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9. Have copies of my proposal been distributed to other project participants?
WHY PROPOSAL=S FAIL Top

1. The funding source did not request a proposal.

2. The project you proposed is not convincing or well documented.

3. Your proposal is poorly written, confusing or difficult to follow.

4. Your objectives are not within the interest of the funder.

5. Your proposal=s documentation is not convincing to funder=s interest.

6. Your goals and objectives appear to be unrealistic or overly ambitious.

7. Your budget is incomplete.

8. Your budget is to high for that particular funding agency.

9. Your proposal does not follow their guidelines.

10. There=s know indication that your project can be sustained beyond the funding period.

LETTER OF APPEAL Top

A letter of appeal is a summary of a proposal. Generally, if a small amount of money under $2,500.00 is requested a letter of appeal will usually be sufficient. For larger sums of money send both the proposal and letter of appeal.

Your letter of appeal should be brief and to the point, long and unorganized letters could get passed by. Your letter of appeal should be composed in such a way as to grab the attention of the grantor. This will be your first impression, you should make it count.

The letter of appeal, outlines your program/project in a clear unambiguous and a concise way. The following should be included.

A. The Proposal

B. A Statement of the Need

C. Evidence of the Need

D. How The Need Will Be Met

E. Your Total Cost F. Amount Requested

G. Complete List Of Other Supporters and Proposed Supporters

H. Duration Of Program Or Project

I. Staff Capabilities

J. Future Funding

K. Description Of The Individual, Corporation Or Organization 1. How The Organization Began, 2. How Long Has It Existed, 3. Significant Accomplishments

4. Support Received From Other Organizations.

THE WIDE ASSORTMENT OF RESEARCH GRANTS Top
Research opportunities exist in virtually every field imaginable. The proposal writing for this may not have to be as in-depth as a field project, but significant information is necessary and it=s a good idea to follow your proposal format without regard to the type of grant being sought. The more complete -- the better!
Special Emphasis Outreach Program Grants for Agricultural Research Top
Grants Research Grants

Office of Advocacy and Enterprise Administrator, Cooperative State Resr.

US Dept. of Agriculture Service, US Dept. of Agriculture

14th and Independence Ave., SW 14th and Independence Ave., SW

Washington, D.C. 20250 Washington, D.C. 20250

Cooperative Forestry Research Grants for Agricultural Research

Administrator, Cooperative State Competitive Research Grants

Research Service Chief Scientist, Competitive Res. Grants

14th and Independence Ave., SW Rm. 323, 14th and Independence Ave.

Washington, D.C. 20250 Washington, D.C. 20250

Animal Health and Disease Research Higher Education Strengthening Grants

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Washington, D.C. 20250 Washington, D.C. 20250

Sustainable Agriculture Research Technical Agricultural Assistance

and Education Office of International Cooperation and

Administrator, Cooperative State Development

Research Service Technical Assistance Division

U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Washington, D.C. 20250 Washington, D.C. 20250

Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 Sea Grant Support

Director, Office of Fisheries Director, National Sea Grant College

Conservation & Management Program

National Marine Fisheries Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin.

1335 East-West Highway 1335 East-West Highway

Silver Spring, MD. 20920 Silver Spring, MD. 20920

Marine Sanctuary Program Undersea Research

Chief, Sanctuaries & Reserves Div. Director, Office of Undersea Research

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Management Administration

National Ocean Service, NOAA 1335 East-West Highway

1825 Conn. Ave., NW Room 714 Silver Spring, MD. 20910

Washington, D.C.

Climate & Atmospheric Research Measurement & Engineering Research

Director, Office of Global Programs and Standards

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin. National Institute of Standards and

1335 East-West Highway Technology

Silver Spring, MD. 20910 Gaithersburg, MD. 20899

Regional Centers for the Transfer of Minority Business Development Centers

Manufacturing Technology Assistant Director, Office of Operations

Director, NIST MTC Program Room 5063, Minority Business Dev. Agcy.

Room B112 U.S. Department of Commerce

Chemistry Bldg., NIST 14th & Constitution Ave., NW

Gaithersburg, MD. 20899 Washington, D.C. 20230 (202)482-3261

Maternal & Child Health Federal Adolescent Family Life Research Grants

Consolidated Programs (SPRANS) Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs

Maternal & Child Health Bureau Office of Population Affairs

HRSA, Public Health Service Office of the Ass=t Secretary of Health

Room 9-11, 5600 Fishers Lane Hubert Humphrey Building Rockville, n

Rockville MD.20852 200 Independence Avenue, SW 736E

Washington, D.C. 20201

Food and Drug Administration Research Biological Response to Environmental

Grants & Assistance Agreements Section Health Hazards

Division of Contracts and Grants Director, Div. of Extramural Research and

Food and Drug Administration Training, Nat=l Institute of Environmental

HFA-520, Room 3-20 Health Science, Public Health Service

Parklawn Bldg., 5600 Fishers Lane Dept. of Health & Human Services

Rockville, MD. 20852 P.O. Box 12233 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709

Applied Toxicological Research & Biometry and Risk Estimation -- Health

Testing Risks from Environmental Exposures

Director, Division of Extramural Director, Division of Extramural

Research & Training Research & Training

National Institute of Environmental National Institute of Environmental

Health Sciences Health Sciences

Public Health Service Public Health Service

Dept. of Health & Human Services Department of Health & Human Services

P.O. Box 12233 P.O. Box 12233

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Research Triangle Park, NC. 27709
AIDS Activity Oral Disease & Disorders Research

Grants Management Branch Extramural Program

Procurement & Grants Office National Institute of Dental Research

Centers for Disease Control National Institutes of Health

Dept. of Health & Human Services Bethesda, MD. 20892

255 E. Paces Ferry Road, NE

Atlanta, GA 30305
AIDS Education and Training Ctrs. Injury Prevention & Control Research

Director, Division of Medicine Projects

Bureau of Health Professions Division of Injury Epidemiology & Control

Health Resources and Services Admin. Center for Environmental Health & Injury

Room 4C05 Control

5600 Fishers Lane Center for Disease Control

Rockville, MD. 20857 Public Health Service, Atlanta, GA. 30333
Conference Grant (Substance Abuse) Health Services Research & Development

Office for Substance Abuse Prevention Grants

Alcohol, Drug Abuse & Mental Health Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

Administration, Rockwell II Bldg. PHS, DHHS, Suite 601, Exec. Office Center

5600 Fishers Lane 2101 E. Jefferson Street

Rockville, MD. 20857 Rockville, MD. 20852

Mental Health Research Grants Occupational Safety & Health Research

Director, Division of Basic Brain & Grants

Behavioral Sciences Procurement & Grants Office, CDC

National Inst. of Mental Health DHHS, 255 E. Paces Ferry Rd., NE

5600 Fishers Lane MS-E14

Rockville, MD. 20857 Atlanta, GA. 30333
General Clinical Research Centers Biomedical Research Technology

General Clinical Research Ctrs. Program Biomedical Research Technology Program

Nat=l Center for Research Resources National Center for Research Resources

National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health

Bethesda, MD. 20892 Bethesda, MD. 20892

Head Start Social Services Research & Development

Admin. for Children, Youth & Families Director, Div. of Research & Evaluation

Head Start Office of Policy & Evaluation

U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Administration of Children & Families

P.O. Box 1182 Room 334-C, L=Enfant Promenade, SW

Washington, D.C. 20013 Washington, D.C. 20201
Social Security - Research & Population Research

Demonstration Chief, Office of Grants & Contracts

Chief, Grants Management Staff National Institute of Child Health &

Office of Acquisition and Grants, ODCM Human Development

Soc. Sec. Admin., 1-E-4 National Institutes of Health

1710 Gwynn Oak Avenue Bethesda, MD. 20892

Baltimore, MD. 21207
Aging Research Research for Mothers & Children

Director Chief, Office of Grants and Contracts

National Institute of Aging, NIH Nat=l Inst. of Child Health & Human Devel.

Bethesda, MD. 20892 National Institutes of Health

Bethesda, MD. 20892

Employment & Training Research Promotion of the Humanities - Regrants

and Development Projects Centers for Advanced Study

Chief, Division of Research & Division of Research Programs

Demonstration, Employment & Centers for Advanced Study, Room 318

Training Administration National Endowment for the Humanities

U.S. Dept. of Labor Washington, D.C. 20506

Washington, D.C. 20210

Engineering Grants Mathematical & Physical Sciences

Program Analyst, Directorate for Ass=t Director, Mathematical & Physical

Engineering Sciences

National Science Foundation National Science Foundation

Rm. 1126e, 1800 G St. NW 1800 G ST NW

Washington, D.C. 20550 Washington, D.C. 20550

Safe Drinking Water Research & Toxic Substances Research

Demonstration Director, Research Grants Staff

Director, Office of Research Grants RD-675, EPA

RD-675, EPA Washington, D.C. 20460

Washington, D.C. 20460

Energy-Related Inventions Minority Educational Institution Research

Director, Office of Technology Travel Fund

Evaluation and Assessment Office of Minority Economic Impact

National Institute of Standards MI-2.2, DOE, Forrestal Bldg. Room 5B-110

and Technology Washington, D.C. 20585

Gaithersburg, MD. 20899

Fossil Energy Research & Develop. Environmental Restoration

Director, Dept. of Energy Office of Environmental Restoration

Fossil Energy Program, FE-122 Office of Restoration & Waste Management

Germantown, MD. 20545 Dept. of Energy

Washington, D.C. 20545

Free Foundation Grants For Personal Needs Top

Minnesota State Soldiers Assistance Fund

Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans Service Building

20 W. 12^th Street, (612)296-2562

St. Paul, MN 55155-2079

P/D: To provide emergency financial assistance to disabled veterans and their families in Minnesota. To be eligible for assistance, the veteran must be disabled and prevented from working, the disability must be temporary in nature and the veteran must be able to resume his or her normal occupation once returned to health. The funds are to be used to provide food and shelter, as well as to cover utility payments. Contact foundation for further details. Applications may be submitted at any time.

Armory S. Carhart Memorial Fund

c/o The Fauquier Bank

P.O. Box 561

Warrenton, VA 22186

Application Address:

c/o Margaret A. Wilson, Trustee

P.O. Box 630 (540)349-0223

Warrenton, VA 22186-0630

P/D: Financial assistance to persons who have incurred injury, illness or disability following activities in a fox hunt, hunter trail, horse show, hound trail, field trail steeplechase, point to point, hunt race, pony rally, or any similar activity.
Navarro County Health Services Found

P.O. Box 1022

Corsicana, TX 75151

Application Address:

c/o Carol Myers

Navarro Regional Hospital

West Hwy 22 (903)872-4861

Corsicana, TX 75110 or

c/o Jo Ann Means

121 N. Main Street, (903)872-8181

Corsicana, TX 75110

P/D: Funds are distributed directly to Navarro Regional Hospital on behalf of recipients. The financial resources of all recipients are below the Dept. of Health and Human Services Poverty Income Guidelines. Assistance to indigent Navarro County, TX residents of at least one year for medical expenses incurred at Navarro Regional Hospital. Applicant=s must be referred by a physician, a health care agency, or the hospital. Referrals accepted throughout the year. Completion of formal application required.

South Carolina Homestead Tax Exemption Program

South Carolina Comptroller General

Attn: Local Government Division

P.O. Box 11228 (803)734-2137

Columbia, SC 29211

P/D: To establish a homestead exemption for South Carolina residents who are elderly, disabled, or blind. Legal residents of South Carolina who own a house or mobile home are eligible for this exemption if they are aged 65 or older, totally and permanently disabled or legally blind. Spouses of deceased persons who were eligible also qualify to receive the exemption if they were at least 50 years of age when their spouse died. The exemption continues as long as the homeowners live in their primary residence in South Carolina.

Volkswagen Mobility Access Program

Volkswagen United States, Inc.

3800 Hamlin Road, (800)822-8987

Auburn Hills, MI 48326

P/D: To provide financial assistance for the purchase of a Volkswagen minivan for the orthopedically disabled. This offer is open to the disabled or anyone else purchasing a Volkswagen minivan to transport or drive a full-time wheelchair user.
The Weinglass Foundation, Inc.

Two Hopkins Plaza, No. 802

Baltimore, MD 21201

Application Address:

Deborah Layman, Admin. Exec.

3300 Fashion Way, (410)538-1000ext.2240

Joppa, MD 21085

P/D; Grants to individuals, primarily for medical treatment and related expenses. Application accepted throughout the year. Initial approach by letter.
Children=s Wish Foundation Grants

Children=s Wish Foundation International

7840 Roswell Road, Suite 301

P.O. Box 28785

Atlanta, GA 30358

(404)393-WISH or (800)323-WISH

P/D: To fulfill the wishes of terminally ill children. This program is aimed at children in the United States or Europe, up to the age of 18, who are facing life threatening illnesses. The amount varies, depending upon the cost of filling the child=s dream. Applications may be submitted at any time.
Laurendeau Foundation for Cancer Care

2700 Iron Street, (360)671-7854

Bellingham, WA 98225

P/D: Grants to individuals residing in Bellingham, WA for outpatient cancer care. Completion of formal application required.

Contact: Joanne Gardner, Manager
Questar Corporate Giving Program

180 E. First South Street

P.O. Box 11150 (801)534-5435

Salt Lake City, UT 84147

P/D: Funding interest include the aged, medical and health services, education, the disadvantaged, and arts and culture. Initial approach by letter.
Mid-Iowa Health Foundation

550 39^th Street, Ste., 104

Des Moines, IA 50312 (515)277-6411

P/D: Grant to fund health related service projects including drug abuse, mental health, and nutrition. Initial approach by letter. Contact: Kathryn Bradley

West Virginia Homestead Exemption

Department of Tax and Revenue

Attn: Taxpayer Services Division

P.O. Box 2389 (304)558-3333

Charleston, WV 25328-2389

P/D: To provide a partial exemption of property taxes on residences owned by disabled or elderly persons and retired veterans in West Virginia. Eligible for this exemption are single-family residences owned and occupied by any person who is permanently and totally disabled or at least 65 years old. Applicant=s must have been West Virginia residents for 2 consecutive calendar years prior to the tax year to which the exemption relates. Members of the U.S. military forces who maintain West Virginia as state of residence throughout military service and return to the state to purchase a homestead upon retirement or separation from the military because of permanent and total disability are considered to meet the residency requirement and also qualify for this exemption.

Alexandra Eastman Foundation

c/o New Hampshire Charitable Fund

One South Street, P.O. Box 1335

Concord, NH 03302 (603)225-6641

P/D: Seeks to improve the quality and availability of health care and to promote the health and well-being of residents of the greater Derry, New Hampshire area. Initial approach by letter. Contact: Deborah Cowan, Program Director
National Association For The Craniofacially Handicapped Grants-In Aid

National Association for the Craniofacially Handicapped

P.O. Box 11082 (615)266-1632

Chattanooga, TN 37401

P/D: To provide travel expenses for persons with severe facial deformities who travel to comprehensive medical centers for reconstructive facial surgery. Persons with craniofacial deformities resulting from birth defects, injury, or disease are eligible to apply for these grants in aid if they need to travel to comprehensive medical centers to undergo reconstructive facial surgery. Funds are available for transportation, food, lodging, parking, and tolls related to securing or undergoing treatment. No medical costs are covered. Grants also provide for 1 accompanying person for each trip. Application may be submitted at any time.
Vermont Emergency Assistance For Disabled and Needy Veterans

State Veterans Affairs

120 State Street, (802)828-3379

Montpelier, VT 05620-4401

P/D: To provide emergency financial assistance to disabled needy Vermont veterans or their dependents. Eligible to apply for this assistance are veterans and their dependents, if the veteran is both disabled and poor, served for at least 90 days (unless discharged earlier because of disability or the convenience of the government), has been a resident of Vermont for at least 1 year prior to application, and was discharged under conditions other than dishonorable. Applications may be submitted at any time.
Pennsylvania Blind Veterans Pension

Bureau of Veterans Affairs

Fort Indiantown Gap, (717)865-8911

Annville, PA 17003-5002

P/D: To provide financial assistance to blind residents of Pennsylvania who lost their sight while serving in the U.S. armed forces. Persons who have 3/60 or 10/200 or less normal vision are eligible if they are honorably discharged veterans who were residents of PA when they joined the U.S. armed forces and whose blindness resulted from a service connected injury or disease. Applications may be submitted at any time.
Alabama Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for the Blind

Alabama Department of Revenue

Attn: Ad Valorem Tax Division

Gordon Persons Building, Room 4126

Montgomery, AL 36132-7210

(334)242-1525

P/D: To exempt residents who are legally blind from a portion of ad valorem property taxes in Alabama from ad valorem property taxes imposed by counties. Residents of Alabama are eligible to apply if they are over the age of 65 and have a net annual income of $12,000 or less for income tax purposes for the preceding year or are retired due to permanent and total disability regardless of age, or are blind, or retirement status. Must meet eligibility requirements.
R. H. Wilkin Charitable Trust Program

R.H. Wilkin Charitable Trust

Attn: Peggy Pittman

P.O. Box 76561 (405)235-7700

Oklahoma City, OK 73147

P/D: To provide financial support for needy, crippled children residing in Oklahoma County, OK. Funds are made available to maintain, improve or retard the deterioration of the physical, mental, or emotional health and well-being of the recipients. Expenditure may include physical and psychiatric examinations, physical therapy, occupation therapy, wheelchairs, crutches, braces, prosthetic devices, blood and vital organs, food, clothing and shelter. The amount provided to each recipient varies, depending upon individual needs and the funds available to the trust. Application may be submitted at any time.

Federal Income Tax Deduction for Child and Dependent Care Expenses

Internal Revenue Service, Service Headqrts.

1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20224 (800)TAX-FORM

P/D: To provide a federal income tax credit of a portion of the expenses of caring for a child. Eligible for this credit are U.S. citizens or residents who have earned income and who live with a qualifying dependent who was either a) under the age of 13. b) a spouse who was physically or mentally unable to care for himself or herself. c) another dependent who was physically or mentally unable to care for himself /herself and for whom the taxpayer can claim an exemption. Qualifying expenses. Schooling, care outside the home, transportation and household services.
North Carolina Income Tax Relief for Disabled Veterans

Division of Veterans Affairs

Albermarle Building, Suite 1065

325 N. Salisbury Street, (919)733-3851

Raleigh, NC 27603-5941

P/D: To provide income tax relief to disabled N.C veterans. Any assessment of income tax due prior to the time a person was inducted into the armed forces will be cancelled if the serviceperson is receiving service-connected disability compensation. Disability payments to veterans by reason of service in the armed forces need not be reported for income tax purposes. Grants by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for motor vehicles for veterans who lost their sight or the use of their limbs are exempt from state income taxation. Grants by the VA to seriously disabled veterans for homes designed for wheelchair living are also exempt from North Carolina income taxation. The exemptions continue as long as the eligible veteran is a resident of NC.

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