Best Practices for Writing a Grant Proposal

The grant proposal will be read by many people of varying background and technical skill.

Here’s a list of best practices for writing a grant proposal.

Make sure your proposal aligns with the goals and objectives of the granting organization.

Establish context by writing an introduction that establishes the basic problem to be solved and the current solutions.

Educate on the key care abouts and challenges in the space.

Separate your goals – what you plan to accomplish, from your hypothesis — what you believe to be true, and theories — which are a system of ideas intended to explain something.

Define a core fundamental goal and build the proposal around it.

Stay focused on the goal and avoid complicated arguments that distract.

Define your goals and develop a set of hypotheses to prove out.

Show why you want to pursue these goals and how the outcome is important.

Make sure the underlying research is solid and feasible.

In writing the proposal state the problem and goal up front so it’s clear.
Less is more. 
The more you can focus on a clearly defined problem, the more realistic your proposal becomes.   

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