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Grant Writing
Workshop Highlights
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The Grant Training Center Highlights
Prepared by:
Kathy Korman Frey
Entrepreneur in Residence
GWSB Dept of Management
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Today
• About
• 8 Takeaways
• 5 Examples
• Many Resources and Links
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Reviewer
• Dept of Education
• National Science Foundation
Reviewing – Good way to stay current in grant world
Dr. Matilda Harris
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95% success rate
How?
• Target
• Follows steps from course
Write the one grant and get it, versus shotgun.
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About grants
436 billion given out in grants
• 14% Federal government
• 7% Foundations
• 3% Corporations
• 76% individual donors
• Grants.gov - 90% increase in traffic.
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About grants
Typical process:
• Inquiry (one page letter)
• Donor requests a concept
paper, or a proposal, or both.
Never send in a proposal cold. Develop a relationship
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Today
• About
• 8 Takeaways
• 5 Examples
• Many Resources and Links
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#1 Target Smart
• Smart networking • Focus on attendance
Events and networking: At what events are the donors sitting “right there?”
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#2 Collaborate
Three key words in grants
• Collaboration
• Partnership
• Interdisciplinary
Example: AAUW “coalition partners”
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#3 Prep
40% better chance - submit the week before.
50% better chance - second submission.
Takeaway: You’re prepared. Fewer errors. They know you.
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#4 Build relationship
• Know the officer• Talk to them• Follow through
There should be no outstanding questions at the time of submission.
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#5 Follow Instructions
50% of proposals to NIH • ELIMINATED• Not following instructions
The best way to get a grant: Follow the instructions.”
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#6 Good writing
a. Abstract – firstb. Statement of need - secondc. Grab them there, or it’s over
Know your audience. Write in short, concise sentences. No passive voice. Bullets, charts. Share it with a trusted colleague first.
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#7 It’s a Human(with very little time)
Proposal goes to a Human
• One hour (review)
• 8 minutes of discussion
Take the reader by the hand. Never make the reviewer work for you. (Happens a lot).
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#8 Tell a story
• Must have hard data.• Must have lit review. • But there must be a good
story.
Example: NIH researcher, single mom on foodstamps.
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Today
• About
• 10 Takeaways
• Examples
• Resources and Links
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Hot Mommas Examples
• IBM – No relationship, no follow up
• Shell – No relationship, poor research
• Xerox – Weak relationship, poor research
• AAUW – Poor process management
• Schwab Foundation – Good relationship, good research, good follow up and process management
Schwab funded the Hot Mommas Project financial literacy category.
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Partnership
• Development• Alumni Relations• Communications• Donor
Thank you Schwab and GW! News feature.Click here (Windows Media Required)
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ResourcesGeneral resources • #1 See if university has subscription • www.Foundationcenter.org (You can go to library of Foundation
Directory on CD rom at Library – 17th at K for free)• Subscrip-http://www.cos.com/ - you may be able to sign up as
individual• www.Grantsnet.com – for those who don’t have cos.com• http://www.grants.com• Subscrip-http://www.infoed.org/new_spin/spin.asp• http://www.researchresearch.com/entry/entry.htm• Taproot Foundation – will help build donor lists and provide
technical assistance• www.nsf.gov• Funding sources www.decadeofbehavior.org• www.acls.org – “Advancing the Humanities”• www.cfda.gov – Great resources for writing, search by agencies,
successful applications. • www.archives.gov – Search awarded grants• www.guidestar.com – View all charitable donations of a foundation
and 990
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ResourcesContinued• Journal of Higher Ed – Will show who got funded,
what grants are coming up.• Chronicle of Philanthropy – What’s coming up in gifts
and grants. Where foundations and gifts are going?• WK Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook
Evaluations• American Evaluation Association (AED) – you can hire
evaluators.• CDC Evaluation Working Group – TONS of tools• Center for Research on Learning and Teaching• School Grants Example: Western Michigan evaluation
site- see “Student Outcomes”
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Links– GTC Facebook– GTC Website– GTC Newsletter
GWSB.wordpress.com
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