Items to Include in a Grant Proposal
1. NEED: Describe your grant request including the compelling need, documented with supporting evidence or research. Explain what you intend to accomplish with your project, the relationship between the need and the grant requested and why it is important.
2. PROJECT DESIGN: Describe specifically the goals and objectives of your project,
and how it will be organized, managed, and materials required. Include a concise
plan of action and timetable of implementation. Also describe any possible
roadblocks to success that you have identified and how they will be addressed.
3. STUDENT LEARNING: Describe the students or groups expected to benefit from
the project. Please explain the connections between the goals of the project and either
its curriculum content area, developmental need area, and anticipated learning
outcomes of the group targeted.
4. ASSESSMENT: Explain how you will know if the goals and objectives have been
achieved, and the process and tools by which you intend to measure the results.
5. FINANCIAL PLAN: Provide a budget summary with a brief explanation of each
item. Please identify any other funding sources available for your project and
indicate if your project could be implemented if partial funds were provided by the
GSCEF.
6. PUBLICITY: What ways will you publicize your project among schools, parents and
the community? Identify at least two potential means of accomplishing this for your
project. |