Proposal planning involves a series of strategies that grant seekers must implement before actually writing a formal letter proposal. The first tip that individuals should consider before engaging in the writing process is searching potential sponsors that endorse the same values and interest that the organization supports. A good option that grant seekers must consider identifying sponsors through the search of government websites in order to obtain grant related information. In the government websites grant seekers can find information that can be crucial for individuals to consider. For instance in the grants.gov website individuals can review beforehand the requirements that government imposes such as: guidelines, rules, regulation, deadlines, …show more content…
This analyzation entails searching for information about the sponsor in their website. Further, individuals should consider contacting a past grantee or reviewer and ask them for information of how the sponsor’s works, his or her likes and dislikes, the kind or type of format required and any additional writing tip that could potentially enhance the probabilities of securing a grant. In addition, after successfully selecting a sponsor, individuals should consider start reading the guidelines and start writing the application forms with the information required by the organization or sponsor. After filling out the application forms and considering the guidelines of the organization, grant seekers should consider is start brainstorming their ideas. During the barnstorming stage, grant seekers should consider researching for statistics or information that could help to document the extent of the problem that the organization is seeking. In this stage, grant seekers should consider information that can relate not only to the project but also in terms that the information can be related to the potential sponsor’s …show more content…
Moreover, grant seekers must consider to carefully stating and describing the problem they wish to solve in a rough draft. By doing this, grant seekers should consider to combine the ideas provided by past grantees such as including statistics or data information. The second step is writing the objectives and provide detailed information of the process required to achieve the purpose the organization is trying to achieve. Furthermore, grant seekers must consider to include the strategies utilized by the organization in order to achieve the project’s purpose and results. The next step is to stating the budget requested by providing justification of the direct or indirect cost that the organization will require in order to implement the project in society. A good tip that grant seekers should consider is adding visual images of the future project, statistics, or about crucial information about the organization. The most important tip is that when grant seekers finalize writing the proposal draft, they should consider asking a professional member or an individual with expertise in grant writing to read and review your ideas before actually writing the final proposal. Finally, the tips described above, should be considered by grant seekers before formally writing a formal