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Tips to Getting Funded & Grant Writing

Tips to Getting Funded & Grant Writing. Lawrence K. Duffy, Ph.D. Oct. 27, 2008. Know What They Like to Fund. Sleuthing Who decides? What’s their goal? How much?. Market Yourself. Who you are What you have done Go to conferences & approach agency program directors. Know Who Has Money.

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Tips to Getting Funded & Grant Writing

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  1. Tips to Getting Funded & Grant Writing Lawrence K. Duffy, Ph.D. Oct. 27, 2008

  2. Know What They Like to Fund • Sleuthing • Who decides? • What’s their goal? • How much?

  3. Market Yourself • Who you are • What you have done • Go to conferences & approach agency program directors

  4. Know Who Has Money • Funding forecast • Average grant • Mission of agency • Special groups

  5. Make a Schedule • Manage the many steps • Draft timeline • Letters of support • Waivers • Matching • UAF proposal pathway

  6. Draft an Outline • Annotated • Grant guidelines • Your ideas

  7. Tips on Writing an Abstract • Convey the big picture • General hypothesis • Methodical approach • Expected outcomes • Significance of research

  8. Reviewers Focus on the Four C’s • Clarity • Cross-reference current literature • Content • Organized around aims • Coherence of concept • Predicated on previous work • Cutting edge • Innovative

  9. Follow Directions • Request for applications • Must haves • Correct format

  10. Think About Aesthetics • Font size and margins • “White space” • Figures • Highlighting

  11. Use Paragraphs • Specific topic • Followed by details/data • Use multiple paragraphs

  12. Summary

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