access to forms and policy manuals. Also updated is the chapter on the basics of effective technical writing that includes helpful tips on document design, computer editing, and improving proposal readability.

• Preface p. v
• Part I Finding Sponsors and Planning Proposals p. 1
• Chapter 1 Introduction to Grantseeking p. 3
• Chapter 2 Finding Public Funds p. 10
• Chapter 3 Finding Private Funds p. 27
• Chapter 4 Preproposal Contacts p. 48
• Part II Writing Private Foundation and Corporate Proposals p. 61
• Chapter 5 The Letter Proposal p. 63
• Part III Writing Government Proposals p. 81
• Chapter 6 The Proposal Introduction p. 83
• Chapter 7 Statement of the Problem p. 89
• Chapter 8 Goals, Objectives, and Outcomes p. 98
• Chapter 9 Methods p. 105
• Chapter 10 Evaluation p. 114
• Chapter 11 Dissemination p. 123
• Chapter 12 Budgets p. 132
• Chapter 13 Appendixes p. 146
• Chapter 14 Abstracts p. 155
• Part IV The Final Steps p. 159
• Chapter 15 Writing Techniques p. 161
• Chapter 16 Editing Techniques p. 167
• Chapter 17 Search Engines p. 181
• Chapter 18 Grant Review and Funding Decisions p. 189
• Bibliography p. 199
• Index p. 201
• About the Authors p. 207