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Change for Change’s Sake in Grant Proposals: When in Doubt, Claim Your Program is Innovative
Federal grant programs constantly demand "innovative" projects, even when the specific requirements of the program prevent any deviation from narrowly…Teenage Pregnancy Prevention and the Replication of Evidence-based Programs: the Research and Demonstration Programs and Personal Responsibility Education Program are Two RFPs that Provide a “Madeleine Moment” for a Grizzled Grant Writer
Everyone has a Madeleine Moment from time to time, when a breakfast pastry or, for an old grant writer, an…The Real World and the Proposal World
In the Ghostbusters movie, there's a scene where Ray (played by Dan Aykroyd) tells Gozer to get off an apartment…So What Are You Supposed to do to Respond to the Community Resilience and Recovery Initiative (CRRI) program RFP?
Subscribers to our email Grant Alert Newsletter will see a link to the Community Resilience and Recovery Initiative (CRRI), which…What Exactly Is the Point of Collaboration in Grant Proposals? The Department of Labor Community-Based Job Training (CBJT) Program is a Case in Point
Among the many oddities of writing proposals is that most RFPs require that the applicant demonstrate extensive collaborations or form…Links: Middle America, phony grant writers, federal spending, and more
* The decline of Middle America and the problem of meritocracy has some observations about small towns similar to what…Rock Chalk, Collapse: Another Grant Writing Lesson from Basketball as Seen in the Investing in Innovation (i3) and Administration for Native Americans Social and Economic Development Strategies (ANA SEDS) Programs
For KU basketball fans, the unthinkable happened yesterday. Our beloved Jayhawks, pre-season Number One and end-of-season Number One in the…Grant Notes: Foundation Funders Find Us and the Helping Organizations and Programs Expand (HOPE III)
Something unusual happened recently. Actually, it's not just unusual, but unprecedented. In the 12 years we've been sending out our…The Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) Notice Inviting Applications Finally Appears
NOTE: The Notices Inviting Applications (NIA) for Fiscal Year 2011 are now available. It took the Department of Education a…How Not to Get a Grant
Usually I write posts about how to get grants. Today I thought I would give some surefire ways to not…