I would be interested to hear from some of the "consultants" out there who
speak about encouraging proposal-writing.
I presume that they might have interesting comments about the ins and outs
of staff-writers/editors:

Two great resources for comments:

Liane Reif-Lehrer, Ph.D.
xxxxxx@bbri.harvard.edu

Bob Lucas
Institute for Scholarly Productivity

Lisa F. Richman Ballance
Senior Research Administration Specialist
xxxxxx@rams-fie.com