Tips on grant writing, from Twitter
A few days ago, Jeremy Boggs asked for suggestions on grant writing, and received some terrific responses via Twitter. At the same time, I’ve heard recent concerns that it’s difficult to access and search the history of your own Twitter activity.. making us wonder what happens to all of this valuable information. The grant writing conversation is something that I’ll want to review in the future, so this is my attempt at preserving it:
clioweb: Teaching grant writing to #audigitalhistory class tonight. Any suggestions, or words of wisdom, from the crowd? [4:18 PM Jun 22nd] View Tweet
briancroxall: @clioweb It’s obvious, but specifics matter. The best grants I get are when I’m mostly done w/project as I can then talk specifically @ it. [4:21 PM Jun 22nd] View Tweet
nowviskie: @clioweb Assessment is more important than you think! Humanists aren’t trained for it, so get help. Also, Lisa Spiro has a good blog post. [4:33 PM Jun 22nd] View Tweet
rebel129: @clioweb Same as pitching movie/book. Need to boil down what the project is and who the audience in in the first para. Think: HIGH CONCEPT [4:35 PM Jun 22nd] View Tweet
georgeonline: @clioweb 1 Find out what most recent grant-winning projects were. 2 Ask agency if they’ll discuss your app ahead of time. #audigitalhistory [5:10 PM Jun 22nd] View Tweet
sramsay: @clioweb Follow the requested format precisely — even if it seems highly redundant. #audigitalhistory [5:17 PM Jun 22nd] View Tweet
sramsay: @clioweb It’s designed that way to facilitate the review process, and missing pieces make you look careless. #audigitalhistory [5:18 PM Jun 22nd] View Tweet
georgeonline: @clioweb 3 Much of the language you write for one grant app can be used again for others but be mindful of audience diff’s #audigitalhistory [5:27 PM Jun 22nd] View Tweet
williamjturkel: @clioweb Every bullet point in grant description should be matched by section title in your narrative [5:32 PM Jun 22nd] View Tweet
williamjturkel: @clioweb Find out what percentage granting agency wants to give for student support and budget that up front [5:33 PM Jun 22nd] View Tweet
parezcoydigo: @clioweb revise x 12, pass around to as many smart people as you can. Pay super close attention to grant description/instructions. [5:38 PM Jun 22nd] View Tweet
paregorios: @clioweb @williamjturkel is right in my experience about verbatim bullet points; clear some reviewers use a checklist approach [6:03 PM Jun 22nd] View Tweet
