Regarding where the proposal drafting is done and by whom...
 
It may depend on your organizational culture. In my own organization, all proposals are written by the grants specialist (me), and of course the project planning is much more successful when the project manager is fully involved. I emphasize the need for their input from the outset, reminding them that if the project is funded, they will be the person who is accountable for implementation and achieving the stated goals of the project. Our organization is one whose mission is providing excellent clinical care and creating healthy communities, and most project managers are not experienced in either proposal development or the management of grant-funded projects. Our projects generally are not focused on research, and I find myself needing to educate each new project manager or planning team in many aspects of grantsmanship. It has been my experience that project managers who are detached from (or don't have time for) the process of developing a quality proposal will have less ownership in the outcome of the request -- including not feeling very inclined to do the work of carrying out the project. It's difficult for persons who are not acquainted with the management of a grant to fully appreciate the time commitment involved. When discussing the funding opportunity with them, I try to explain this. I don't want to scare them off, but I certainly want them to understand what is involved.
 
My role is to identify opportunities which match our organization's mission, and I offer my support to make the best case for getting the resources neeed to pursue a project worth doing. When I get no traction from a prospective project director, I usually do not pursue the project. Bad experiences in picking up the pieces of projects which lack good leadership reaffirm this approach. This can be particularly tricky when the project is a collaborative effort with other organizations. (On more than one occasion, I have breathed a sigh of relief when a proposal was not funded.) We may miss some good opportunities with this approach, but I will find others....
 
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Molly Daniel
Grants Specialist
Planning Department
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
1000 Health Center Drive
Mattoon, IL 61938-9253
voice 217-258-2195, fax 258-4135
email: xxxxxx@sblhs.org


From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org] On Behalf Of Stephens, Michael (Mike) V.
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 11:52 AM
To: xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org
Subject: [RESADM-L] Social Service versus Research Grant Proposals

Hello all – I have what I hope is a quick question –

Our sponsored programs office handles both pre and post side of sponsored programs administration. Further, our office not only works with research grants but also with social service type grants –  e.g., HRSA or Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Programs (OJJDP) . 

 

On the pre-award side, I have notice that for our research grants, for the science portion, the researcher writes most if not all of that section. For our social service type grants, it seems the program managers rely heavily on the grant writer to write the proposals.   I’m wondering if there is a norm –or a benchmark for this – should the program managers be writing more of their own proposal like the researchers? 

Thank you in advance for your help

Mike

 

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