Tips for Preparing Grant Applications - Consider What Might Go Wrong with Your Project

• Follow the Application Guidelines and Directions
• Contacting Program Officers
• Know the Review Criteria
• Know Your Audience
• Clarity of Writing and Organization
• Visual Presentation Counts
• Consider What Might Go Wrong with Your Project
  Devise a plan for what you will do if something unanticipated occurs during your project. Reviewers are typically looking for holes to poke in a proposal, rather than focusing on what is right about it. You can disarm many criticisms by showing that you have considered potential roadblocks or problems that could halt or seriously endanger your project. Be confident in your approach, but outline a concrete plan in case something unexpected occurs. Reviewers are impressed by forward-looking problem solving.
• Accurate Budgets
• Issues Regarding Similar or Prior Funding

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