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Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal

S. Joseph Levine, Ph.D. Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan USA (levine@msu.edu)

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This Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal was created to help empower people to be successful in gaining funds for projects that provide worthwhile social service. A major theme that runs throughout the Guide is a concern for the development of meaningful cooperative relationships - with funding agencies, with community organizations, and with the people you are serving - as a basis for the development of strong fundable initiatives. The Guide is built on the assumption that it is through collaboration and participation at all levels that long term change can be affected. Each of the headings used in this Guide are suggested as meaningful ways to organize your own funding proposal and were identified through an examination of a number of different proposal writing formats. The comments and suggestions that follow each heading are presented to help you prepare a strong and fundable proposal. The complete Guide is available on the worldwide web and consists of not only the ideas and suggestions in this paper, but also includes examples of actual funding proposals, suggested published materials, and links to numerous other proposal writing websites. This paper includes only the Hints section from the web-based Guide. (To view the complete Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal please go to: http://learnerassociates.net/proposal/) Good luck in the preparation of your funding proposal!

Joe Levine

This Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal has been created for public use. Single copies of the Guide can be freely made. Permission is granted for non-commercial reproduction of multiple copies of the Guide for educational use as long as the Guide is made available in its entirety, full credit is given to the source and the author, and any fee associated with the dissemination of the Guide is limited...