How to Make Your Grant Application Stand Out

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With competition for grants at an all-time high,
its important that your grant applications hit
the mark every time. In fact, you should assume
that every time you submit a grant, you are
competing with hundreds of other organisations
and/or individuals for the same money. Is it any
wonder that many proposals get shelved without a
second look? However, there are certain things
that you, as a grant writer, can do to make your
grant application stand out.
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How to Make Your Grant Application Stand Out
1. Show that you care about the Funding Body
2. Make the Funder care about you
3. Show the Funder the difference they could make
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4. Dare to be Different
5. Get professional help
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Show that you care about the Funding Body
Funding bodies can tell when organisations are
looking for a cash grab. Therefore, the first
question you ask, and the question that drives
the initial stages of your grant application,
should be, What does the funder want? In grant
application writing, its vital to know what the
funder cares about, their purpose, mission, and
objectives. Without a full and profound
understanding for why they exist and how they
want to invest their money, your proposal is
likely to miss the target.
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Make the Funder care about you
Once you understand what the funding body cares
about, demonstrate why your organisation is
like-minded. Good grant application writers
explain how funding their project will be
mutually beneficial because it will achieve the
mission an objectives of both their organisation
and the funding body. Above all, the best way to
make a funder care about what you are doing is to
clearly demonstrate to them that without your
program, your community suffers. Grant
application writers need to show them the gaps,
the issues, and the problems in the community and
help them understand how their solution is one
that will make a difference in solving the
problem. Skillful grant writers paint a picture
of a problem or a need that stirs a passionate
discontent in the grant reviewer that makes them
want to open their wallet and give.
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Show the Funder the difference they could make
Finally, tell a vivid story about how the world
will be better or different because your
organisation received this grant. Make sure the
grant application reviewer can picture it in
their mind. Therefore, it must be achievable,
measurable and desirable. Also, as a grant
application writer, you need evaluation and
assessment measurements to ensure that your goals
are achieved and the reassure the funding body
that you will use their money wisely.
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Dare to be Different
Funding Bodies receive hundreds of grant
applications and you can bet that many of them
offer the same kind of solutions to the same kind
of problems. If you want to stand out, then
think outside the square. Funders are looking
for innovation. Funders prefer to try something
new than to constantly fund the old. Shoe the
funding body that your solution is distinct, that
its unlike anything they have seen before.
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Get professional help

• If youre a grant writer, consider getting some
  professional help. Red Tape Busters are
  specialist in grant and tender writing and can
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• Lobbying
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• Resumes/Job Applications
• Organisational/Business Development.

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