1. Helping others achieve the American Dream
Grant Proposals
Helping others achieve the American Dream

2. Objective
Students will research information for their grant proposal, combine and synthesize that information, and draft a grant proposal

3. Finding Big Money How do individuals and small groups fund projects?
What happens if you need a LOT of money?
You write a grant.

4. Look at the Sample Examine the sample grant
What are the parts of the grant?
How long are the individual parts?
How knowledgeable about the subject is the author?
What is the writing like?

5. Your media portfolio
Use the need you identified in your media portfolio
Turn that need into a solvable problem
Write a grant with a specific set of goals, a budget, and a timeline

6. You will be researching--
The cause of the of the problem
The solutions that have been tried.
What is being done currently.
How your proposal will help the problem.
Data to back up your claims
USE THE SHEET PROVIDED TO TAKE NOTES ON YOUR RESEARCH

7. After Research
It’s time to write the grant

8. Sample grant proposal Carefully examine the sample grant Identify:
The sections of the grant
The type of information contained in the section
The type of language used to complete that section
The level of creativity vs. fact in that section
The length of each section

9. In your Small Groups You will divide and conquer The tasks include—
An abstract
Statement of need
Program description
A “literature” review/resource description
References
Program objectives
A description of key personnel
Project timeline and budget

10. Maximize your strengths
Who’s
The best writer?
The most detail oriented?
The best at seeing the big picture?
The best at finding the essence and summarizing?
Assign:
Statement of need and Program Description
References and Project Timeline and Budget
Abstract and Literature Review
Objectives and Key Personnel