This national survey of health education faculty (n = 282) found that the vast majority (88%) had been awarded a grant in the past 5 years, usually in amounts of less than $10,000. Less than one in four had received grants of $250,000 or more. Although less than one in four faculty (23%) felt prepared to write grants immediately following…

For many researchers, grant proposals are a high-stakes genre crucial to their work; this pivotal genre does not exist in isolation but as part of a complex reticulation of genres that interact to form a genre system. This article explores the genre system of academic research funding in terms of the following questions: (a) What is the nature of…

This guide presents information on the procedures for peer review of grant applications. It begins with an overview of the review process for grant application submission and review. The review process includes: (1) pre-submission procedures that enable the Institute to plan for specific review sessions; (2) application processing procedures; (3)…

This article introduces the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as a potential funding source for social work doctoral students. HUD's two doctoral research grant programs (i.e., the Early Doctoral Students Research Grant and the Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant) are nontraditional, largely untapped funding sources for social…

Federal Student Aid's core mission is to ensure that all eligible Americans benefit from federal financial assistance--grants, loans and work-study programs--for education beyond high school. The programs administered comprise the nation's largest source of student aid: during the 2007-08 school year alone, approximately $83 billion in new aid was…

Rather than promote access, college admissions and financial aid processes often create a series of barriers that the poorest student must overcome to get to college. The Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis (CHEPA) of the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California directed a three-year research initiative,…

Resource development is one of the most critical tasks facing directors of nonprofit organizations. Recipients of Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) grants from the Department of Health and Human Services may not use federal dollars to raise additional funds, but they do use private donations and other means to support their efforts to…

This eight-module unit was designed to acquaint the grantsperson with the proposal-writing process in relationship to the proposal narrative. Each module states its goal and objectives, and most discuss teaching strategies and include handouts. Module I, "Learning the Language of Grantsmanship," includes a pre- and post-test, a study guide, and a…

The guide is designed as a tool that can be used to write a proposal for funding from Public Law (PL) 89-313 (which amended the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965). Grant awards under PL 89-313 are available to eligible State-operated and State-supported agencies serving handicapped children. After an overall needs assessment, the…

A step-by-step guide to the selection of a microcomputer system is provided for educators having made the decision to implement computer-assisted instruction. The first step is to clarify reasons for using a microcomputer rather than conventional instructional materials. Next, the degree of use (e.g., types of courses and number of departments…

Funding for school safety projects is often difficult to find. This bulletin discusses appropriate federal agencies where funding for school safety projects may be available, tips on writing a proposal, a contact list for education funding sources, and information resources. (Author/MLF)

Suggestions for preparing an effective proposal concern the following areas: selecting the granting agency; ascertaining the originality, clarity, and worth of the proposed activity on the basis of a bibliographic search; the central thesis, title, outline, and abstract; proposal drafting and revision; and choice of language, syntax, and grammar.…

Describes GRANT, an expert system for finding sources of funding given research proposals. The architecture of GRANT and the implementation of constrained spreading activation (a modified search algorithm based on semantic memory) are described, and recall and precision rates are analyzed. (Author/LRW)

Using McDowell County (North Carolina) Public Alliance Linking Schools (MCPALS) as an example of a working school foundation, this article offers districts advice on picking a board, setting goals, choosing a director, designing fund-raising activities, and applying to large private or corporate foundations for funding. An inset provides a list of…

This "quick course" in grantsmanship explains how school systems apply and obtain funding from major outside agencies. Provides examples of kinds of programs that stand a better chance of receiving funding. Recommends how to answer questions required of proposals and offers an application checklist to follow. (CJH)