Grant writing – the vast differences across different funding opportunities

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Grant writing the vast differences across
different funding opportunities

• As grant writing specialists we come across
  clients at polar ends of the grant writing
  experience spectrum. Some of our clients are
  reasonably experienced as grant writers and have
  achieved some decent successes while other
  clients have no idea and have never won a dollar.
  
• I must say though in general that mots
  organisations had little to no real understanding
  of how significantly different the grant writing
  task was for the myriad of different funding
  programs out there.

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Grant writing the vast differences across
different funding opportunities

• Many many organisations think you can have a
  template grant application that you can develop
  and re-use from grant application to grant
  application making applying so much easier.
• Or they think if you write one grant you can just
  rehash the same information for the next grant.

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Grant writing the vast differences across
different funding opportunities

• I cant state how far wrong this is. EVERY grant
  program has a different focus, a different lot of
  outcomes it is seeking, a different funding
  regime and timelines, different items that the
  program will fund some might fund
  infrastructure, other wages, others just
  equipment etc etc.
• Because EVERY funding program is very very
  different that means that the good grant writer
  will approach every grant application very
  differently.

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Grant writing the vast differences across
different funding opportunities

• For instance a grant about making life better for
  Volunteers via funding for equipment (ie mower,
  sound system at a sports ground etc) which
  actively assists Volunteers do their jobs needs
  to be approached very differently by an
  organisation that might also want to apply for
  funding for infrastructure to provide facilities
  for Volunteers or to assist the volunteers
  deliver quality services to clients/members
  (upgrade a meeting room, outfit a canteen, build
  a shed to house equipment etc).

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Grant writing the vast differences across
different funding opportunities

• The really good grant writer will first work out
  if in fact these are the very best most
  appropriate funding programs that relate to their
  projects and which gives the organisation the
  very best chance of success before they even
  consider applying.
• Then they will attack each grant very differently
  and the secret to good grant writing is to read
  the guidelines read the guidelines read the
  guidelines read the guidelines.

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Grant writing the vast differences across
different funding opportunities

• The guidelines really do tell you just about
  everything about the grant from what items you
  can apply to be funded, how the applications need
  to be prepared, when the funding deadline is,
  information on maybe the contractual arrangements
  around the funding.
• So reading the guidelines many times over is
  ESSENTIAL.

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Grant writing the vast differences across
different funding opportunities

• In preparing your application to any funding
  program you need to be very strategic in your
  approach and ensure as best as you can that you
  have all supporting documents and evidence
  required to validate your ask or to verify why
  your application should be funded.
• Grant writing is more much more than just putting
  words on a piece of paper or typing on a computer
  it is more about how you prepare your
  application and how you can prove your case than
  just throwing some words together.

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Grant writing the vast differences across
different funding opportunities

• Our grant writers are all highly strategic in our
  approach. We need to present our clients case as
  a compelling case, this is our chance to market
  their project and market their organisation.
• We have one shot in the locker to do this and our
  grant writing has to be exceptional and as such
  we tailor every grant application to every
  project and to every different funding program.
• A one size fits all approach is flawed and will
  not realise long term sustainable approach in the
  grant writing world.

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Grant writing the vast differences across
different funding opportunities
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more information about this article or if you
require specialist grant or tender writing
experience to help your organisation or business
win grant funding or achieve successes with
tenders.
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Grant writing the vast differences across
different funding opportunities

• We are specialists in providing the following
  services-
• Lobbying
• Tender Writing
• Grant Writing
• Resumes/Job Applications
• Organisational/Business Development.

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Grant writing the vast differences across
different funding opportunities
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