Grant Writing II

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Grant Writing II

• Americorp Vista Leadership Training
• for The
• Corporation for National Service
• December 13 14, 2004
• Columbus, OH

Presented by Ohio
State University Extension - Franklin County
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Goals Objective

• In this workshop, participants will gain more
  in-depth information of how to prepare grants.
  This interactive grant workshop will engage
  participants in developing a budget, writing a
  budget narrative, creating a program timeline,
  and documenting program outcomes.

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Grant Preparation

• Develop timeline for grant development/make
  checklist
• Format, submission and scoring guidelines
• Grant Sections
• Executive Summary
• Program Description
• Personnel
• Budget
• Timeline
• Evaluation
• Who can do it/by when

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Grant Preparation

• Proposal Idea Worksheets
• Complete the worksheet (pg.1) independently
• Work with 3-5 other participants to select idea
  for development
• Complete pages 2 3
• Write short (75 words or less) summary of project

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Grant Program Planning

• What activities and services will you provide?

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Who Calculating Staff Costs

• Number of staff needed to deliver
  project/activities
• Number of hours of contact time
• Number of hours for planning and reporting
• Salary
• Benefits
• Volunteers

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By When- Developing a Time Line
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Costs - Budget Development

• Creating Budget
• Presentation of Budget
• Budget Narrative

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Revenue Generation

• Identify Revenue/Grant Sources
• Generate Revenue
• Additional funding sources
• Maximize Service
• Avoid duplication of services
• Provide unique response
• Conserve Budget
• In-kind support
• Donated services
• Free up resources

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Accountability

• Evaluation
• Formative
• Summative
• Impacts vs Outcomes
• Grant Reporting
• Documentation of Program Outcomes
• Documentation of Impact

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Grant Management

• Budget
• http//www.nationalservice.org/egrants/practice.ht
  ml

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Grant Reviewer Opportunity

• http//www.nationalservice.org/egrants/peerreview/
  index.html
• In the spring of 2004, the Corporation will
  conduct a series of grant application reviews. If
  you would like to serve as a peer reviewer or a
  facilitator in a grant review, please read
  further and complete the required and brief CNCS
  Peer Reviewer survey. If you know someone who may
  be interested, please forward this information to
  them.

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What is a Peer Review?

• External reviewers
• read competitive applications
• provide an analysis of the quality of each
  application,
• rate based upon published criteria.
• The Corporation considers peer reviewer comments
  and rates in determining which program
  applications to fund.

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TYPES OF REVIEWTwo stage review

• Stage one-three reviewers will typically read
  approximately ten proposals individually,
  analyze, and rate them, and submit their comments
  and scores using eGrants. No group discussion
  occurs in this stage.
• Stage two-three reviewers and one facilitator are
  assigned to approximately ten proposals, and will
  read, analyze, and rate them individually prior
  to coming to Washington DC. Panel members then
  come to Washington DC for two days to discuss the
  proposals with other members of the panel and
  reach consensus.

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One stage review in DC

• Three reviewers and one facilitator are assigned
  approximately ten proposals, and will read,
  analyze, and rate them individually prior to
  coming to Washington DC.
• Panel members then come to Washington DC for two
  days to discuss the proposals with other members
  of the panel and reach consensus.

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One stage review using teleconferencing

• Three reviewers and one facilitator are assigned
  to approximately ten proposals, and will read,
  analyze, and rate them individually. Panels have
  conference calls scheduled to discuss the
  proposals and reach consensus

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Benefits of being a peer reviewer or facilitator?

• By participating in one of the Corporation's
  grant competitions, you will also be exposed to
  new and innovative ideas in your field and
  engaged in the grant-making process of a major
  funder of the service and volunteer sector while
  meeting and networking with other experts in your
  profession.

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Other Resources

• The Education Statistics Quarterly gives a
  comprehensive overview of work done across all
  parts of the National Center for Education
  Statistics. Each issue includes short
  publications, summaries, and descriptions that
  cover all NCES publications and data products
  released during a 3-month period
• http//nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/majorpub.aspquarterl
  y

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National Service Education Resources

• Training and Technical Assistance (LEARNS) A
  consortium of training and technical assistance
  providers with a wealth of experience in the area
  of education.
• The National Service Resource Center Click here
  to get access to a wealth of downloadable
  publications and other information for math and
  reading tutoring programs.
• U.S. Department of Education PublicationsThe
  U.S. Department of Education also offers many
  great publications that can help your program.
• Math and Reading Tutoring Programs
  ResourcesDownload this list of resources for
  math and reading tutoring programs. The listing
  includes free publications, videos and websites.
  
• Resources on the WebThe Corporation for National
  Service offers its resources for free through a
  variety of websites. Go here to get a summary of
  educational resources available via the Web.
• LinksClick here to learn about other resources
  the Web has to offer for math and reading
  tutoring programs.

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http//www.nationalservice.org/areads/index.html
National Service and Literacy National Service
is a great way to support literacy skills.  Learn
more about how national service helps. National
Service and Math Learn about resources available
from national service and other fields.
Resources for Programs and Volunteers Get
information on training, technical assistance,
materials available and helpful links
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U.S. Department of Education Grants and
Contracts http//www.ed.gov/index.jhtml

• Obtaining a Request for Proposal
  (RFP)Solicitation notices and announcements,
  and most complete RFP's, are available for
  viewing and/or downloading on FedBizOpps.Hard
  copies of RFP's may be requested via telephone,
  e-mail, or regular mail.To request an RFP by
  telephone
• Call the number listed in the RFP announcement
  and provide the following information to the
  person answering the call or on the voicemail
• Number of the RFP (RFP numbers are sequentially
  numbered by fiscal year, such as "ED-01-R-0001")
• Organization name
• Mailing address (including city, state, and zip)
• Name of contact person (to call if we have
  questions)
• Telephone number of the contact person

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