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Bell, Nancy B. – Research Management Review, 2013
Call it innovation, creativity, imagination, cutting edge, paradigm shift, or any other term for new information, an assessment of innovation may now impact the final decision on awarding grants to investigators. What exactly is innovation and how does the reviewer perceive innovation in the research approach? Procedures, the approach, and…
Descriptors: Grantsmanship, Innovation, Grants, Proposal Writing
Ayers, Jeremy – Center for American Progress, 2011
The Obama administration has offered states the chance to waive some requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. States are required, however, to make specific reforms in exchange for increased flexibility. The administration has been clear it wants states to engage in "ambitious but achievable" reforms rather than merely asking for a pass from…
Descriptors: Accountability, Program Evaluation, State Action, Articulation (Education)
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Kruger, Darrell P.; Gandy, S. Kay; Bechard, Amber; Brown, Randy; Williams, Diane – Journal of Geography, 2009
The authors share a successful Fulbright Group Projects Abroad grant award. The purpose of the grant was to enhance American educators' experience and knowledge of South Africa, in particular, and sub-Saharan Africa more generally. Toward that end, participants experienced a multifaceted view of South Africa's geographical diversity, both physical…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Grants, United States History, International Education
Sweetnam, Sherry – Training and Development Journal, 1986
Suggests three stages to proposal writing that will help increase the writer's success rate and help in writing proposals faster: interview the reader/buyer; write a "yellow-pad" proposal; and use a guide for proposal writing. Also discusses how to organize a proposal. (CT)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Interviews, Program Proposals, Proposal Writing
Turpin, Tammye; Cage, Bob N. – 1998
A study examined whether number of years of teaching, number of grant proposals written, and level of funding received were distinguished among K-12 teachers in relationship to factors perceived as motivating grant writing; obstacles encountered in grant writing; and needed support for continued grant writing. Questionnaires were mailed to 121…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Grants, Grantsmanship
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Kussrow, Paul G.; Laurence, Helen – Research Strategies, 1993
Describes a continuing education course developed at Florida Atlantic University that teaches students how to apply for grant funding and how to write proposals. Team teaching by a librarian and instructor is explained; goals are discussed; course assignments are described; and an evaluation of the course is presented. (LRW)
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Course Content, Course Evaluation, Educational Objectives
McGee, Leo – 1983
Suggestions are offered to teachers on how to obtain outside funding when faced with a shortage of, or a need for expanding, clssroom resources. Funding sources usually available within every community are listed, such as local businesses and industries, civic clubs, family and community foundations, teacher associations, and local benevolent…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Grantsmanship
New Educational Directions, Crawfordsville, IN. – 1979
To increase quality of Indiana State Board of Vocational and Technical Education (SBVTE) proposals and final reports, a study assessed the quality of sixty SBVTE proposals and final reports from fiscal year 1976-77 and provided SBVTE with quantified descriptions of them. The first review involved acquiring descriptive information about how the…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Program Proposals