- May 31, 2015Seliger + Associates has been toiling away in the grant writing salt mines for over two decades, and last week…
- May 26, 2015If you only include data in your needs assessment, you don't stand out from dozens or hundreds of other needs…
- April 19, 2015In "Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule" Paul Graham writes There are two types of schedule, which I'll call the manager's schedule…
- February 8, 2015It seems intuitive that having more time to complete a task would result in a better final product. But in…
- February 1, 2015Grant writing, like most artistic pursuits, is an essentially solitary endeavor. No matter how many preliminary group-think planning meetings or…
- January 19, 2015Being too knowledgeable can actually hurt your proposal. At first glance that seems wrong: Isn't knowing more better than knowing…
- December 1, 2014This post is going to start in an incredibly boring fashion and then twist; first, the boring part: virtually every…
- May 8, 2014One of the most unfortunate changes in the academic world since I left the warm bosom of the University of…
- December 30, 2013Needs assessments tend to come in two flavors: one basically instructs the applicant to "Describe the target area and its…
- August 18, 2013Having been a grant writer since before the flood, I should not be flummoxed by a hopelessly inept RFP. I…
