One of the best things that can happen to a grant writer is to have the Census roll around during a time of economic crisis, because decennial Census data hangs around for about ten years. It takes the Census Bureau around two years or so to publish the latest data, which then gets used until [...]
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The Census During Hard Times: A Gift That Keeps On Giving
May 9th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: Advice · Government · Grants · How-to · Research
How to Write About Something You Know Nothing About: It’s Easy, Just Imagine a Can Opener
February 14th, 2010 · 5 Comments
One of the many interesting aspects of running a general-purpose grant writing firm is that we are often called upon to write complex proposals covering subjects about which we know little or nothing, as I discussed in No Experience, No Problem: Why Writing a Department of Energy (DOE) Proposal Is Not Hard For A Good [...]
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How Much Money Is Available? Explaining Maximum Grant Amounts
August 15th, 2009 · No Comments
If you read our e-mail newsletter, the Seliger Funding Report, you’re aware of a number that can mean different quantities depending on the RFP: the maximum grant amount. There are a couple of ways to calculate this number: by the amount available over the total project period (which could be more than a single year) [...]