Writing Grant Proposals

Pre-Proposal Activities

This phase of the writing process is to generate ideas and build support for these ideas among those who will value them. Activities that occur are:

• Build support for the idea
• Determine if the organization can implement it
• Develop a Budget and Budget Narrative
• Develop an idea for a program, product, service, or activity
• Develop Timetable for Project
• Document and demonstrate need or benefit
• Plan the proposal activities

Provided are some items that may be needed for your project budget:

• Construction - Costs associated with a construction project related to new construction, alterations, and renovations.
• Contractual - Consultant, service contracts for evaluations, surveys, speaker fees, bookkeeping, cleaning, equipment maintenance, etc.
• Equipment - Office equipment, vehicles equipment, moveable equipment, equipment rental, equipment installation.
• Fringe Benefits - Staff benefits including FICA, Wyoming Retirement, Health, Dental and Life Insurance, vacation accrual.
• Personnel - Salaried personnel, hourly personnel, salary increases. Special categories of people who may need to assist with the project, i.e, research assistants, interviewers, computer programmers, secretaries, clerk-typists, editorial assistants, technicians, accounting staff, grants compliance reporting staff, etc.
• Supplies - Office supplies, postage, test materials, questionnaire forms, duplicating materials, books/journals, electronic supplies, and report materials and supplies.
• Travel - Automobile/aircraft/cab expense, subsistence - lodging and meals associated with administrative travel, fieldwork, professional meetings and consultant travel.
• Other - Space rental, utilities, insurance, audit fees, mailing lists, etc.