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Learn why writing grant proposals for policy research is crucial, and discover strategies to overcome barriers to grant funding. Explore various sources of funding, including private foundations, professional organizations, private industry, and government at federal, state, and local levels. Develop strong relationships with funders by understanding their interests and aligning your project with their goals. Utilize logic models and program theories to effectively frame your grant request and demonstrate the broader impact of your research. Collaborate with partners and define short-term and mid-term outcomes that extend beyond the research.
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Opportunities for Grant Funding • Where have you been successful?
Barriers to Grant Funding • Where have you faced challenges?
Sources of Funding • Private Foundations • Professional organizations • Private industry • Government • Federal • State • Local
Private Foundations • Independent • Company-sponsored • Community
Searching for Funding: Relationships • Make connections, not lists • Co-creation takes time; co-creation builds trust • Ask for advice early and efficiently • Respect roles
Searching for Funding: Relationships • How can you help the funder advance its interests? • What is your mutual endgame? • What are the outcomes beyond the research? • How does the project fit into the big picture?
Framing Your Request • Focus on the broad results of a program, not just cost-effectiveness, numbers served, or other discreet measures of success • Define broader, realistic outcomes • Build in measures of success from the onset
A logic model... • is a simplified picture of a program • shows the logical relationships among the resources invested, the activities that take place, and the benefits or changes that result • is the core of program planning, evaluation, program management and communications
Program Theory Need Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes (Short and Long Term) Context Assump- tions Logic Model Program Design • Resources • Invested • Time • Staff • Volunteers • Money • Facilities • Supplies • Technology • Partners • Networks • How • Resources • Are Used • Deliver • services • Conduct • classes/ • workshops • Develop • curricula/ • Materials • Evidence • of Service • Delivery • Number of • programs • Participation • rates • Hours of • services • Amount of • materials • distributed • Measurable • Changes In • Awareness • Knowledge • Attitudes • Skills • Opinions • Aspirations • Motivations • Behaviors • Practice • Decision making Other Models Planned Work Intended Results
Program Theory Need Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes (Short and Long Term) Context Assump- tions Logic Model Program Design • Resources • Invested • Time • Staff • Volunteers • Money • Facilities • Supplies • Technology • Partners • Networks • How • Resources • Are Used • Deliver • services • Conduct • classes/ • workshops • Develop • curricula/ • Materials • Evidence • of Service • Delivery • Number of • programs • Participation • rates • Hours of • services • Amount of • materials • distributed • Measurable • Changes In • Awareness • Knowledge • Attitudes • Skills • Opinions • Aspirations • Motivations • Behaviors • Practice • Decision making Other Models Planned Work Intended Results
Program Theory Need Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes (Short and Long Term) Context Assump- tions Logic Model Program Design • Resources • Invested • Time • Staff • Volunteers • Money • Facilities • Supplies • Technology • Partners • Networks • How • Resources • Are Used • Deliver • services • Conduct • classes/ • workshops • Develop • curricula/ • Materials • Evidence • of Service • Delivery • Number of • programs • Participation • rates • Hours of • services • Amount of • materials • distributed • Measurable • Changes In • Awareness • Knowledge • Attitudes • Skills • Opinions • Aspirations • Motivations • Behaviors • Practice • Decision making Other Models Planned Work Intended Results
Logic Models & Policy Proposals • Help you develop program strategy and clearly explain program concepts • Start with the end in mind • Present progress towards strategic goals
Program Theory Need Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes (Short and Long Term) Context Assump- tions Basic Logic Model Program Design • Measurable • Changes In • Awareness • Knowledge • Attitudes • Skills • Opinions • Aspirations • Motivations • Behaviors • Practice • Decision making Other Models Planned Work Intended Results
Partner Work • Define the need that is driving a project for which you are seeking funding • Describe one short-term outcome and one mid-term outcome that is beyond the research • What will happen at the individual level? • Community or neighborhood level?
