1. Grant Writing Funding for Technology

2. Components of Your Grant Strategy Visionary Leader Writer Editors Research Content/Technology Budget

3. Establishing Needs Mission Goals Objects Priorities What’s in place now?

4. Central Office Responsibilities Prepare requests to be placed on bidders list and laws Maintain RFP’s Identify other funding sources such as matching/in-kind contributions Disseminate information Obtain approvals, sign-offs Establish procedures

5. Building-Level Responsibilities Prepare annual plan List specific project priorities Coordinate with KEY people Establishing responsibility/procedure Coordination of timeline activities Data collection

6. Grant Search Local Libraries Subscribe to publications –Federal Register –Education Grant Alert –Education Grants Source Book Web! E-mail Listservs

7. Match Items to Criteria Do you meet the requirements? Is the timeline realistic? Do you have appropriate resources? Can you implement and support an effective evaluation?

8. Writing the Grant Follow guidelines! –Font (type and size) –Spacing (lines, margins, paragraphs) –Number of pages (total) –Headers/footers (identification!) –Web site posting? –Appendixes

9. State Your Case Be clear and concise Less is better Always consider and write to the readers, and even be a little humorous Never assume anything BE HONEST!

10. Things to remember… Develop your team—don’t go solo on this Gather information and have what you need before you begin writing Be clear and concise Write, re-write, and write again—form a review committee, perhaps external Some grants now require Web submissions Don’t forget evaluation Good luck!