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Project Budgeting for New Grant Writers

Peak Proposals

For most proposals, this means that until the first draft of the proposal narrative is ready, the person leading the budget must stick to preliminary tasks, such as building the budget template until the first draft is ready. Preparing the budget justification as the last step in the proposal process is a common practice.

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Follow This Plan and You'll Never Miss a Proposal Deadline

Peak Proposals

While you can create a proposal calendar using a Word template, the challenge with using a document is that it can be difficult to keep the calendar up to date. Additionally, unless you store the document on a shared drive, you’ll have to email the updated version of the calendar whenever there are changes, which can be time - consuming.

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Questions to Ask Before Responding to a Funding Opportunity

Peak Proposals

So that you are ready to maximize the opportunity to ask questions, it’s useful to have a list of potential issues in mind that may need clarification. The areas where questions typically come up tend to fall into one of six buckets: (1) eligibility, (2) formatting, (3) scope, (4) personnel, (5) budget, and (6) partnerships.

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Finding Funding for Research

Peak Proposals

That is, are you proposing a project so you can generate data, or are you collecting evaluation data to document the results of the project? Is your motivation for conducting the project to learn more about how (or whether) something works, or to determine the project’s impact? weeks into the process).

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