Index

A navigational index to the major concepts, funders, and tools, by chapter (and appendix). Where a topic is treated most fully, that chapter is listed first. Funder-specific entries point to Part III; tools and templates point to the appendices. Use it to find where a concept lives; use the glossary for what it means.

Entries reference chapters (Ch) and appendices (App). For the precise section, see the chapter's own headings.

A

  • Allowable / allocable / reasonable costs, Ch 12, Ch 19
  • Approach (project narrative), Ch 9; strategic detail, Ch 9
  • Artist statement, Ch 30; work samples, Ch 30
  • Assets-based framing, Ch 25, Ch 31; vs. savior narrative, Ch 25
  • Assembling the proposal, Ch 15, Ch 34; checklist, App A, App C
  • Authorized representative (AOR), Ch 4, Ch 15
  • AI in grant writing, Ch 24; hallucination, Ch 24; human-in-the-loop, Ch 24; ethics, Ch 24, App C

B

  • Bibliography research, Ch 3, App B
  • Biosketch, Ch 13, Ch 16
  • Boilerplate, Ch 32
  • Broader Impacts (NSF), Ch 17, Ch 2
  • Budget, Ch 11; formats (modular/detailed/SF-424A), Ch 11; worksheet, App A
  • Budget justification, Ch 12; basis of estimate, Ch 12
  • Budget–narrative match, Ch 5, Ch 11, App C
  • Binary gates (eligibility/format/deadline), Ch 15, Ch 19

C

  • Capacity, organizational, Ch 13, Ch 28; worksheet, App A
  • Capstone proposal, Ch 34
  • Career (grant writing as), Ch 35; paths, Ch 35; ethics & economics, Ch 35
  • CDBG (Community Development Block Grant), Ch 31, App B
  • Coherence (one argument), Ch 5, Ch 34, App C
  • Collaborative / multi-institutional proposals, Ch 23
  • Community development, Ch 31; resident-led, Ch 31
  • Compliance, Ch 15, Ch 19, Ch 26; checklist, App A
  • Concept paper / concept note, Ch 4, Ch 21
  • Contingency pay (prohibited), Ch 35, App D
  • Cost-sharing / match, Ch 11, Ch 29, Ch 30
  • Cultivation (funder relationship), Ch 2, Ch 18

D

  • Deadlines & backward planning, Ch 4; timeline template, App A
  • Desk rejection / return without review, Ch 15, Ch 17
  • Development (nonprofit fundraising), Ch 28
  • Direct vs. indirect (F&A) costs, Ch 11, Ch 12
  • Discretionary / formula / block grants, Ch 19
  • Dissemination, Ch 14
  • Diversity, equity, and inclusion, Ch 25; authentic vs. performative, Ch 25
  • Diversified funding, Ch 14, Ch 28, Ch 33

E

  • Early-Stage Investigator (ESI), Ch 16
  • Eligibility, Ch 3, Ch 15
  • Evaluation plan, Ch 10; logic model, Ch 10, Ch 5
  • Executive summary, Ch 7; two-page test, Ch 7
  • Exercises (how the book uses them), see each chapter's exercises file

F

  • FAQ & troubleshooting, App D
  • Feasibility / preliminary data, Ch 9; (arts) work sample, Ch 30
  • Fellowships (F-series), Ch 16, Ch 27; (NSF GRFP), Ch 17
  • Fiscal sponsorship, Ch 28, Ch 30
  • Form 990-PF, Ch 3, Ch 18, App B
  • Foundations, Ch 18; types, Ch 18; program officers & boards, Ch 18
  • Funder fit / alignment, Ch 3, App C; scorecard, Ch 3, App A
  • Funder research, Ch 3, App B; worksheet, App A
  • Funding mechanism (activity code), Ch 16
  • Funding pipeline, Ch 33; worksheet, App A

G

  • Gap (the), Ch 6, Ch 8
  • General operating support, Ch 1, Ch 18, Ch 28
  • Glossary, App (Glossary); compile script, scripts/
  • Government grants, Ch 19; rubric, Ch 19, App C
  • Grant (definition / mission transaction), Ch 1
  • Grant Professionals Association (GPA) / GPC, Ch 35, App B
  • Grants.gov, Ch 15, Ch 19, App B

H–I

  • Hallucination (AI), Ch 24
  • Hypothesis (central) & premise, Ch 6
  • Indirect costs, Ch 11, Ch 12; on subawards, Ch 23
  • Innovation, Ch 9; (SBIR) commercial potential, Ch 20
  • Institutes and Centers (NIH) / CSR, Ch 16
  • Intellectual Merit (NSF), Ch 17, Ch 2
  • International & multilateral funding, Ch 21, App B
  • Introduction to resubmission, Ch 22, App A

J–L

  • Just-in-time, Ch 4, Ch 16
  • K-12 educators, Ch 29; start-small ladder, Ch 29
  • K-series (career) awards, Ch 16, Ch 27
  • Key personnel, Ch 13
  • Letter of inquiry (LOI), Ch 3, Ch 7, Ch 18
  • Letters of support vs. commitment, Ch 13, Ch 23
  • Localization (locally led development), Ch 21
  • Logframe (logical framework), Ch 21
  • Logic model, Ch 5, Ch 10

M–N

  • Managing the grant (post-award), Ch 26
  • Mission transaction (threshold), Ch 1
  • Mock review panel, Ch 34, instructor guide
  • Modular vs. detailed budget, Ch 11
  • Multiple-PI (MPI), Ch 23
  • Needs assessment / significance, Ch 8; so-what chain, Ch 8, App C
  • NIH grants, Ch 16; review criteria, Ch 16; mechanisms, Ch 16
  • Non-dilutive funding, Ch 20
  • Nonprofits, Ch 28; funding stool, Ch 28
  • NOFO / FOA / RFP / RFA, Ch 1, Ch 3, Ch 19
  • NSF grants, Ch 17; PAPPG, Ch 17; merit review, Ch 17

O–P

  • Outcomes vs. outputs, Ch 10
  • Pass-through / subrecipient, Ch 19
  • Payline, Ch 1, Ch 16
  • Period of performance, Ch 26
  • Pitfalls and alternatives, Ch 9
  • Preliminary data, Ch 9
  • Principal Investigator (PI), Ch 1, Ch 27
  • Program officer, Ch 2, Ch 17, Ch 18
  • Project narrative, Ch 9
  • Proposal development process, Ch 4
  • Proposal anatomy / components, Ch 5

Q–R

  • Quick-reference cards, App C
  • Rebudgeting / prior approval, Ch 26
  • Rejection (turning into funding), Ch 22, App C
  • Resubmission (A1), Ch 16, Ch 22
  • Review criteria, Ch 16, Ch 17, Ch 19
  • Reviewers (what they reward), Ch 2, App C
  • Rigor and reproducibility (NIH), Ch 16
  • Rubric (writing to the), Ch 19, App C

S

  • SAM.gov / UEI, Ch 15, Ch 19, App B
  • Sample proposals (annotated), App E
  • SBIR / STTR, Ch 20, App B
  • Significance, Ch 8, Ch 16
  • SMART objectives, Ch 10
  • So-what chain, Ch 8, App C
  • Specific aims page, Ch 6, App E
  • Stewardship, Ch 18, Ch 26
  • Study section / review panel, Ch 2, Ch 16
  • Submitting the proposal, Ch 15; submission systems, Ch 15
  • Summary statement, Ch 16, Ch 22
  • Supplement-not-supplant, Ch 29
  • Sustainability, Ch 14; sustainable funding strategy, Ch 33
  • Sustainable career / resilience, Ch 35

T–Z

  • Templates & worksheets, App A, Ch 32
  • Theory of change, Ch 5, Ch 10
  • Threshold concepts (overview), Ch 1; (per chapter), each chapter
  • Timeline (backward planning), Ch 4, App A
  • Toolkit (the grant writer's), Ch 32
  • Triage (NIH), Ch 1, Ch 16
  • Troubleshooting, App D
  • Two-page test, Ch 7
  • Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200), Ch 19, Ch 26
  • Win rate, Ch 33, Ch 35
  • Work sample (arts), Ch 30

Using the index. This index points to where a concept is taught. For what a term means, see the Glossary; for a form to use, see Appendix A; for which funder, see Part III and Appendix B. The cross-references inside each chapter will then carry you to the related ideas.