Winning a grant is tougher than ever with the increased competition out there. You know that writing a great proposal is essential to your goal. You will gain all the tools you need to write a convincing case and win that grant.

An updated and revised edition-offering new information on some of the most popular topics in grant writing. This new edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Grant Writing provides essential information on how to start a freelance business, covering such topics as getting that first assignment, pricing, state regulations, organizing and customizing proposals, researching funders, sponsorship, and much more.? In the current economic environment, government and private sector grants will continue to be an important way to acquire funds for projects.? Includes grant writing samples.? This book's templates and other resources will now be easy to find and use on idiotsguides.com.

This second edition reveals how to prepare foundation, federal and corporate grant applications and includes a comprehensive directory of major funders’ contact information. It then offers readers cutting-edge business advice on setting up and registering a grant-seeking business and marketing themselves as savvy grant seekers. It covers current trends in grant seeking, topics that are on the radar of most funders and cutting edge application strategies. It also offers strategies for the online application process: using effective subject lines, searching for funders online and filling online budget forms. It’s divided into four sections: the art of the grant proposal, prospect research, starting and marketing a grant writing business and maximizing one’s chances of winning a grant.

Offers advice to grant writers on how to obtain the funds most suitable to given needs, covering such areas as writing a statement of need, developing a budget, and building partnerships.

An updated and revised edition-offering new information on some of the most popular topics in grant writing. This new edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Grant Writing provides essential information on how to start a freelance business, covering such topics as getting that first assignment, pricing, state regulations, organizing and customizing proposals, researching funders, sponsorship, and much more. ? In the current economic environment, government and private sector grants will continue to be an important way to acquire funds for projects. ? Includes grant writing samples. ? This book's templates and other resources will now be easy to find and use on idiotsguides.com.

A fifty percent revision of a popular Complete Idiot's Guide that now, more than ever, offers readers a thorough, creative writing class in a book, with Dr. Laurie Rozakis as their teacher. The book is refocused to more of an academic approach. Readers can begin to unlock their creativity from the first page, with fabulous exercises that help them explore their talents and experiment with different genres and forms of writing, including: • •Short stories •Narrative nonfiction •Memoirs •Magazine articles •Poetry •Drama •Blogging and freewriting

Covers all elements of effective and grammatically-correct writing, including electronic formats, for any type of situation from research papers to business memos.