{"id":2434,"date":"2019-12-03T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T22:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grantnews.com\/?p=2434"},"modified":"2019-12-03T22:17:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-03T22:17:00","slug":"proposal-writers-either-ignore-tips-or-fail-to-use-common-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grantwatch.com\/grantnews\/proposal-writers-either-ignore-tips-or-fail-to-use-common-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention Grant Seekers: There’s More to a ‘Hot Tip’ Than Meets the Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Ellen Karsh and Arlen Sue Fox <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the time the “hot tips” given to grant seekers by experts in grantsmanship are short and sweet– do this, don’t do that. But extensive interviews with government and foundation<\/a> grant makers suggest that many proposal writers either ignore tips or fail to use common sense to understand them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So we think perhaps we should revise some tips. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take the commonly offered, \u201cMake sure you spell the name of the program officer correctly.\u201d This seems perfectly obvious, but grantmakers say it\u2019s not so obvious to some applicants\u2014and they add that the correctly spelled name should be the current program officer\u2019s, not that of the person who worked at the foundation or government agency 10 years ago. They said that too many grant seekers don\u2019t bother to make sure their \u201ccorrect\u201d information is current! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along the same lines, a foundation director told us that, though he is listed as Joe Smith (not his real name) on his foundation\u2019s website, many grant applicants think they are being polite by writing to JOSEPH Smith. Unfortunately for the well-meaning but misguided writers who do this, Joe\u2019s name is not Joseph\u2014it happens to be Randolph. As he explained to us, if he wanted to be called Joseph (or Randolph, or anything else), the website would reflect that. So maybe the tip should be more specific: \u201cMake sure you spell the name of the current program officer correctly and don\u2019t formalize or informalize the person\u2019s name unless you\u2019ve checked that individual\u2019s preferences.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another common tip warns grant seekers to \u201cFollow the guidelines.\u201d Makes perfect sense\u2026but apparently not to some grant seekers. If the guidelines say that only municipal agencies are eligible, no tiny nonprofit organization would be silly enough to apply, right? \u201cWrong,\u201d say our interviewees. \u201cNot only do ineligible applicants routinely apply, they do so with the attitude that we don\u2019t know what we\u2019re talking about.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guidelines appear to be tricky for some reason that we don\u2019t understand. There is a tendency for grant seekers to pick and choose the guidelines that suit them and ignore the ones that don\u2019t. One grantmaker told us that, although the guidelines clearly stated, \u201cWe only accept grant applications from Brooklyn,\u201d she routinely received proposals from the other four boroughs, plus New Jersey, Westchester, and Connecticut. To make the point more clearly, maybe the tip should say \u201cFollow each and every guideline, not just the ones that you like.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, if you hope to receive the funding you desperately need: Think carefully about the tips you get from experts. To be a savvy, successful grant writer, look for the comprehensive meaning of each tip. A little extra thought will give you an edge over other applicants\u2026which is what tips are meant to do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ellen Karsh and Arlen Sue Fox<\/strong> are the co-authors of The Only Grant-Writing Book You\u2019ll Ever Need (Fifth Edition) Basic Books, 2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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