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Do Reviewers’ High Scores Predict the Best Grant Projects?

ProposalPRO

If you’re won a federal grant, you know you owe your good fortune to the independent grant reviewers who highly rated your proposal. Studies on the topic indicate that expert peer reviewers can select strongly written grant applications but cannot necessarily predict which projects will successfully achieve stated objectives.

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How to Write Persuasive Proposals

Grant Training Center

A 2015 meta-analysis of more than 1000 articles with advice to proposal writers showed that most of the top 10 recommendations focus on strategic positioning and project design. 1 I’ve seen scores of presentations advising faculty how to write more competitive grant proposals and I rarely hear anything besides these.

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Grant Writing Tip: Using federal grants to fund building or purchasing/renovating a building

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

We get many calls from nonprofits and public agencies seeking federal grants to build or buy and renovate a building*—the proposed uses could be anything from a youth center to a SUD treatment facility to affordable housing. PWEAA supports long-term community or regional economic development efforts.

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Ideas Wanted to Increase Participation in Elections

Tech Soup

And it's very easy to do an application. The 2015 Knight Foundation News Challenge is accepting applications online from February 25 to March 19, 2015. The winners will be announced in June of 2015. Just go to newschallenge.org to explain your idea during the application period.

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Win a Trip to bbcon — Award Nominations Open Through September 21

Tech Soup

The awards will be presented at bbcon 2015, Blackbaud's annual conference for nonprofits , being held October 26–28 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. Submit an application or nominate an organization by September 21. Please consider submitting your proposal or self-nomination. Fundraising Dynamo Award.

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Spotlight: State of Wyoming

GrantNews

On April 30, 2015, some folks in Laramie, Wyoming danced their way into the Guinness Book of World Records. Applicant requests require contact in advance with staff for a link to the application. The grant program is designed to provide native/indigenous species to an applicant’s local geographical area.

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What Should You Be Doing: Fundraising or Pursuing Grant Money?

Peak Proposals

you have three primary options for raising funds: 1) you can solicit donations from individuals, 2) you can submit proposals to foundations and government agencies to receive grant funding, or 3) you can hold fundraising campaigns and community events to collect donations. If your organization needs funding (and what organization doesn’t?),

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