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Dos and Don’ts of Grant Writing

Dos and Don’ts of Grant Writing The Problem • Multiple Submittals • Proposals of Poor Quality 7

Dos and Don’ts of Grant Writing The Solution (aka the reason for this workshop) • Think about your reputation • Think about UTEP’s reputation • Think of writing a grant as a process. What do you want to get out of it? 7

Dos and Don’ts of Grant Writing Process of writing a grant Most organizations divide grant writing into several steps Examples: • http://www.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/grant/strat egy/pages/3default.aspx • http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/tutorials/shor tcourse/index.html 7

Dos and Don’ts of Grant Writing Group Discussion • Getting Started/Preparation • How to get to a good 1 st Draft • Getting to the final draft • Writing the revision 7

Dos and Don’ts of Grant Writing Don’ts • Don’t be afraid to try • Don’t submit a proposal that is not ready (don’t be afraid to wait) • Don’t get discouraged 7

Dos and Don’ts of Grant Writing Submitted Proposals • What worked well (i.e. what would you do again)? • What didn’t work (i.e. a don’t you may learn for next time)? 7

Dos and Don’ts of Grant Writing Strengths and Challenges • 1 Strength • How do you know this is a strength? 7

Proposal Development Team • Chris Meissner- 747-8930, cmeissner@utep.edu • Flo Dick- 747-7942, fdick@utep.edu • Maria Picard-Ami- 747-8466, marialp@utep.edu • Andrea Tirres- 747-7352, altirres2@utep.edu • Guadalupe Corral- 747-7935, gcorral@utep.edu