So You Want To Write a Successful Grant?

Tips and Techniques that Tips and Techniques that WORKWORK

Susan A. BenderSusan A. Bender

sbender@umc.edusbender@umc.edu

Base Pair/SOAR Summer Research Institute 2011

Statement of Need

Why do you need the money? Use supporting

data.

1. From the National Science Standards teachers are asked to ……

2. From the National Reading Standards, "students employ a wide range of strategies …..

3. From the Mississippi English Frameworks, "the student will develop……

4. Recent research suggests that when students do not have sufficient reading skills….

Project Goals

What are the goals for this project?

1. My students will be better able to ….when compared with

2. This project will prepare my students for…..

3. Based on current data my students are …. and they need to be ….

4. This project will allow my students to ……

5. This project will allow me to help my students with ……..

Plan of Action

What is your detailed plan for this project? Be

specific, and give specific strategies that will foster

higher level thinking skills.

1. The activities to be used in the Science and English classes include….

2. Students will be provided with…

3. Students will complete …. and the teacher will … to ensure …..

Use research again or your own past experiences…how do you know that these strategies will

work?

Outcomes

How will you assess the projects success and impact? How will you measure this success?

1. Students will show improvements in …..

2. These increases can be measured when the students who receive the additional instruction are compared with a cohort group of similar students who do not receive the additional instruction.

3. Student’s scores on ….will improve when compared with ….

Attitudinal surveys will work for this section.

Use a powerful concluding statement…Finally, if the goals of our project are successful all members of society will benefit from the generations of students who graduate from school with an increased confidence in their reading and writing skills and a generation of scientifically literate voters who will improve the quality of life for all.     

Budget

What are the materials to be ordered and how will

they be used? Complete a budget request form or

design your own spreadsheet.

Item ISBN Cost Subtotal

Webster’s Dictionary/The

sarus

ISBN: 0764565451

225 copies @10.49

=$2360.25

$2360.25

Dictionary of Greek and

Latin Roots

ISBN: 0844283215

220 copies @ $11.96

$2631.20

Total $ 4991.45

Supplier: Borders Books 100 (601 919 0462)

Steps to Success

Stage 1 – Statement of Need

Stage 5 – Budget

Stage 3 – Plan of Action

Stage 2 – Project Goals

Stage 4 – Outcomes

Grant Ready for Submission

Available Grants

Toshiba Americahttp://www.toshiba.com/tafpub/jsp/home/default.jsp

Best Buy Teach Grantshttp://www.bbycommunications.com/crnew/

teach.asp

Greater Jackson Foundationhttp://www.cfgreaterjackson.org/