Does grant writing make your head hurt, your eye twitch and your blood run cold?
You’re not alone.
However, I’ve had some —
- luck?
- fortune?
- a really good hair day?
- great results to hard work?
- excellent barometric pressure?
- all of the above?
— I’d say a combination of the above except for the good hair day as I will often write grants in pyjamas with unbrushed hair (don’t tell the assessors).
I feel the urge to write about this again though as I keep meeting with incredulity when I share my latest grant-writing successes so feels incumbent upon me to keep on sharing the gospel that it’s possible* for them too.
* click here
with patience, elbow grease, rewriting AND proof-reading and rinse and repeat.
The dreaded *
* click here too
cut down ALL THE WORDS for clarity and do not REPEAT repeat REPEAT repeat REPEAT and then REPEAT again.
Well, having been an adjudicator, assessor, advisory for MBA learners, teacher, instructor and and and…
* click here again
take your time in between reviewing, edit down as much as you can and ENSURE you don’t repeat yourself.
As an assessor, I can’t stand reading the same thing again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again…
…see what I did there?
Make it as easy as possible for an assessor to read, understand and say yes. Try not to make your application a SLOG to get through.
The * work is where most of projects I review separate themselves from the pack — and usually not for the better.
Click the *** above if you want to, perhaps, have a better chance on your next grant.