I'll ask David this fall, October 1, when he presents here at WMU.

-Gina

Gina Betcher, MFA
Grant Developer
Office of the VP for Research
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FAX: 269.387-8276
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>>> Lynn Rollins <xxxxxx@USM.MAINE.EDU> 8/16/2007 2:33 PM >>>
This study does touch on the same idea - but not to the same
scale.

http://www.ncura.edu/content/news/rmr/docs/research_behavior.pdf (
http://www.ncura.edu/content/news/rmr/docs/research_behavior.pdf
)

>>> "Reynolds, Craig A." <xxxxxx@CMICH.EDU> 8/16/2007 8:44 AM
>>>

Hi All,

It’s a widely held tenet of the profession that contacting
program officers prior to submitting a proposal will increase the
likelihood of getting funded (I don’t disagree), and many cite
David Bauer’s statement that “In a study of 10,000 federal
proposals, the only variable that was statistically significant in
separating the funded and rejected proposals was pre-proposal
contact with the funding source.  Chances for success increase an
estimated threefold when contact with the funding source takes place
before the proposal is written.”

I frequently trot out this line myself in proposal writing
workshops, but I wonder* Can anyone actually provide a reference to
the study Bauer mentions?

Craig

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