Grant Writing – Should I apply for the maximum amount available?

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Grant Writing Should I apply for the maximum
amount available?
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Grant Writing Should I apply for the maximum
amount available?

• Grant funding program guidelines generally have a
  maximum funding limit available and many grant
  writers seem to believe that if there is a
  maximum sealing on what you can apply for that
  you should apply for that maximum amount.
• In this article I would like to discuss this view
  and for grant writers to really assess this as an
  integral part of the grant writing process.

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Grant Writing Should I apply for the maximum
amount available?

• Grant writing as I have said many times before
  really is a very strategic process well it is
  strategic for skilled grant writers not so much
  for inexperienced grant writers!
• And as such the amount of funding you are
  applying for needs to be factored into the grant
  writing process and considered in the risk
  assessment process in putting your absolute best
  case forward for consideration.

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Grant Writing Should I apply for the maximum
amount available?

• Maximum and minimum funding limits are set by the
  program managers in order to constrain the scope
  of projects and generally the maximum limits are
  factored in as part of the overall total amount
  of funding being made available.
• Therefore they are put in place as part of the
  funding guidelines for very specific reasons.

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Grant Writing Should I apply for the maximum
amount available?

• Most grant writers seem to be attracted to the
  maximum limits like a moth to a light or like the
  allure of poker machines where players always
  think they just might win the big payout.

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Grant Writing Should I apply for the maximum
amount available?

• Our Consultants at Red Tape Busters are very very
  careful about applying for maximum amounts in the
  grant writing process.
• We have very real reasons and strategies behind
  this but the main consideration relates to the
  fact that the more organisations that apply for
  and are successful with winning the maximum
  funding amount the less number of organisations
  in total will then be awarded funding.
• Funding programs and program managers generally
  like to spread the available funds around to as
  many organisations as possible.

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Grant Writing Should I apply for the maximum
amount available?

• Therefore I believe that if you are applying for
  the maximum amount the less likely you are to
  be successful. As professional grant writers we
  need to maximise our clients chances of success
  and if we believe that a funding program/fund
  manager with a 1000000 funding pool available
  and a maximum funding limit of 200000 will want
  to allocate more than 5 successful grants of
  200000 each which in general they surely will
  then there really is little rationale for
  applying for the maximum amount. I always have a
  favourite saying the closer you are to applying
  for the maximum funding amount the less chance
  you have of success. The further you get away
  from the maximum funding limit the better
  chance of success.

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Grant Writing Should I apply for the maximum
amount available?

• There are circumstances where applying for the
  maximum amount might be warranted but they are
  few and far between but yes there are
  circumstances where we will apply for the maximum
  amount. These instances generally are constrained
  to really really really good projects where the
  project is outstanding and fits the program
  guidelines perfectly, where the project cannot be
  completed with anything less than the full amount
  and where partially funding the project is
  untenable or where you are applying for a project
  or an item or piece of equipment which cant be
  split up into sub projects and where the cost
  is equal to or close to the maximum amount. In
  those rare instances you might have to apply for
  the maximum funding amount.

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Grant Writing Should I apply for the maximum
amount available?

• Also program managers generally and I say
  generally have an affinity with supporting rural
  based organisations or organisations suffering
  disadvantage over urban based organisations or
  organisations who are more affluent.
• In those situations severely disadvantaged
  organisations or those suffering from drought,
  socio economic issues etc might well get a
  project funded to the maximum funding limit.
  Again though be careful the closer you get to
  apply for the maximum the less chance of
  success. It really is that simple.

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Grant Writing Should I apply for the maximum
amount available?

• The skilled grant writer will give their client
  or project the very best chance of success in the
  grant writing process and our view is to apply
  for little and often instead of applying for
  maximum money.
• You will be far more successful with our strategy
  that is for sure.

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Grant Writing Should I apply for the maximum
amount available?
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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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