The guide provides suggestions for vocational educators who desire to write proposals for research, demonstration, or development. The guide's first chapter, Organizing Your Ideas, outlines procedures for communicating one's intentions and for preparing a prospectus or abstract, and offers models of abstracts. The second chapter, Writing the…

The intent of this manual is to provide an overview of approaches to grant proposal preparation, tips on standard methodological procedure, and the development of a research plan when applying for funds from public and private sources. It includes a skeletal outline of the elements normally required in research proposal preparation, which include…

Presented are some basic facts about the process of getting federal money for individual research projects, institutional activities, curriculum development, or other programs in higher education institutions. Some background is given on the purposes and history of federal grant monies, and steps in the proposal process are outlined: gathering…

The Title III program of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act called PACE (Projects to Advance Creativity in Education), is designed to encourage school districts to develop imaginative solutions to educational problems; to utilize research findings more effectively; and to create, design and make intelligent use of supplementary centers and…