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Is There Racial Bias in Awarding Federal Grants?

ProposalPRO

2016 , Ginther et al., NIH also found that scientists who were the most experienced at proposing and implementing grants were also disproportionately more likely to be funded, and to be White. There is evidence that government grants are not distributed equitably. 2019 , Ginther et al.,

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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. 2016, Danthi et al., Reviewers also have issues with the process, including “reviewer fatigue” from having too many proposals to review and too little time in which to do it (Bendiscioli, 2019).

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Grant Writing: 3 Tips for Crafting Need Statements in Federal Grant Proposals

Grants.gov

Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources & Services Administration ’s grant writing guide, titled “ Tips for Writing and Submitting Good Grant Proposals ”. For this particular funding opportunity, applicants are able to submit proposals for a wide variety of needs.

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Inclusion of senior investigators on junior investigator grant proposals

Grant Writers’ Seminars & Workshops

Young/junior/early career investigators attending one of our Write Winning Grant Proposals seminars frequently ask whether teaming up with senior/established investigators on a grant application will increase their chances of meriting an independent grant award. The intent is to fund 200 more EEIs across the NIH in FY 2017 than in FY 2016.

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Grant Professionals as Advocates

Grant Professionals Association

As we strive to create high-quality, competitive grant proposals for the organizations we serve, grant professionals are engaged in advocacy for their missions and communities with funders. Good advocates are excellent communicators who can frame even the most complex issue in a way most people understand. Sound like anyone you know?

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Creating a Culture of Fundraising and Grant Professionalism with Program Staff

Grant Professionals Association

At the same time, grant professionals need program employees’ support to develop proposals, steward funders, and bring in enough dollars to keep the organization running. You cannot develop grant proposals in a vacuum with no underlying knowledge of what activities will be feasible on the ground.

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Building Your Grantseeking Program: Setting Measurable Objectives

Tech Soup

Eighty-five percent of respondents to the survey applied for grant funding during the last six months of 2016. The median award total was $80,000, a $2,750 increase from the median award total in the fall 2016 report and a $9,800 increase from the spring 2016 report. Grant funding is critical to the health of many organizations.