| window.page12_callback(["<div class=\"newpage\" id=\"page12\" style=\"width: 902px; height:1167px\">\n<div class=text_layer style=\"z-index:2\"><div class=ie_fix>\n \n<div class=\"ff2\" style=\"font-size:67px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:2499px;top:287px\"> How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:5413px;word-spacing:735px\">Congressional <span class=l style=\"margin-left:-734px\">Research <span class=l style=\"margin-left:-734px\">Service <span class=w style=\"width:1469px\"></span>9 </span></span></span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:613px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">2. A flow chart of the organizational features of the project: describe how the parts interrelate, </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:706px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">where personnel will be needed, and what they are expected to do. Identify the kinds of facilities, </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:800px;word-spacing:-7px\">transportati<span class=l6>on, and <span class=w9></span>support services required <span class=w7></span>(“throughputs”<span class=l6>). </span></span></span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:981px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">3. Explain what will be achieved through 1 and 2 above (“outputs”), that is, plan for measurable </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1075px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">results. Project staff may be required to produce evidence of program performance through an </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1168px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">examination of stated objectives during either a site visit by the grantor agency or foundation, </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1261px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">and/or grant reviews which may involve peer review committees. </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1443px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">4. It may be useful to devise a diagram of the program design. Such a procedure will help to </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1536px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">conceptualize both the scope and detail of the project. </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff1\" style=\"font-size:61px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1737px\">Example: </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff0\" style=\"font-size:62px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1858px;word-spacing:-4px\">Draw a three-column block. Each column is <span class=w7></span>headed by one <span class=w6></span>of the parts <span class=w6></span>(inputs, through<span class=l6>puts, and outputs), and on <span class=w6></span>the </span></span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1934px;word-spacing:-4px\">left (next to <span class=w7></span>the first column) specific program features should be <span class=w6></span>identified (i.e., implementa<span class=l6>tion, staffing, </span></span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2011px;word-spacing:-4px\">procurement, and systems development). In the grid, specify <span class=w6></span>something about the program design, for example, </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2088px;word-spacing:-3px\">assume the first column is labeled inputs and the first row is labeled staff. On the <span class=w6></span>grid one might specify under inputs </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2165px;word-spacing:-3px\">five nurses to operate a child care unit. The <span class=w6></span>throughp<span class=l6>ut might be to maintain charts, counsel the children, and set up a </span></span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2242px;word-spacing:-4px\">daily routine; outputs might be <span class=w6></span>to discharge 25 healthy children per week. </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2444px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">5. Carefully consider the pressures of the proposed implementation, that is, the time and money </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2537px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">needed to undertake each part of the plan. Wherever possible, justify in the narrative the course of </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2630px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">action taken. The most economical method should be used that does not compromise or sacrifice </span><span class=a style=\"left:642px;top:2723px\"> project qua<span class=l6>lity<span class=l8>. The fin<span class=l6>ancial e<span class=l6>xpenses a<span class=l6>ssociated w<span class=l7>ith performa<span class=l6>nce of the <span class=l6>project wi<span class=l6>ll later </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class=a style=\"left:642px;top:2817px\"> become <span class=l6>points of neg<span class=l6>otiation wi<span class=l6>th the gov<span class=l6>ernment or <span class=l6>foundation prog<span class=l7>ram staf<span class=l6>f. If eve<span class=l6>rything is </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2910px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">not carefully justified in writing in the proposal, after negotiation with the grantor agencies or </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3003px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">foundations, the approved project may resemble less of the original concept. </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff0\" style=\"font-size:62px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3203px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">A Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) chart could be useful and supportive in justifying some </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3280px;word-spacing:-4px\">proposals. Larger projects can easily be laid out <span class=w7></span>using commercial off-the-shelf project or grants management </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3357px;word-spacing:-4px\">software. The software allows the project <span class=w6></span>manager to construct a PERT <span class=w6></span>chart that provides a <span class=w6></span>graphical </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3434px;word-spacing:-3px\">representatio<span class=l6>n of all tasks in <span class=w7></span>the project and the way tasks <span class=w6></span>are related to each other. Such project manager software </span></span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3511px;word-spacing:-3px\">provides a variety of report formats that can be used <span class=w6></span>to track project progress. The PERT chart and other related </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3588px;word-spacing:-3px\">reports can be maintained on a network of computers so that all project participants can access the latest project </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3665px;letter-spacing:-1px\">information. </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3867px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">6. Highlight the innovative features of the proposal which could be considered distinct from other </span><span class=a style=\"left:642px;top:3960px\"> proposals unde<span class=l7>r considera<span class=l6>tion. </span></span></span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:4142px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">7. Whenever possible, use appendixes to provide details, supplementary data, references, and </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:4235px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">information requiring in-depth analysis. These types of data, although supportive of the proposal, </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:4328px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">if included in the body of the proposal, could detract from its readability. Appendixes provide the </span><span class=a style=\"left:642px;top:4421px\"> proposal rea<span class=l6>der with im<span class=l8>mediate a<span class=l6>ccess to <span class=l6>details <span class=l6>if and whe<span class=l6>n clarific<span class=l6>ation of an <span class=l7>idea, se<span class=l6>quence, o<span class=l6>r </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:4515px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">conclusion is required. Time tables, work plans, schedules, activities, methodologies, legal </span><span class=a style=\"left:642px;top:4608px\"> papers, pe<span class=l6>rsonal vita<span class=l6>e, lett<span class=l6>ers of suppo<span class=l6>rt, and endo<span class=l6>rsements <span class=l6>are exam<span class=l7>ples of appe<span class=l6>ndixes. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>\n<div class=\"ff6\" style=\"font-size:104px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:4849px;word-spacing:4px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Evaluation: Product and Process Analysis </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:5039px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">An evaluation plan should be a consideration at every stage of the proposal’s development. Data </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:5132px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">collected for the problem statement form a comparative basis for determining whether measurable </span></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=image_layer style=\"z-index: 1\">\n<div class=ie_fix>\n<img class=\"absimg\" style=\"left:129px;top:-217px;width:658px;height:292px;clip:rect(287px 641px 288px 1px)\" orig=\"http://html.scribd.com/14nn1rnyo02yv9l8/images/12-91efb70771.jpg\"/>\n<img class=\"absimg\" style=\"left:121px;top:329px;width:658px;height:292px;clip:rect(1px 657px 147px 1px)\" orig=\"http://html.scribd.com/14nn1rnyo02yv9l8/images/12-91efb70771.jpg\"/>\n<img class=\"absimg\" style=\"left:121px;top:475px;width:658px;height:292px;clip:rect(149px 657px 285px 1px)\" orig=\"http://html.scribd.com/14nn1rnyo02yv9l8/images/12-91efb70771.jpg\"/>\n<img class=\"absimg\" style=\"left:129px;top:785px;width:658px;height:292px;clip:rect(290px 641px 291px 1px)\" orig=\"http://html.scribd.com/14nn1rnyo02yv9l8/images/12-91efb70771.jpg\"/>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n"]); |