Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Grants 1
Grants 1
n In this project you can write as yourself (a student at OU), you can create a fictional
entity you are a part of (a non-profit or school), or you can choose a pre-existing entity
(a school, non-profit, etc.) and imagine you are working for them. I think writing as a
pre-existing non-profit or organization would be easiest/best for a writing sample.
+ Scale it Down: What Will You
Write Your Grant About?
+ Statement of Need: Show Me The
Problem
n Ethos: how can you prove you are credible (show your
knowledge of the problem both through research but also
showing that you’ve done primary research and are familiar with
the local setting).
3. Does this statement of need address other people’s solutions? Is there a They Say/I
Say statement?
5. How is pre-existing research addressed? Does this person feel well-versed in the
area? How/why?
6. Is there any information missing? Or questions you have? Does this statement of
need make assumptions or leaps in evidence that need to proved?
7. Can you tell that this statement is geared toward a funding institution? What do you
think that institution’s purpose/goals/mission is?