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Front Matter
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Part I: Part I — The Grants Landscape
6 chapters- Part I — The Grants Landscape
- Chapter 1: What Is a Grant? The Ecosystem of Funded Work and Why Proposals Fail
- Chapter 2: Thinking Like a Funder — What Reviewers and Program Officers Actually Want
- Chapter 3: Finding the Right Funder — Research, Alignment, and the Art of Not Wasting Your Time
- Chapter 4: The Proposal Development Process — From Idea to Submission
- Chapter 5: The Anatomy of a Proposal — Components, Structure, and How They Fit Together
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Part II: Part II — Writing the Proposal
11 chapters- Part II — Writing the Proposal
- Chapter 6: The Specific Aims Page — The Most Important Page You'll Ever Write
- Chapter 7: The Executive Summary — Telling Your Story in Two Pages
- Chapter 8: The Needs Assessment / Significance Section — Proving the Problem Is Real and Urgent
- Chapter 9: The Project Narrative / Research Approach — The Detailed Plan That Proves You Can Do This
- Chapter 10: The Evaluation Plan — Proving Your Project Will Produce Measurable Results
- Chapter 11: The Budget — The Numbers That Tell Your Story in Dollar Signs
- Chapter 12: The Budget Justification — Why Every Dollar Matters and How to Explain It
- Chapter 13: Organizational Capacity and Key Personnel — Proving You're the Right Team
- Chapter 14: Sustainability and Dissemination — What Happens After the Grant Ends
- Chapter 15: Assembling and Submitting — The Final Mile That Trips Up More Proposals Than Bad Writing
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Part III: Part III — Funder-Specific Strategies
7 chapters- Part III — Funder-Specific Strategies
- Chapter 16: NIH Grants — The Largest Biomedical Funder in the World
- Chapter 17: NSF Grants — Where Discovery Meets Broader Impact
- Chapter 18: Foundation Grants — Where the Relationship Is the System
- Chapter 19: Government Grants — Scoring to the Rubric Under Public Rules
- Chapter 20: SBIR/STTR — Grants That Fund a Business, Not a Paper
- Chapter 21: International and Multilateral Funding — Money That Crosses Borders
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Part IV: Part IV — Specialized Topics
6 chapters- Part IV — Specialized Topics
- Chapter 22: The Resubmission — How to Turn Rejection into Funding
- Chapter 23: Collaborative and Multi-Institutional Proposals — When One PI Isn't Enough
- Chapter 24: Grant Writing with AI — Using LLMs as Tools Without Crossing the Line
- Chapter 25: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Grant Writing — Requirements, Authenticity, and Impact
- Chapter 26: Managing the Grant After You Win — Reporting, Compliance, and Stewardship
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Part V: Part V — Sector-Specific Applications
6 chapters- Part V — Sector-Specific Applications
- Chapter 27: Grant Writing for Academic Researchers — From Dissertation to R01
- Chapter 28: Grant Writing for Nonprofits — Mission-Driven Funding in a Competitive Landscape
- Chapter 29: Grant Writing for K-12 Educators — Funding Your Classroom and Your School
- Chapter 30: Grant Writing for Artists and Cultural Organizations — Creative Funding for Creative Work
- Chapter 31: Grant Writing for Community Development — Funding That Builds Places and Power
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Part VI: Part VI — Synthesis
5 chapters- Part VI — Synthesis
- Chapter 32: The Grant Writer's Toolkit — Templates, Checklists, and Resources You'll Use Forever
- Chapter 33: Building a Sustainable Funding Strategy — Beyond the Single Grant
- Chapter 34: Capstone — Your Complete Proposal, Ready to Submit
- Chapter 35: The Grant Writer's Career — From First Application to Funding Leader
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Appendices
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