This book offers a detailed analysis of the strategies and methodologies of successful collaborative grant writing, as well as practical guidance on the interpersonal leadership requirements of managing grantseeking projects.• Four samples of funded collaborative grants, complete with annotations and reviewers' comments, provide a starting point for developing your own collaborative proposals• Includes a collection of 179 sample questionnaire items useful for generating a customized Collaboration Rating Form for your specific situation• Includes a comprehensive Meeting Evaluation form containing 15 points of attitudinal information from collaborators• A bibliography contains more than 70 significant books, journals, theses, websites, and other resources for grantseeking• A helpful index facilitates cross-referencing important subjects

In a world of limited funding, grantseeking is extremely competitive. Now in its 4th edition, this standard guide to proposal planning and writing offers new information and examples to help grantseekers in the Internet age. New to this book are updated websites, including 25% more than in the last edition. In response to user feedback, this updated volume also provides more examples of successful proposals, including 9 letter proposals, complete with annotations. The book also offers expanded information on evaluation and outcome assessments, which are key to obtaining grants. Finally, the book gives an extended discussion of project sustainability after grant support runs out, a factor critical to successful applications.As in earlier editions, this book discusses funding from government, foundation, and corporate sponsors. Included are practical advice and examples on developing proposal ideas, identifying funding sources, creating systems and procedures to support grantseeking activities, developing proposal components, budget forecasting, submission procedures, and follow-up techniques.

Product Description: Grants are supposed to enable work, not create more of it. You need a guide, a map, and the right tools for the job. Helping you from your earliest brainstorming sessions to fully funded projects, this essential directory offers countless tips and resources for artists and arts organizations seeking funding for performances, exhibits, residencies, general operations, fellowships, and numerous other program types...read more

Product Description: Grantseeking has become an increasingly competitive process. Beginning grantwriters sometimes assemble a collection of facts and present that information to grantmakers, hoping to receive support. However, sponsors rarely award grant funding just because a grantseeker supports a specific cause or works for a specific organization...read more

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Product Description: This reference text provides access to information on funding sources. It covers support for postgraduate research and laboratory investigations and describes funding for studies in healthcare delivery, internships, assistantships, faculty fellowships, development and individual project support...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)