Besides the basics of using proper grammar, spell check, and having someone else proof read your proposal before submitting it, you’ll also want to write your proposal in a way that shows the grantor that you need this funding for a worthy cause. For instance, when asked to explain why you need the funding, instead of saying:
“I want to throw a raging party for me and the guys and get plastered!”
You could try explaining it like this:
“This funding would be used to study the effects of alcohol on the human body. This study would be ongoing for several weeks and involve multiple subjects of varying height and weight exposed to several types of alcoholic beverages. The purpose of this study is to test the limits of the study subjects in relationship to their body height and weight and determining how much is too much.
The study will be closely monitored and we will have non-alcoholic beverages consumed by a control group for this study. Strict safety measures will be enforced to ensure that the test subjects are protected. One of the requirements for all of our test subjects is that they will not be allowed to drive for a period of 24 hours after the end of the study session and designated drivers will be on call at a moments notice.
After the completion of this study I plan to have my findings published in the American Medical Association Journal of Medicine. I have already contacted the AMA to inform them of this study.”
