One of the tasks I have at my internship/job is to help write grant proposals for multiple solicitations. Where I work, we are 100% grant funded and our jobs rely on the funds that are awarded each year. With funding opportunities being cut and limited, it is very competitive. So this year we decided to collaborate with another department that can contribute to the solicitation.
Grant writing is very challenging and I do not have a lot of experience in this area. One way that I have been preparing is reading old proposals that have been funded. This is beneficial in that I do not duplicate other research. I also have contacted the program manager that is the point person for any questions regarding the solicitation. This person is the “go-to” with anything regarding the grant and is like the “secretary” that knows all the ends and outs of the process.
Another thing to consider is when working with multiple writers is to make the document sound cohesive. I have multiple collaborators for this solicitation but it is my job to make sure that it sounds like one voice.
I hope that my preparations in this grant writing experience is a positive one.
Cool! What other resources can you draw from for tips on grant writing? Have you already seen draft material from the collaborators? I'm curious to know what specific issues of style/tone you might see between writers. What's the timeline for this project?
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