Writing Grants for Technology
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Writing a Grant Proposal that Will Get Funded!Leigh Zeitz
Writing a Successful
Proposal Start with a good
idea Locate a source
funding similar ideas
Design, craft and develop your idea into a well-written statement.
Start with a Good Idea Consider your
proposal to be lemonade.– You idea is the
powder– The foundations’
support is the water Your proposal must
be a solution, not a plea.
Use your Problem as Your Guide
Identify a problem that is manageable and solvable.
Don’t try to eliminate illiteracy in the U.S.
Pilot test a project in your district.
Process Identify the problem with specific
indicators.– The ITBS indicates that 50% of our
4th graders read below grade level. Identify the possible cause of the
problem.– 4th graders spend enough time
reading at home.
Process Identify your potential solution.
– Create a “Read-At-Home” program– Provide reading level appropriate
books as rewards for reading.– Need funding for purchasing the
books for rewards.
Locate a Funder with Similar
Ideas Find funders who share your ideas.
They have already funded similar projects.
They have already funded your type of organization.
They share your vision.
How Do You Know Who? Search the Web Identify
Resources– Look at our
Course Resources Read their RFPs
– Request For Proposal
Design, Craft and Develop Be methodical Address the needs and provide
solutions Write well Address your audience Plan your time
The Tone of Your Proposal To persuade effectively, your
argument must appeal to your audience’s beliefs and interests.
The proposal is not the means to change their beliefs.
You will not be successful unless you match your project to their interests.
Know your audience! What kind of organization are
you submitting to? What are their funding interests? What have they funded in the
past? Who will be reading your
proposal? Who will be making the
funding decision?
Watch your language! Jargon –
– usually bad, but sometimes necessary.
Complaints Dull prose Who will benefit
from this project?
Most Importantly . . .
Believe in what you are proposing!!
What proposal ideas do
you have?
Any Questions?