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Dr. Beverly Browning Grant Writer

Dr. Beverly Browning Grant Writer. Grant Writing Express for Compassionate Providers – Caregivers - Individuals - Survivors Facilitator: Dr. Bev Browning

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Dr. Beverly BrowningGrant Writer

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Grant Writing Express for Compassionate Providers –

Caregivers - Individuals - SurvivorsFacilitator:

Dr. Bev BrowningGrant Writing Training Foundation

Mesa, Arizona480-768-7400

www.grantwritingbootcamp.us

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About Your Facilitator• Four-decade grant-writing veteran.• Author of 40 grant-related publications including: -

Grant Writing for Educators, Grant Writing for Dummies, Perfect Phrases for Writing Grant Proposals, and Perfect Phrases for Fundraising.

• Raised over $350 million in grant and contract awards.

• Lived in Hot Springs from 2001 – 2004.• Husband of 47 years, John, born in Camden.• Mother of one; grandmother of one. Blessed!

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Agenda

• Funding Request Components Overview and Writing Exercises.

• Understanding the Peer Review Process for Any Type of Funding Request and How to Win!

• Wrap-up Q & A.

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FUNDING REQUEST COMPONENTSWhat Do You Need to Write in Every Grant Proposal?

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Information Requested by Funders

1. Applicant Organization History and Capability2. Statement of Need/Problem3. Program Design/Plan of Action/Solutions

Proposed4. Management Plan/Key Staff/Principal

Investigators5. Evaluation Plan/Accountability6. Sustainability Statement7. Financials/Project Budget/Organizational Budget

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WRITING EXERCISESWriting to Win!

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Applicant Organization History and Capability

• Write one important sentence on your organization’s history.

• Write three important sentences on your organization’s capability to implement grant-funded programs and manage grant awards.

What’s more important to a funding agency?

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Statement of Need/Problem

• Please answer these questions with one sentence each (no solution language!):

1. Why does your organization need grant funding? For example: budget cuts, demands for services are higher than your resources, etc.

2. Who is your target population?3. What evidence or validating research do you have to

prove there is a need?4. What will happen to your organization and to the

target population if this grant request is not funded?

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Program Design/Plan of Action/Solutions Proposed

• Complete these sentences:1. Purpose Statement: The purpose of this

request is to seek funding for the ________ program/project.

2. Goal Statement: The primary goal of this request is to provide __________________. Add no measurable language to goals!

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Program Design/Plan of Action/Solutions Proposed

• SMART Objective Statement 1: By the end of _________________, increase _______________________________________________by ____%.

• SMART Objective Statement 2: By the end of _________________, increase _______________________________________________by ____%.

Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timebound.

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Program Design/Plan of Action/Solutions Proposed

• Write five brief implementation solution-focused tasks/activities/interventions that will occur when you receive notification of a grant award.

• Write the names of three key partner agencies.• Write five resources for your grant-funded programs

(money, staff, facilities, etc.).• Write two short-term outcomes for your target

population.• Write one long-term outcome for your target

population.

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Management Plan/Key Staff/Principal Investigators

• Write a brief program/project staffing plan by creating a two column table like this:

Job Title FTE Allocated to Grant-Funded Activities (1.0, 0.5, 0.25 or

less)

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Evaluation Plan/Accountability• Complete these brief sections:1. The evaluator for the grant-funded program will be

________________________.2. The quantitative evaluation will measure ________.3. The qualitative evaluation will examine _________.4. Data collections tools will include ______________.5. The data collection frequency will be ___________.6. Findings will be disseminated to ______________.

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Sustainability Statement

• On completion of the grant funding cycle, our organization will ________________ to sustain the grant-funded program in part or total.

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Financials/Project Budget/Organizational Budget

• Attachments – Following Each Funder’s Specific Directions.

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UNDERSTANDING THE PEER REVIEW PROCESS/HOW TO WIN!

Following Directions: Formatting and Content Adherence

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Winning With the Peer Review Process

• Read the grant applications guidelines at least three times.

• Highlight the critical mandatory requirements/ funding priorities.

• Develop a word processing outline with all of the required application narrative sections (abstract/executive summary and narrative headings and subheadings).

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Actual Grant Application Mark-Up View

Arkansas Cancer CoalitionRequest for Application

Arkansas Cancer Plan Competitive GrantIssued by:

Arkansas Cancer CoalitionJanuary 9, 2012

LETTER OF INTENT DEADLINE: February 1, 2012RFA WORKSHOP REGISTRATION DEADLINE: February 1, 2012

RFA WORKSHOP: February 14, 2012APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 9, 2012

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Wrap-Up Q & A