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Do you enjoy writing factual material? Can you present your facts in a convincing manner? Do you feel strongly about a particular cause? Then, perhaps, grantwriting is for you.
Ehrenkranz, Penny Lockwood. Writing World (2001). Articles>Grants>Proposals
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Grantsmanship is the art of acquiring peer-reviewed research funding. The objective of these guidelines is to assist both new and veteran investigators to optimize their chances of successfully competing in a peer-reviewed grant application competition.
Kraicer, Jacob. University of North Carolina. Articles>Grants>Proposals
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This paper analyzes behaviors and mechanisms that led to successful and unsuccessful aerospace proposals written by one company over 10 years. Successful proposal managers elicited cooperation through persuasion and by successfully negotiating organizational, disciplinary, and cultural boundaries. Tracking devices that identified scheduling problems early in the project and designation of a dedicated, neutral project space located near corporate decision makers also contributed to a proposal team's success. This research suggests the need for technical writing instruction that develops students' non-coercive persuasive skills and their sensitivity to the communication challenges inherent in cross-organizational and cross-cultural contexts.
Kent-Drury, Roxanne. Technical Communication Online (2000). Articles>Grants>Proposals>Writing
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Developing And Writing Grant Proposals 
A successful grant proposal is one that is well-prepared, thoughtfully planned, and concisely packaged. The potential applicant should become familiar with all of the pertinent program criteria related to the Catalog program from which assistance is sought. Refer to the information contact person listed in the Catalog program description before developing a proposal to obtain information such as whether funding is available, when applicable deadlines occur, and the process used by the grantor agency for accepting applications. Applicants should remember that the basic requirements, application forms, information and procedures vary with the Federal agency making the grant award.
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Does Typography Affect Proposal Assessment? 
Experience from assisting in the review of 30 proposals to a major funding agency suggests that mundane aspects of proposal formatting have an effect on proposal assessment. Why do these apparent connections between mundane formatting and actual funding occur? Here are a few possibilities.
Berleant, Daniel. Communications of the ACM (2000). Articles>Grants>Proposals>Typography
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A proposal must convince the prospective donor of two things: that a problem need of significant magnitude exists, and that the applicant agency has the means and the imagination to solve the problem or meet the need.
Center for Nonprofit Management (2000). Resources>Grants>Proposals
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By engaging the rhetorical and technical challenges of formal requests for proposals (RFPs), observation reports, and group work plans, first-year engineering students at UC Santa Barbara demonstrate that they are able to emulate the design strategies employed by professional engineers in the production of design proposals. Because the RFPs called for products that aided the disabled, the students also became practiced in the research and questioning skills that engineers need to employ when they are designing products for a population of consumers with special needs
Applen, J.D. STC Proceedings (1998). Articles>Grants>Proposals>Engineering
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Finding Funding: Writing Winning Proposals for Research Funds 
Identifies funding sources and describes the proposal review process. Provides example criteria and identifies ways to write proposals to meet the needs of its audience of reviewers.
Grove, Laurel K. Technical Communication Online (2004). Articles>Grants>Proposals>Rhetoric
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Finding the Perfect Match—Writing Requests for Proposals
Writing a request to attract project proposals or tenders can be a difficult, time-consuming and expensive task. Issues include assessing and planning both what to communicate and how.
Durham, Marsha. STC Proceedings (1999). Articles>Grants>Proposals
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A list of agencies and organizations that provide funding for research projects in the fields of Technical Communication and HCI. Funding must be applied for before it is granted, and is not always guaranteed.
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Funding Your Best Ideas: A 12-Step Program
A set of practical ideas to help you write a proposal.
Straumanis, Joan. FIPSE (1999). Resources>Grants>Proposals
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A collection of links to grant resources for educators.
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Grant Writing Resources on the Web
There is no single standard format for organizing a grant proposal. Rather, potential funding sources will generally provide information about proposal format, including requirements concerning information to be included in the proposal, the order in which information is to be presented, and the length of specific sections, as well as the overall length of the proposal.
University of Kansas (1999). Resources>Grants>Proposals
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Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal
This Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal was created to help empower people to be successful in gaining funds for projects that provide worthwhile social service. A major theme that runs throughout the Guide is a concern for the development of meaningful cooperative relationships - with funding agencies, with community organizations, and with the people you are serving - as a basis for the development of strong fundable initiatives. The Guide is built on the assumption that it is through collaboration and participation at all levels that long term change can be affected.
Levine, S. Joseph. Learner Associates (2003). Resources>Grants>Proposals
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How Can It Cost That Much? A Three-Year Study of Proposal Production Costs
New business proposals to the U.S. Department of Defense vary so much in their production requirements that it has never been easy to estimate the cost to prepare them. Worse, new proposal managers lack the experience to anticipate the work required to prepare a winning proposal. In many companies, marketing and technical communication organizations find it exceptionally difficult to estimate and acquire the realistic budgets needed to win. For the past three years, we have closely examined significant proposal efforts and discovered the six pillars of our department's proposal preparation costs. We have also derived a formula that characterizes proposal preparation costs in our environment. Our Cost Projection Factor estimate can be calculated in a minute and has demonstrated accuracy within 5 percent. Our purpose in preparing this article is not to reveal our proprietary proposal costs, but to demonstrate that a quick, accurate cost model can be developed for proposal publishing.
Wiese, William C. and C. Mal Bowden. Technical Communication Online (1997). Resources>Grants>Proposals
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How to Work with U.S. Government Agencies and Obtain Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
A collection of resources for people interested in writing grant proposals toward U.S. government agencies.
Kluge, Deborah L. Proposalwriter.com (2005). Resources>Grants>Proposals>Government
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Some of the biggest opportunities in technical writing are in proposal and grant writing. In fact, an American company wanted me to write proposals for them. But I refused saying that I had no experience. Of course, I lost money and a “golden opportunity”. You need not miss out on such an opportunity. If you know English and have some report writing skills, you can become a proposal writer. In India, grant writing or writing reports for grants or funding is not very popular. But in the US grant writing is big business. Technical writers are making big money writing grants and proposals. Typically, departments in universities want funding for their projects. These could come from corporations, trusts, and individuals. How do you convince them to fund your projects? That is what grant writing is about.
Kamath, Gurudutt R. IT People (2000). Articles>Grants>Proposals>Writing
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Murder Most Foul: How Not to Kill a Grant Application
Grappling with grant applications at your desk is as central to scientific success as is wrestling with experimental conundrums at the bench. In the fight for research dollars, grant writing can make or break a research career no matter how good or innovative a scientist's ideas are.
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In language, clarity is everything. So, too in writing research grant proposals. For many applicants, the proposal is the only opportunity to communicate with funding source reviewers. To ensure that reviewers understand your research proposal, applicants must write clearly and persuasively. In plain English, a lot of time, effort, and money rides on your ability to communicate effectively.
Mackler, Yosef. Research Authority, The. Resources>Grants>Proposals
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Power Storyboarding (Winning Proposals Can Cost Less)
Cooperative writing is a complex human dynamic process that must be well managed before it produces good proposal documents. Power storyboarding can help. It forces the proposal manager to take ownership and manage the writing process, gives writers the full context of their assignments before they write, preempts inconsistencies, and forces consensus. By preventing up to two weeks of non-productive effort, power storyboarding lets your team focus on real issues that can lead to winning proposals.
Wiese, William C. STC Proceedings (1993). Articles>Grants>Proposals
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An extensive list of questions one should consider while preparing a grant proposal.
Chermside, Herbert B. Virginia Commonwealth University (1981). Articles>Grants>Proposals
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Proposal Pointers and Pitfalls
Study the proposal evaluation criteria and the points allocated to each section/subsection of the technical proposal, as well as the points that are allocated to cost. This information will tell you what to emphasize and where to put your efforts with regard to proposal preparation.
Kluge, Deborah L. Proposalwriter.com (2006). Articles>Grants>Proposals>Writing
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Proposal Production: Creating Calm Amid the Chaos
With foresight, planning, and use of the right tools you can eliminate the chaos associated with proposal production. This paper highlights the steps and processes to prepare for proposal kickoff, work with your production team and authors, maintain control, and deliver your proposal product on time and under budget. Avoiding pitfalls during electronic delivery will also be covered.
Wilson, Richard P. STC Proceedings (2003). Articles>Grants>Proposals
