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Jeffrey Wayne Elias – APA Books, 2024
Scientific research relies on funding, and everyone who conducts research must become adept at funding their research. This book explains how to attain the number one source of research funding: grants. Readers will learn how to prepare grant proposals, how and when to interact with funding institutions, how to interpret and respond to peer review…
Descriptors: Grants, Grantsmanship, Program Proposals, Scientific Research
Russell, Michael; Kavanaugh, Maureen – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
The importance of student assessment, particularly for summative purposes, has increased greatly over the past thirty years. At the same time, emphasis on including all students in assessment programs has also increased. Assessment programs, whether they are large-scale, district-based, or teacher developed, have traditionally attempted to assess…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Testing Programs, Educational Assessment, Adaptive Testing
Molnar, Alex, Ed. – 2002
This volume features original studies and research syntheses on educational effectiveness and efficiency and serves to clarify what is known about effective public schools. It concerns educational conditions, policies, and practices with an eye toward student achievement, especially that of children living in poverty. Thirteen chapters include:…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Effective Schools Research, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Decker, Virginia A.; Decker, Larry E. – 1978
Grantsmanship is an organized process for seeking funds from an external funding source to support a desired activity. In large measure, success or failure in receiving funds is determined by the thoroughness with which the process is undertaken and completed. This book outlines the study and care required in each phase of the process: (1)…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Financial Support, Grants, Grantsmanship
Brewer, Ernest W.; Achilles, Charles M.; Fuhriman, Jay R. – 1998
This handbook presents funding strategies and procedures and techniques that help in the preparation of a competent proposal. It summarizes ideas about proposal development, offering specific information to help proposal writers, provides examples from successful proposals, and presents tips to enhance successful funding. The text focuses on…
Descriptors: Awards, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
White, Virginia P. – 1980
Support for work in the arts is examined, noting the specific ways of obtaining this support from both the public and private sectors. The major sources of information on grants and grantsmanship are listed, including libraries and their resources, professional associations, workshops, institutes, subscription information services, news media,…
Descriptors: Artists, Cultural Activities, Cultural Enrichment, Financial Support
Williams, Don – 1976
This is one of eight short monographs intended to aid practicing educators in planning and conducting accountability programs in schools. This booklet discusses how to develop and prepare funding proposals for consideration by government agencies and private foundations. It is not intended to deal with the unique requirements of particular funding…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Guidelines, Program Development
Golden, Susan L. – 1997
Based on the "simple truth" that people, not proposals, secure grants, this guide argues that grantseekers need to go well beyond strong ideas and "beautifully written" proposals. The guide provides fundraisers with the grantsmanship skills they need to navigate the grantmaking process: from avoiding common pitfalls such as…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Budgets, Financial Support, Grantsmanship
Baeckler, Virginia Van Wynen – 1978
This manual is designed to demystify a number of public relations techniques for those who wish to start producing their own materials with a minimum of time and money. Chapters focus on public relations; the library stereotype; words, ideas, and pictures; offset printing; creative print distribution; exhibits and posters; public speaking; and the…
Descriptors: Costs, Library Guides, Production Techniques, Program Budgeting
Taft Group, Rockville, MD. – 1994
Libraries facing diminishing budgets and increasing demand for services must explore all funding sources, especially the more than $6 billion available in annual foundation and corporate giving. The easier and greater access to information on prospective givers provided simplifies this task. It profiles 1,471 library grant givers, compiled from…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Corporate Support, Fund Raising, Grants
Tilley, Herbert T. – 1976
This booklet is intended to be a package that individual teachers and local associations can use in writing successful proposals. It begins with 10 steps that can serve as a guide for formulating a proposal. These steps can be used as agenda topics for working through the proposal process. The next section of this booklet details how to write the…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Program Budgeting, Program Costs, Program Descriptions
Anderson, Cynthia – 2002
This book provides information to help school librarians get grant money for their schools. Chapter 1, "Identify the Need and Make a Plan," discusses preparation, library technology, other needs, and objectives. Chapter 2, "Go Where the Grants Are," covers organizing the research, searching for funding sources, and types of grants. Chapter 3,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grants, Grantsmanship, Learning Resources Centers
Brewer, Ernest W.; And Others – 1993
This book provides educational administrators with guidelines for exploring grants, writing successful grants, and implementing and terminating funded projects. Following an introduction that describes the pros and cons of seeking federal support, Part 1 provides general information about grants and the funding game and a review of tools to help…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Murphy, Mary Kay, Ed. – 1989
The process of acquiring financial support from private foundations is discussed in 26 essays, divided into five categories (Targeting the Foundation Market; Getting Started: Tools of the Trade; The Process of Foundation Fund Raising; The Grant Maker's Perspective; and Focused Programs and Foundation Support). A prologue, "Ethics and Foundation…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Donors, Ethics, Fund Raising
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Teacher Preparation and Professional Development Services. – 1974
This four-part paper on competency-based teacher education (CBTE) in Michigan contains the following sections: (a) the development of CBTE in Michigan, consisting of a chronology of events dating from 1971, and a listing of CBTE grants programs in 1974; (b) a survey of CBTE programs in Michigan, including an overview of the programs and status…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Definitions, Developmental Programs, Educational Assessment