ARTHUR FALL 2018 WRIT 201 Grant Writing Project Assignment Rationale In your ethnographic endeavor, you learned about a community you hope to be a part of and explained characteristics of that community, focusing primarily on values and how people write and operate within those communities. In the analysis, you focused on the writing of those communities, what they mean, and how they help community members accomplish important tasks. With that knowledge, you will step into the role of completing one of those important tasks: grant writing. As many of you learned, grants are essential to virtually all of the professional/research pursuits of your communities. Work does not get done without funding. Using the guidelines of a real-world grant of your choice, you will engage in completing the documentation involved in pursuit of grant funding. Assignment Description and Instructions Step One: Organization and Grant Selection Grants are a step in the research process. Start with a research area or organization that intrigues you. Are you interested in researching the migratory habits of birds in southwest Montana? Are you interested in furthering the research on human DNA? Are you interested in funding a social cause or gaining accessibility to resources for a marginalized population? The first step: Pick a nonprofit organization that interests you, one that you'll represent. Using the resources presented in class as well as searches of your own, you will select a grant that links to a pursuit you may be interested in at some point in your academic or professional career. The grant should be active, though previous grants can be used to model your own writing. Your grant guidelines should be pasted into D2L Discussions before midnight, Monday, Oct. 1. Over the next few days, each student will read through ten grant guidelines (that are posted in Discussions), to gain a broad view of peers' projects. Please post a few sentences comment for each of the 10 grant guideline that you read. Look for the vocabulary of grant applications—you will use some of that language of grants for your project! Comments due by midnight Thursday, Oct. 4. Step Two: Letter of Inquiry (LOI), Project Proposal and Budget Once you identify a grant, everyone will write a letter of inquiry. Some grants call it a letter of intent or a pre-proposal submission. In this letter, you introduce your grant project, why your research project is needed, how the grant you seek will be used to fund your research, and various other organization and motivation information. The letter of inquiry will be written in a business letter format about two pages and certainly no more than two pages long single-spaced and using the grant-seeking organization's using its letterhead or logo. This is due Tuesday, Oct. 9 before midnight, PASTED into D2L Discussions. By Thursday, Oct. 11 you will comment on two other students' letters, making suggestions, offering writing edits and content additions or ingredients. Oct. 16 Project Proposal and Budget due in class (paper version please, one document) 1 1 . page. Ce Announcements Tips for Finding Grant-Giving Organizations Postede.2018 11:47 AM Hello Grant Writers As you seek an appropriate grant for your nonprofit organization, consider using our MSU Lbrary's resources. Thanks to our MSU Library, we have access to the Foundation Directory, which should be accessible just like any our other database - on any campus computer and off-campus with a NetiD login. Additionally, our library has a notebook of Montana grant-giving organizations, Montana foundation directory. You must be in the library to use the notebook. Here's the Library's LbGuide for our class: http://guides.lib.montana.edulgrants and remember, that often, hotlinks don't make the jump out of D2L). JA Weekend Grant Searches Posted Sep 21, 2018 10:00 AM Your grant-seeking nonprofits all sound interesting worthy and hopefully workable for you. As you look through the information about your nonprofit organization, grab the vocabulary it uses about itself, its bio, mission purpose, etc, as discussed in class. Begin a note sheet with either complete sentence, bullet points or a mix of your note-taking style. Bring this to class on Tuesday, Oct. 2 As you seek an appropriate grant, once again, grab the vocabulary you find among grant-funding organizations. The vocabulary will join your note sheet with the vocabulary that provided in class on Thursday, Sept. 27. If you were not in class, its up to you to gather the in-class lecture notes from a classmate. Once you find a grant, please access the requested information for that grant, and look for both the instructions and requested Information, usually organized in several grant sections, and create a word.doc of the grant and upload into Discussions before midnight Oct. 1. The next step is to read and comment, as discussed in class, on 10 other students' grant application materials--any 10 students. It will help you to read most or all the grants that your fellow students post. X Due in Class 9/27 Posted Sep 26, 2018 240 PM mont Somos Online page College wenga library to use the notebook. Here's the Library's LoGuide for our class http://guides.lib.montana.edulgrants and remember, that often, hotlinks don't make the jump out of D2L). JA Weekend Grant Searches Posted Sep 28, 2018 10:00 AM Your grant-seeking nonprofits all sound interesting worthy and hopefully workable for you. As you look through the information about your nonprofit organization, grab the vocabulary it uses about itself, its bio, mission purpose, etc, as discussed in class. Begin a note sheet with either complete sentence, bullet points or a mix of your note-taking style. Bring this to class on Tuesday, Oct. 2. As you seek an appropriate grant, once again, grab the vocabulary you find among grant-funding organizations. The vocabulary will join your note sheet with the vocabulary that provided in class on Thursday, Sept. 27. If you were not in class, its up to you to gather the in-class lecture notes from a classmate. Once you find a grant, please access the requested information for that grant, and look for both the instructions and requested information, usually organized in several grant sections, and create a word.doc of the grant and upload into Discussions before midnight Oct. 1. The next step is to read and comment, as discussed in class, on 10 other students' grant application materials--any 10 students. It will help you to read most or all the grants that your fellow students post. Due in Class 9/27 Posted Sep 26, 2018 2:40 PM For class on Thursday, Sept. 27, please search for three nonprofit organizations that either align with your chosen field of study or interest you. Bring to class the names of three different nonprofit organizations--you may write the names in your notebook--they will not be collected in class. One of the orgs will become your project for unit 2 our grant-writing project Print your 5 pages and 2 pages for Thursday Posted Sep 19, 2018 3:45 PM Thursday, Sept. 20 Draft Workshop + Transcript of interview and data analysis due AutoSave OFF National Forest Foundation Grant — Saved to my Mac Qw Search in Document Home Insert Draw Design Layout References Mailings Review View Share ^ Calibri (Body) 11 A- A Aa Z T AaBbCcDdEe AaBbCcDdEe AaBbCcDc AabbCcDdEx AaBbc AabbCcDd Ee Aa Bb CcDdEe Aa Bb CcDdEe Paste B U abe X2 X2 A Normal No Spacing Heading 1 Heading 2 Title Subtitle Subtle Emph... Emphasis Styles Pane National Forest Foundation Grant Requirements The final report summarizes the accomplishments of the grant. It must contain the following components: A. Final Report Cover Sheet Complete the NFF Final Report Cover Sheet summarizing the tangible accomplishments of your NFF award. Results reported on the form must parallel what is reported in the narrative. B. Executive Summary Provide a one to two paragraph summary of project objectives, accomplishments, and performance on goals. C. Narrative Summary Provide a succinct, thorough account of the work accomplished, and its significance. In 3-5 pages, respond to the following: 1) What were the goals and objectives of the project? Did you meet them? Why or why not? How do you know? 2) What were the tangible outcomes of this project? In other words, what's different now compared to before the grant started? Please quantify results as appropriate. Were there REPORTING GUIDELINES intangible outcomes that also occurred? If so, what were they? 3) How did you share project results with the surrounding community? If you have additional plans to share project results, please briefly describe them. 4) What other partners were involved in the project and what was the nature of their involvement? 5) What were the biggest challenges encountered during the course of the project? How were they addressed or overcome? 6) List what you would do differently if the project were to be repeated. If another organization were to take on a similar project, what advice would you give them? D. Financial Report Include a signed and dated NFF Financial Report Form with your Final Report showing all expenditures and in-kind contributions pertaining to the project. Any unexpended NFF funds must be returned at the end of the award period. If project matching contributions are required, ensure the matching requirements are met at the close of the project. A final report will not be accepted without the inclusion of the cianodanddated financial ronart F Page 1 of 1 383 words English (United States) Focus - 142% AutoSave OFF National Forest Foundation Grant - Saved to my Mac Qw Search in Document Home Insert Draw Design Layout References Mailings Review View Share ^ Calibri (Body) 11 A- A Aa T AaBbCcDdEe AaBbCcDdEe AaBbCcDc AabbCcDdEt AaBbc AabbCcDdEx Aa Bb CcDdEe Aa Bb CcDdEe Paste B U abe X2 X2 A 三三三三 Normal No Spacing Heading 1 Heading 2 Title Subtitle Subtle Emph... Emphasis Styles Pane 1) What were the goals and objectives of the project? Did you meet them? Why or why not? How do you know? 2) What were the tangible outcomes of this project? In other words, what's different now compared to before the grant started? Please quantify results as appropriate. Were there REPORTING GUIDELINES intangible outcomes that also occurred? If so, what were they? 3) How did you share project results with the surrounding community? If you have additional plans to share project results, please briefly describe them. 4) What other partners were involved in the project and what was the nature of their involvement? 5) What were the biggest challenges encountered during the course of the project? How were they addressed or overcome? 6) List what you would do differently if the project were to be repeated. If another organization were to take on a similar project, what advice would you give them? D. Financial Report Include a signed and dated NFF Financial Report Form with your Final Report showing all expenditures and in-kind contributions pertaining to the project. Any unexpended NFF funds must be returned at the end of the award period. If project matching contributions are required, ensure the matching requirements are met at the close of the project. A final report will not be accepted without the inclusion of the signed and dated financial report. E. Digital Images, Press Coverage and Grant Products Provide 3-4 digital images (jpeg or bmp) illustrating project results, methods, physical locations, before/after or other relevant images documenting the project. High resolution images are preferred. Include copies of any articles (newspaper, magazine, etc.) or website links featuring the project. If funding was used towards the production of any materials or plans, include one copy. F Page 1 of 1 383 words English (United States) Focus - 142%
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