Wk 4 Proposal/ Letter of Intent

41586There are many similarities between an informal proposal and a letter of intent/inquiry to a granting organization asking them to consider your future proposal. Once you have reviewed the lesson, readings and resources this week, draft an informal proposal or a letter of intent/inquiry to a source of your choosing. Give us a short description of the source to whom you are writing, sum up in a sentence what you hope to achieve, give us a reference site so we can better understand the way the source can support your request, then draft your letter as your post.

https://grantspace.org/resources/knowledge-base/letters-of-inquiry/

Reading Resources:
Lesson Week 4: Proposals

Fritz, Joanne. (2016a) How to Write a Winning Grant Proposal in 11 Steps. The Balance, July 26. Retrieved from

http://nonprofit.about.com/od/foundationfundinggrants/tp/grantproposalhub.htm

National Archives. (n.d.) The New GRS: A proposal for restructuring the GRS. Retrieved from

http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/memos/restructuring-grs-proposal.html

Oregon.gov. (n.d.) Sample Letter of Intent. Retrieved from

https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/SHPO/docs/2012OMSConf/MS_6a_SampleLOI.pdf

Fritz, Joanne. (2016b) How to Write a Cover Letter for Your Grant Proposal. The Balance, May 27. Retrieved from

https://www.thebalance.com/how-to-write-a-cover-letter-for-your-grant-proposal-2501949

Foundation Center. (2015) Introduction to Proposal Writing. (27 mins) Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1NhEhovepA

Grantspace. (2016) Knowledgebase: How Do I Write a Grant Proposal. Retrieved from

http://grantspace.org/tools/knowledge-base/Funding-Research/proposal-writing/grant-proposals

The Writing Center at UNC. (2014) Grant Proposals (or Give me the money!). Retrieved from

http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/grant-proposals-or-give-me-the-money/

Barker, L., Rattihalli, R. R., & Field, D. (2016). How to write a good research grant proposal. Pediatrics and Child Health, 26(3), 105-109. doi:10.1016/j.paed.2015.09.004