From the Book - 5th edition.
Getting started with grant writing. Grant writing 101 ; Thinking strategically to improve your odds of success ; Arming yourself with the knowledge of what funders want
Digging up grant funding opportunities. Investigating the government options ; Exploring grants.gov ; Researching potential private sector funders ; Finding grant monies for individuals and businesses ; Seeking funds for international projects
Maximizing your chances of scoring a grant award. Assessing federal grant opportunities for your agency ; Peering into the peer review process ; Selling your grant application with storytelling
Writing to win. Providing supporting documentation ; Documenting your organization's history and capabilities ; Building a strong statement of need ; Presenting the program design section: the core of your application ; Managing the management and assets ; Connecting the solutions to the budget request line items
Submitting your application and navigating what comes next. Checking the checklist and the content ; Taking the necessary steps after applying ; Moving forward after a win or a rejection ; Securing matching funds and other goodies from corporations
The part of tens. Ten reputation-building tricks ; Ten ways to prove you're an ethical grant writer ; Ten ways to secure peer review opportunities.
Grasping the basics of finding and getting the bucks
Mapping success with a funding development plan
Adding winning words to your request for proposal
Checking out public funding epicenters
Wading through Grants.gov
Uncovering private sector funding
Finding individual and business grant opportunities
Scoping out international grants
Using your resources to win government grants and contracts
Writing to convince peer reviewers to give you maximum points
Magnetizing funders with powerful writing.
Creating the documents outside of the main narrative
Building grant applicant credibility
Conveying a hopeless situation and a need for funds
Laying out the plan of action : Program design and accountability
Presenting your staff and resources
Connecting the budget to the plan of action
Wrapping up your funding package
Celebrating or commiserating : Do it the right way
Crafting the corporate letter request
Ten tips for unearthing hard-to-find information
Ten ways to secure peer review opportunities.