Introduction+to+Grants

=Introduction to Grants = = = Welcome to the world of writing grants. For some the process can be an adventure filled with imagination, creativity, opportunities to meet new people and experiment with leading edge technologies. For others, grant writing is less exciting. Many educators feel that writing a grant proposal is a long and difficult process that, more often than not, isn’t rewarded with funding.

Even if a grant is not initially funded, a well-written grant can lead to support within the school system or may appeal to community support. A grant that involves the process on unifying people is “successful”. The excitement of bringing people together to create coalitions, identify needs and develop solutions - - steps you take when creating a grant proposal - - can certainly be more important than only getting the money.

-1999, November, Alan C., Writing Winning Grants, Education Renaissance Planners.