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Grant Writing For Dummies, 7th Edition
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Grant Writing For Dummies, 7th Edition

by Beverly A. Browning
March 2022
Beginner content levelBeginner
368 pages
9h 16m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 13

Preparing Preliminary Documents

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Knowing how to prepare what a funder requires

Bullet Drafting a cover letter

Bullet Diving into forms

Bullet Creating the abstract and table of contents

This chapter covers critical and standard information-gathering forms and other pre-narrative sections you can expect to see in your grant applications. Remember that every type of funding source has different grant proposal formatting and submission requirements. With so many types of funding applications floating around, determining what goes where can be confusing. That’s why I explain it all in this chapter.

Along with a deep dive into general funder requirements, the chapter also discusses cover letters. Cover letters are no longer a standard requirement of grant applications, but some private-sector funders (that is, foundations and corporations) still require that a formal cover letter accompany a paper grant proposal. What do you write in these cover letters? How long should they be, and should they be formal or informal? What do you do if you have to fill out a cover form (something ...

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