Grant writing for dummies

Getting started with grant writing. Grant writing 101 ; Thinking strategically to improve your odds of success ; Arming yourself with the knowledge of what funders want

Digging up grant funding opportunities. Investigating the government options ; Exploring grants.gov ; Researching potential private sector funders ; Finding grant monies for individuals and businesses ; Seeking funds for international projects

Maximizing your chances of scoring a grant award. Assessing federal grant opportunities for your agency ; Peering into the peer review process ; Selling your grant application with storytelling

Writing to win. Providing supporting documentation ; Documenting your organization's history and capabilities ; Building a strong statement of need ; Presenting the program design section: the core of your application ; Managing the management and assets ; Connecting the solutions to the budget request line items

Submitting your application and navigating what comes next. Checking the checklist and the content ; Taking the necessary steps after applying ; Moving forward after a win or a rejection ; Securing matching funds and other goodies from corporations

The part of tens. Ten reputation-building tricks ; Ten ways to prove you're an ethical grant writer ; Ten ways to secure peer review opportunities.

Grasping the basics of finding and getting the bucks

Mapping success with a funding development plan

Adding winning words to your request for proposal

Checking out public funding epicenters

Wading through Grants.gov

Uncovering private sector funding

Finding individual and business grant opportunities

Scoping out international grants

Using your resources to win government grants and contracts

Writing to convince peer reviewers to give you maximum points

Magnetizing funders with powerful writing.

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

Wrapping up your funding package

Managing follow-up tasks

Celebrating or commiserating : Do it the right way

Crafting the corporate letter request

Ten tips for unearthing hard-to-find information

Ten ways to secure peer review opportunities.