50 Mistakes Grant Writers Make

There are many reasons why grant proposals are not chosen. Sometimes it is simply the fact that a limited amount of money has been allocated for that funding cycle. That is something, as a grant writer, you cannot control. However, many times grant proposals are not funded because the proposal itself was poorly written. The ideas were not clear or there was a glaring error in the budget. Maybe a section was completed incorrectly or missing entirely. As a result, the proposal was rejected due to a process of elimination. You may not be able to control how much money is available for a particular grant program or how many proposals are competing for those resources. However, you can control how your proposal looks and how clearly the ideas are presented.

The purpose of this book is to help you, the grant writer, present your case in the best way possible. Although there are many errors that can be made when preparing a grant proposal, fifty of the most common mistakes grant writers make are highlighted here. The information presented here, including the checklist which is available on our website, will make it easy for you to evaluate your proposal before you submit it.

If you are a professional grant writer who writes and submits a number of grant proposals every year, these mistakes may seem trivial. However, if you do not write grant proposals on a regular basis and grant writing is one of the many hats that you wear in your organization, this book was designed for you.