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Subject:Re: Writing Grant Proposals From:Jennifer Kellogg-Howell <kellogg -at- FAS -dot- HARVARD -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 3 Aug 1995 10:15:24 -0500
I second Joe's advice wholeheartedly:
> If you only remember one thing, make it this: read, understand,
> and respond to the funding agency's substantive and administrative
> criteria. I've dealt with all phases of both sides of the funding
> process and have seen that unresponsiveness is the single most
> common (and most damaging) flaw -- hardly an original observation,
> I might add.
In my last job I was the grant writer (I was the only writer). We were
succesful on many occassions and I feel that (besides the service we were
offering) that it had to do with the fact that I was TOTALLY ANAL about
following the instructions in the RFP. If they want it in such and such a
font, or if they want the sections labeled such and such. You do what
they want.
I did get to a point where I had a library of stock text I could pull
from, but I let the RFP be my goide in putting it all together.
Good luck,
Jennifer
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Jennifer Kellogg-Howell
Documentation and Training Specialist
FAS Computer Services, Harvard University
(617) 496-4882
kellogg -at- fas -dot- harvard -dot- edu http://fas-www.harvard.edu/~kellogg
