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Grant proposals come in many lengths, styles and formats. But all of them share one crucial sentence: the ask. It’s the most important sentence in a grant request. It’s why we call them requests. Oddly enough, about 17%* of the letters I receive don’t include an ask. Why not? Putting together an artful ask is […]
January 12, 2012
Like any piece of good writing, grant proposals and letters of inquiry need a hook. Something to catch your reader’s attention. The best place to start is your first sentence. The most common approach to the first sentence is, unfortunately, also a bit bland. About 75%* of the requests I receive start with generic sentences, like these: The […]
October 25, 2011
Good writing can go a long way in getting the grant. So can good numbers. Most grant writers prefer words over math. But a solid budget is a critical piece of a program grant proposal. If I were stranded on a desert island and had to pick just one page of a request to review, it […]
July 27, 2011
Put your next request to the readability test, and help your readers understand a whole lot more. I just read about 20 funding requests and have to admit a weakness. I’m a sucker for good writing. Because my reading pile is high and time is short, I am more likely to skim daunting requests. You […]
Meredith Hilt's Blog 
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