This paper is designed to guide the novice through the decision-making process of developing the evaluation component of a grant application. The accompanying table summarizes the issues and suggests activities that may be useful in resolving them. A discussion of each issue follows. (CT)

The effective use of volunteers, in particular parents and college faculty, is advocated. Adrian College's Parents Council involves parents in securing internships, contacting prospective students, giving feedback on issues as well as fund raising. A faculty-development officer partnership is suggested in which professors help attract grant funds.…

Those responsible for preparing proposals need to adopt principles of successful cultivation before beginning to write. Prewriting research and cultivation, source collectors and selectors, getting the foundation to invite an application, internal cultivation (knowledge of institution's goals, information sources, on-campus networks) and personal…

By building a memorial to Edwin Pratt, a slain civil rights leader, Seattle sixth-graders learned valuable lessons in grantsmanship, public speaking, and public art. They also grew to understand the meaning of civil rights, commemoration, and community giving. Next year's class will work with the Shoreline Historical Museum to create an exhibit on…

Presents guidelines for technology grant writing. Focuses on preparing a Request for Proposal, which is issued by a funding agency. Describes how to address the following basic categories: introduction, goals and objectives, plan of operation, evaluation plan, budget, and supporting documents. (AEF)

Office automation technology is being used to process proposals at Clemson University. The Electronic Proposal Submittal project is a process by which the Principal Investigator can create a proposal at his or her local station and electronically submit it for processing. (Author/MLW)

College and university fund raisers are offered three recommendations for targeting the best donors: (1) make effective use of indexes and directories, electronic or manual, to match foundation and college interests; (2) narrow the pool to true prospects; and (3) make preproposal contact geared to the foundation's style or organization. (MSE)

Guidelines are offered for making the most of either a foundation visit to a college campus in search of funding or a fund-raising visit to a foundation. Detailed planning, presenting the strengths of the college, and conducting an effective meeting are discussed. (MSE)

Suggestions are offered to teachers for obtaining minigrants from community resources other than the school in order to acquire assistive technology devices for students with disabilities. The approach involves the steps of obtaining information about potential donors, making contacts, and specifying benefits to the community and to the donor…

Discusses educational funding through grants and describes how to write a grant. Topics addressed include types of grants, including federal, state, foundation, corporate, and local sources; requests for proposals; and developing a needs assessment and relating needs to solutions. A list of seven grant resources is included. (LRW)

The experience of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville suggests that encouraging research office staff to apply for grants can be a rewarding learning experience and can improve office visibility and credibility, staff confidence and professionalism, and staff sensitivity to faculty involved in grants development. (MSE)

A study explored the links between success in receiving federal funding and characteristics of research/sponsored programs offices at 46 state-supported higher education institutions. A linear predictive model indicated funding success could be predicted from the level of direct institutional commitment to research and grant-seeking efforts.…

Provides the beginning grant writer with guidelines for the process of securing external funding for school-linked, integrated services. Focuses on the key ingredients of successful proposals: demonstrating need, describing the project, proving organizational capability, explaining finances, and documenting success. Selected publications,…

Anyone who hires Loft Bell is getting two librarians: one who enthusiastically does the job, and another who develops new ideas, secures grants to fund them, and swiftly puts the ideas into action. There's nothing that makes a job more attractive to Bell than the freedom to try out new things. Jenny Levine, Internet development specialist at…

Building undergraduate and graduate programs simultaneously highlighted the tensions between disciplinary-based undergraduate programs and interdisciplinary graduate programs.