1. WRA 453 Grant & Proposal Writing Fall 2005 Bill Hart-Davidson hartdav2@msu.edu Session 3: Logical Structure of Proposals

2. The Baseline Logic Current situation Desired Result Benefits

3. The “slots” Situation Situation Objectives Objectives Methods Methods Qualifications Qualifications Costs Costs Assessment Plan Assessment Plan Benefits Benefits All slots must be filled, but slots are not sections and they don’t necessarily proceed in this order. WWBP p. 13

4. Let’s practice! 1. Grab the sample proposal from the course website and use colored text to indicate baseline logics and use INSERT>comment in Word to mark text that fills a “slot” 2. Use the baseline logic to draft a short proposal, to me, for project 1…you’ll send this to me via e-mail by 9/9.

5. Drafting your p1 proposal Situation Situation Objectives Objectives Methods Methods Qualifications Qualifications Costs Costs Assessment Plan Assessment Plan Benefits Benefits Slots in yellow are well- defined by the project description in Session 2 notes. Slots in white are made up of new information that you must provide. The Situation slot is a combination of info you were given, and info you must provide.