Part 1: The how-to manual. Section 1. Diving into Grants Culture: Grants Culture: The Big Picture ; The Matching Game: Finding Funders ; Tapping Support on Campus ; Collaboration: The New Frontier ; Preparing to Write.

Section 2. Developing Your Proposal ; The Writing ; The Abstract ; The Heart of the Matter: The Proposal Narrative ; Budgets ; Making It Shine: The Proposal Package.

Section 3 Next Steps. Review, Rejection, and Reshaping ; Your Project Is Funded

Now What?.

Part 2: Developing your proposal. Section 1 Diving into Grants Culture. Grant Glossary ; Tools for Finding Funding ; Funding Search Cheat Sheet ; Prewriting Questions.

Section 2 Managing the Proposal Work. Planning for Proposal Development ; Developing a Concept Paper ; Four Sentences to Focus Your Elevator Pitch ; Contacting a Program Officer ; Managing Proposal Development ; Narrative Timeline for Proposal Development ; Section 3 Developing Your Proposal ; Proposal Logic ; Moving from the Larger Context to the Detail ; Proposal Outlines ; Evaluation ; Budget Justification ; Subcontracts and Consulting Agreements ; Sample Subcontract Scope of Work ; Travel Expenses ; Letters of Support and Commitment ; Project Timelines ; Proposal Review Processes ; Section 4 Building Institutional Grants Culture ; Tools for Hiring Grant Writing Consultants ; Interview Questions ; Interview Writing Prompts ; Reference Check Questions ; Tools for Managing and Nurturing Grant Writing Consultants ; Survey Instrument ; Flextime Memo.