- August 28, 2016In today's world of hyper micro-aggression Thought Police on social media and college campuses,* grant writers must be constantly vigilant…
- July 31, 2016I'm writing a Department of Labor (DOL) America’s Promise Job Driven Grant Program proposal this weekend. There's nothing remarkable about…
- July 17, 2016We've written about proposal staffing plans before, but staffing plans seem to confuse many of our clients and, presumably, many…
- May 16, 2016We've written about federally approved indirect cost rates before in developing federal grant proposal budgets; I thought there was nothing…
- April 3, 2016Long-time New Yorker writer John Seabrook's wonderfully witty and sometimes gossipy book, The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory, explains…
- February 21, 2016Most grant proposals involve describing the way in which clients from the target population/target area will be made aware of…
- February 8, 2016A new grant wave is forming. An unexpected and shocking epidemic of heroin and prescription opioid addiction has erupted across…
- December 28, 2015One of our past posts described how to write proposal needs assessments. A spate of recent articles on the so-called…
- December 13, 2015In days of yore, most federal grantees had a dedicated program officer who handled budget issues, contract amendments, reports, and…
- November 30, 2015Between turkey and deadlines, I binge-watched the Starz series Flesh and Bone over the Thanksgiving weekend—on Jake's recommendation. Like many…
