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AGENDA Previous Seminar Topics included: Seminar #1: Proposal Overview Seminar #2: RFPs; Letter of Inquiry Seminar #3: Current Situation; APA Seminar #4: Parts of a Proposal; Project Plan; U4 Project; APA Seminar #5: Staff Qualifications/Resumés; Intro & Conclusion Sections; Costs and Benefits; APA Today: 1. Your Proposal Qs/Ideas 2. Final Proposal: All Parts 3. Developing a Budget  Budget Types  Budget Breakdown 4. U6 Project: “Budget Rationale”

Your Final Proposal Parts*  URL for the RFP you are responding to  Letter of Transmittal [Fig. 12.1]  Cover Page [Fig. 12.2]  Executive Summary [p. 224 & Sample Grant]  Table of Contents [Fig. 12.4]  Introduction [pp & Sample Grant]  Current Situation [pp ]  Project Plan [pp & Sample Grant]  Qualifications (Staff) [pp & Sample Grant]  Budget [pp ]  Costs and Benefits [p. 124 & Sample Grant]  Conclusion [pp ]  Annotated Bibliography, APA-style documentation, 5 sources [pp ]  Visuals: 2  Appendix: 1 resumé  Reflection Paper, 2-3 pp. * See U9 Project instructions for more details.

Budget Types  Itemized vs. Non-Itemized  Fixed vs. Flexible

Unit 6 Project: “ Budget Rationale” Opening Begin section with an Introduction paragraph Introduce readers to the Budget and Rationale section and to the main point about your budget (low costs, efficient, high results, etc., as applicable) Body: Budget table & Rationale paragraph(s) Insert your well-formatted line-item Budget in a table format Itemize all projected costs (so you do not have to pay them yourself) Below your Budget table, insert your commentary that presents your rationale (defense) for some of the larger or more “questionable” expenses The Budget table is *not* considered a visual, so do not consider it one of the required visuals for your Proposal (see Unit 8 for more about visuals) Ending A Conclusion paragraph Briefly restate your main points from this section regarding the reasonableness of your cost projections Tone Confident Persuasive

Research Reminders Newly Revised APA-style documentation  In-text citations for all claims in all ¶s, &  Bibliographic references on your AB page Current APA Resource KUWC APA tutorials  Via the “Academic Tools” tab

Required URL for your RFP site Specific and complete Internet address (not a home page) Example for the W. K. Kellogg Foundation: RFP:

Unit 6—To Do’s Read  Ch. 8 Research  Continue to collect current Proposal data  Document all data & claims  Revise and expand your Project Plan “Steps,” as needed Write  Discussion  Unit 6 Project: “Budget Rationale”

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