proposal & grant writing
DESCRIPTION
Developing effective grant writing skills are essential to acquire competitive funding from government agencies and private foundations.This course will provide students with the background necessary to develop a competitive funding proposal.TRANSCRIPT
PROPOSAL & GRANT WRITING
21 September 2013
Good news perhaps?
19th Sept 2013. The Star
Group exercise
Get to know each other (self introduction)
Participants divided into 3 groups representing respectively:
1. Social NGO (HIV/AIDS) - government
2. Social NGO (disadvantaged communities) - corporate
3. Environmental NGO (Turtle conservation) – Conservation grants
Group to discuss and find out:
4. Who are the prospects for funding?
5. What is the usual format of proposal?
6. How you go about finding out?
Course Contents
• Overview of grant writing process
• Learn how to write persuasive and successful grant proposals
• Learn how to think about your NGO in different ways to attract funders
• Know how to ask the right and important questions when writing a grant
• Gain skills in finding the best funding prospect“This course is not
structured, u
nfortunately”
I will talk a little…
You ask me anything you want to know
What you get out of this?
• Write better proposal
• Learn more about prospecting
• Asking the right questions
• Improve skills
“make some friends,
network, a
nd of hopefully
you get your q
uestions
answered”
Let’s start with the basics
Proponent Prospect
i.e. government, business, academic, grants
application, projects
You are the proponent
Vision, mission, core competencies, technical expertise,
capabilities, etc.
Open call for proposals?Pitching?
Closed competition?
Applying to a prospect
Vision, mission, interest, MP, corporate direction/
mandate, guiding principles, thematic
focus, etc.
Usual application processes…
Call for Proposals
Find, search, be in the network, get in touch
with the contact personWriting
Proposals
Time and resources,
format, template, etc
Driver TextWriting Submission
Adhere to dateline given
ProposalsEvaluation
Who are the panels, what are
the processes
Evaluation Results
When results will be
announced?
Proposal usually comprises…
• Executive Summary
• Introduction/Background
• Why the project is needed?
• What the project is about?
• Goal
• Objectives
• Activities
• Outputs
• Indicators
• Financial requirements (how much $$ to run the project)
• Photos
• Maps
• MOU
• Registration certificate
• Summary of past experiences
• More detailed write up
• Detailed budget
An opportunity to impress…
Proposals Writing
Attending Interview
• Find the ‘right’ prospect• Study the prospect,
understand what they look for• Craft proposal showing your
competencies in line with prospect’s request
• Make an impression
• Find the ‘right’ job• Study the company,
understand what they look for
• Craft resume showing your competencies in line with job description
• Make an impression
Always ask if in doubt…politely Examples:
• Am I eligible?• Should/can this
information be included?
• When is dateline?• Is this topic relevant?• How to prepare
budget?• Any restriction on
use of funds?• How soon will the
result be out?• Is there going to be
another round of call?
Q&As Session
1 thing you should know
Prospect needs your proposal as much as you need them (their $$)
THE END &THANK YOU
21 September 2013