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window.page10_callback(["<div class=\"newpage\" id=\"page10\" style=\"width: 902px; height:1167px\">\n<div class=text_layer style=\"z-index:2\"><div class=ie_fix>\n&nbsp;\n<div class=\"ff2\" style=\"font-size:67px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:2499px;top:287px\"> How to Develop and Write a Grant Proposal </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:5413px;word-spacing:735px\">Congressional <span class=l style=\"margin-left:-734px\">Research <span class=l style=\"margin-left:-734px\">Service <span class=w style=\"width:1469px\"></span>7 </span></span></span></div>\n<div class=\"ff6\" style=\"font-size:104px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:629px;word-spacing:4px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Introduction: Presenting a Credible Applicant </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:818px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">In the introduction, applicants describe their organization and demonstrate that they are qualified </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:912px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">to carry out the proposed project—they establish their credibility and make the point that they are </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1005px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">a good investment, in no more than a page. Statements made here should be carefully tailored, </span><span class=a style=\"left:642px;top:1099px\"> pointing out <span class=l7>that the ov<span class=l7>erall goa<span class=l6>ls and purpos<span class=l6>es of the <span class=l6>applican<span class=l6>t are cons<span class=l6>istent with <span class=l7>those of the </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:1192px;word-spacing:-5px\">funding source. This section should provide the <span class=w7></span>following: </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff5\" style=\"font-size:30px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:795px;top:1375px\">•</span></div>\n<div class=\"ff8\" style=\"font-size:82px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:833px;top:1331px\"> </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:1356px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">A brief history of the organization, its past and present operations, its goals and </span><span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:1450px;word-spacing:4px;letter-spacing:-1px\">mission, its significant accomplishments, any success stories. </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff5\" style=\"font-size:30px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:795px;top:1612px\">•</span></div>\n<div class=\"ff8\" style=\"font-size:82px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:833px;top:1568px\"> </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:1593px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Reference should be made to grants, endorsements, and press coverage the </span><span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:1687px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">organization has already received (with supporting documentation included in the </span><span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:1780px\">appendix). </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff5\" style=\"font-size:30px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:795px;top:1942px\">•</span></div>\n<div class=\"ff8\" style=\"font-size:82px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:833px;top:1898px\"> </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:1923px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Qualifications of its professional staff, and a list of its board of directors. </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff5\" style=\"font-size:30px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:795px;top:2085px\">•</span></div>\n<div class=\"ff8\" style=\"font-size:82px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:833px;top:2041px\"> </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:2066px;word-spacing:-4px\">Indicate whether funds for other parts of <span class=w7></span>the project are being sought elsewhere; </span><span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:2160px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">such evidence will strengthen the proposal, demonstrating to the reviewing </span><span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:2253px;word-spacing:-4px\">officer that all avenues of support have been throughly explored. </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff5\" style=\"font-size:30px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:795px;top:2414px\">•</span></div>\n<div class=\"ff8\" style=\"font-size:82px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:833px;top:2370px\"> </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:2395px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">An individual applicant should include a succinct resume relating to the </span><span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:2489px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">objectives of the proposal (what makes the applicant eligible to undertake the </span><span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:2583px;word-spacing:-4px\">work or pr<span class=w6></span>oject?<span class=l6>). </span></span></div>\n<div class=\"ff6\" style=\"font-size:104px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2802px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Problem Statement or Needs Assessment </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:2992px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">This section lays out the reason for the proposal. It should make a clear, concise, and well-</span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3085px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">supported statement of the problem to be addressed, from the beneficiaries’ viewpoint, in no more </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3178px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">than two pages. </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3360px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">The best way to collect information about the problem is to conduct and document both a formal </span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3453px;word-spacing:-4px\">and informal needs assessment for a program in the <span class=w6></span>target or service area. The information </span><span class=a style=\"left:642px;top:3547px\"> provided shou<span class=l6>ld be both <span class=l6>factual <span class=l6>and direc<span class=l6>tly relat<span class=l6>ed to the <span class=l6>problem a<span class=l6>ddressed by <span class=l6>the proposa<span class=l7>l. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class=a style=\"left:663px;top:3639px;word-spacing:-4px\">Areas to document are as follows: </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff5\" style=\"font-size:30px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:795px;top:3823px\">•</span></div>\n<div class=\"ff8\" style=\"font-size:82px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:833px;top:3779px\"> </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:3804px;word-spacing:-5px\">Purpose for developing the proposal. </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff5\" style=\"font-size:30px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:795px;top:3966px\">•</span></div>\n<div class=\"ff8\" style=\"font-size:82px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:833px;top:3922px\"> </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:3947px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Beneficiaries—who are they and how will they benefit. </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff5\" style=\"font-size:30px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:795px;top:4110px\">•</span></div>\n<div class=\"ff8\" style=\"font-size:82px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:833px;top:4066px\"> </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:4090px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Social and economic costs to be affected. </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff5\" style=\"font-size:30px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:795px;top:4253px\">•</span></div>\n<div class=\"ff8\" style=\"font-size:82px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:833px;top:4209px\"> </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:907px;top:4234px\"> Nature of the <span class=l8>problem (pro<span class=l6>vide as m<span class=l6>uch hard e<span class=l6>vidence <span class=l6>as possible<span class=l7>). </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>\n<div class=\"ff5\" style=\"font-size:30px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:795px;top:4396px\">•</span></div>\n<div class=\"ff8\" style=\"font-size:82px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:833px;top:4352px\"> </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:4377px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">How the applicant or organization came to realize the problem exists, and what is </span><span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:4471px;word-spacing:-5px\">currently being done about the <span class=w8></span>problem. </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff5\" style=\"font-size:30px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:795px;top:4633px\">•</span></div>\n<div class=\"ff8\" style=\"font-size:82px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:833px;top:4589px\"> </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:4614px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Stress what gaps exist in addressing the problem that will be addressed by the </span><span class=a style=\"left:907px;top:4708px\"> proposal. </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff5\" style=\"font-size:30px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:795px;top:4869px\">•</span></div>\n<div class=\"ff8\" style=\"font-size:82px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:833px;top:4825px\"> </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:4850px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Remaining alternatives available when funding has been exhausted. Explain what </span><span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:4944px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">will happen to the project and the impending implications. </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff5\" style=\"font-size:30px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:795px;top:5106px\">•</span></div>\n<div class=\"ff8\" style=\"font-size:82px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:833px;top:5062px\"> </span></div>\n<div class=\"ff4\" style=\"font-size:75px\">\n<span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:5087px;word-spacing:3px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Most important, the specific manner through which problems might be solved. </span><span class=a style=\"left:928px;top:5181px;word-spacing:2px;letter-spacing:-1px\">Review the resources needed, considering how they will be used and to what end. </span></div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=image_layer style=\"z-index: 1\">\n<div class=ie_fix>\n<img class=\"absimg\" style=\"left:129px;top:69px;width:642px;height:6px;clip:rect(1px 641px 2px 1px)\" orig=\"http://html.scribd.com/14nn1rnyo02yv9l8/images/10-0e2824fc90.jpg\"/>\n<img class=\"absimg\" style=\"left:129px;top:1071px;width:642px;height:6px;clip:rect(4px 641px 5px 1px)\" orig=\"http://html.scribd.com/14nn1rnyo02yv9l8/images/10-0e2824fc90.jpg\"/>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n\n"]);