Further Reading — Chapter 34: Capstone — Your Complete Proposal

The capstone's "further reading" is the whole book — because the capstone integrates everything into a complete proposal. The most valuable work is finishing your proposal; these connections support that.

The Components You Assemble

Chapters 5–14 (Part II). Every component of the complete package — aims/summary (6–7), needs (8), approach (9), evaluation/logic model (10), budget+justification (11–12), capacity (13), sustainability (14) — bound by the one-argument coherence of Chapter 5.
Part III (Funder-Specific Strategies). The funder adaptation your proposal reflects, and the review criteria you self-score against (NIH 16, NSF 17, foundation 18, government rubric 19).
Part V (Sector-Specific Applications). The sector adaptation your proposal fits.

On the Reviewer's Eye and Self-Review

Chapter 22 of this book (The Resubmission). The re-review psychology — internalizing the reviewer's perspective, which the capstone applies pre-emptively (Sections 34.2, 34.5).
Chapter 16 of this book (NIH Grants) and Chapter 19 (Government Grants). How review actually works — study sections, panels, criteria, rubrics — the perspective you adopt in the self-review (Section 34.4).
Serving as a real grant reviewer. The single best way to sharpen the reviewer's eye — many agencies and funders recruit reviewers; the experience transforms your own writing (Sections 34.2, 34.8, and Chapter 19).
Resources on critical reading and red-teaming. The discipline of adversarial self-review — reading your own work to find its weaknesses (Section 34.2).

On the Mock Review Panel

Mock-review-panel protocols (in this book's instructor materials, and from grants offices and courses). How to run a genuine mock panel — real criteria, critical reviewers, independent scoring then discussion (Section 34.5, "Going Deeper").
Your institution's grants office or research-development office. Many run mock panels or critical reviews for applicants — among the most valuable preparations a proposal can receive (Section 34.5).
Peer-review and feedback resources. On giving and receiving genuinely critical (not friendly) feedback (Section 34.5).

On Final Revision, Compliance, and Submission

Chapter 15 of this book (Assembling and Submitting). The compliance pass and the desk-rejection reality (Section 34.6).
Chapter 32 of this book (The Grant Writer's Toolkit). The pre-submission checklist and assembly tools the capstone uses (Sections 34.3, 34.6).
Chapter 4 of this book (The Proposal Development Process). The timeline discipline — reaching submission readiness on time, not chasing perfection past the deadline (Section 34.6).

On the Whole-Book Integration

Appendix E (Annotated Sample Proposals). Complete proposals to compare your finished one against — the conventions and quality of a full, fundable package.
Appendix A (Templates and Worksheets). The assembly checklist, self-review criteria, and compliance checklist in full.
Chapter 33 of this book (Sustainable Funding Strategy). Where your finished proposal is one node in the funding pipeline.
Chapter 35 of this book (The Grant Writer's Career). The life that the capability you've proved makes possible.

A note on finishing

The most important "further reading" for the capstone is doing it — finishing your own proposal: assembling it, reviewing it as a reviewer would, getting critical external review, revising in three passes, and reaching submission readiness. No resource substitutes for the finished proposal you produce. That proposal — real, complete, reviewed, fundable — is the proof of the whole book, and the thing you carry forward. Finish it.