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
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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