Grant Seeking in Higher Education: Strategies and Tools for College Faculty

List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes vii

Foreword ix

Preface: What’s in a Name? xi

Acknowledgments xv

About the Authors xvii

PART 1 THE HOW-TO MANUAL

Section 1 Diving into Grants Culture

1 Grants Culture: The Big Picture 5

2 The Matching Game: Finding Funders 17

3 Tapping Support on Campus 33

4 Collaboration: The New Frontier 43

5 Preparing to Write 55

Section 2 Developing Your Proposal

6 The Writing 71

7 The Abstract 81

8 The Heart of the Matter: The Proposal Narrative 91

9 Budgets 111

10 Making It Shine: The Proposal Package 129

Section 3 Next Steps

11 Review, Rejection, and Reshaping 149

12 Your Project Is Funded—Now What? 161

PART 2 GRANT-SEEKING TOOLKIT

Section 1 Diving into Grants Culture 179

Grant Glossary 179

Tools for Finding Funding 188

Funding Search Cheat Sheet 190

Prewriting Questions 192

Section 2 Managing the Proposal Work 197

Planning for Proposal Development 197

Developing a Concept Paper 202

Four Sentences to Focus Your Elevator Pitch 203

Contacting a Program Offi cer 204

Managing Proposal Development 206

Narrative Timeline for Proposal Development 207

Section 3 Developing Your Proposal 215

Proposal Logic 215

Moving from the Larger Context to the Detail 216

Proposal Outlines 217

Evaluation 220

Budget Justification 223

Subcontracts and Consulting Agreements 229

Sample Subcontract Scope of Work 232

Travel Expenses 233

Letters of Support and Commitment 235

Project Timelines 239

Proposal Review Processes 246

Section 4 Building Institutional Grants Culture 251

Tools for Hiring Grant Writing Consultants 251

Interview Questions 253

Interview Writing Prompts 254

Reference Check Questions 256

Tools for Managing and Nurturing Grant Writing Consultants 257

Survey Instrument 269

Flextime Memo 273

Afterword: Summing It Up 275

Appendix: Building a Grants Culture: A Word to Campus Leaders 279

References 303

Index 309