Conduct a personality and skills inventory on yourself to decide whether you are suited to be a grant writing consultant. To be a successful, you need specific talents that enable you to deal with the ...

Procuring school safety grant funding can be an arduous and stressful task, particularly for campuses that do not have a dedicated grant writer. It is estimated that just 15% of U.S. public school ...

Competitive grant proposals are an increasing key revenue source for nonprofits, educational institutions and local governments. One indicator of this trend is that nationally, giving by foundations ...

The tool is expected to speed the work of grant writers but officials say it "cannot replace the grant-writing process." ...

Landing a grant is essential for many faculty members—grants support their work and likely signal to their superiors that this is a faculty member to nurture. But securing a grant may be difficult for ...

During a site visit to a nonprofit, one of us witnessed an executive director frantically calling a staff member whose father had just suffered a heart attack. The staff member was at the hospital—and ...

For ten years, I have been teaching grant writing workshops in Indiana. In that time, I have met very few people who actually set out to become grant writers. It is just not something that little ...

From the Dean's Desk welcomes guest author Brisa N. Sánchez, PhD, Dornsife Endowed Professor of Biostatistics and Associate Dean for Research Epidemiology and Biostatistics I would like to take a ...

A humdrum response from reviewers of your grant proposal can set off a cascade of questions and self-doubt. Did the reviewers not like your research question, or was your approach lacking? Did you ...

Q. I’m an avid reader of your column, but I’ve never been compelled to write until now. I am an entry-level reporter, and I managed to land a job at a small weekly paper this year, but it has become ...