Educational Planning or Finding Funding

Educational Planning: Strategic, Tactical, and Operational

Author: Roger Kaufman

Expert presentation of holistic planning for a learner-focused educational system. Integrates curriculum, facilities, personnel, finance, educational technology, and other significant planning tactics.

See also: The Next Great Globalization or Kids Rule

Finding Funding: Grantwriting From Start to Finish, Including Project Management and Internet Use (Fourth Edition)

Author: Ernest W Brewer

Updated Edition of Best Seller!

"Finding Funding succeeds as the most coherent, instructive volume of its kind. It is highly recommended for school system leaders, especially grants administrators, new project coordinators, and grantwriters."
Philip A. Nathan
School Administrator

This latest edition of the best-selling Finding Funding brings the reader up to date with the ever-changing technology and strategies of writing successful government, foundation, and private grants. The fourth edition has undergone some major changes but still retains its user-friendly format and easy readability.

New or updated sections include:

• Up-to-date telephone numbers, addresses, and Web sites
• New chapter--Components of a Private Foundation Proposal
• New chapter--Helpful Hints From Grantwriting Professionals
• Current information on programs available through the Catalog of Federal Dosmestic Assistance
• Latest listings of centers and labs funded by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement
• New index of terms used in the book

With this latest information, the authors focus on the same winning strategy as the previous best-selling editions--find people and organizations with money, target proposals effectively, and understand how to traverse the various terrains of funding agencies to find and obtain the funding you need. This book is an absolute necessity for any educator interested in winning grants for research, programs, or special projects.

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The basics of grant writing from start to finish, including locating funding, internet choices, and project management, are packed into a reference which is filled with advice from grant-writing professionals. Plenty of examples of successful funding efforts are included throughout, from sample forms to analysis of the critical components of a proposal. Highly recommended.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	About the Authors
	Introduction
I	Exploring in the Grants World	9
1	Unraveling the Mystique in Grant Applications	11
2	How to Explore Grant Possibilities in Education	33
3	Using the Federal Register (FR) and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)	55
4	Using the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)	91
5	Using the Internet to Access Funding Resources	107
II	Writing Grant Proposals	139
6	What Are the Components of a Proposal?	141
7	Components of a Foundation Proposal	159
8	Writing a Proposal	181
9	Helpful Hints From Grantwriting Professionals	211
10	Reviewing a Funded Proposal	235
11	Understanding How Grants Are Awarded	269
12	The Players and Their Roles in the Process	287
III	Implementing, Operating, and Terminating a Project	301
13	Implementing a Funded Project	303
14	Understanding EDGAR and GPRA	311
15	Understanding Site Visits and Audits	335
16	Closing Out a Project	353
	Bibliography	359
	App. A: Abbreviations	363
	App. B: State Points of Contact (SPOC)	365
	App. C: Glossary of Terms	369
	Index	375