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Applying for a federal grant?

Follow the rules!

Most federal agencies provide a list of standard requirements for grant applicants. To avoid having your proposal rejected before it's even been read, you must observe these precisely. Read on...

Read

The entire RFP or Funding Announcement

The Federal Register announcement (if Federal)

The Grant Terms & Conditions

- note the allowable Award Amounts, - and - number of awards that will be made

Then...

Make an Outline of all the required proposal elements

including

a major heading for each section that has a points factor
a lesser heading for each specific requirement in each points factor section
your budget request (the "ask") in dollars ... (always - the maximum available)
a Table of Contents

Then...

Read it all again