﻿{"id":13,"date":"2022-02-02T20:53:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T00:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/ricch\/grant-writing\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T08:51:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:51:02","slug":"grant-writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/ricch\/grant-funding\/grant-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Grant Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"contentpage-div\">\n<div class=\"page-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"main-content\" class=\"pagecontent bodytext\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">Grant Preparation <\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"faculty-content-page\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Grant Writing\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/Images\/Grant-Writing\/Grant-Writing2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tThe process of developing a proposal or application for funding can be daunting.&nbsp; As the project owner, you have a good idea of the importance of your proposed project but now you must convince funding agencies that they should allocate their shrinking and limited resources to your project.&nbsp;This section provides information to help you through the process of proposal preparation.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2>Create a Concept Note<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Create a Concept Note\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/Images\/Grant-Writing\/Create-a-Concept-Note.jpg\" style=\"width: 339px; height: 226px; float: left; margin: auto 10px;\">Some Calls require the submission of a concept note&nbsp; before the submission of the full proposal.&nbsp; A concept note is like an Executive Summary.&nbsp;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h4>&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-size:22px;\">Key Features of a Concept Note:<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<ul>\n<li>Can stand alone as a description of your proposal<\/li>\n<li>Is relatively short (2-3 pages)<\/li>\n<li>Should parallel the sections of the proposal narrative<\/li>\n<li>Should include at least one sentence on objectives<\/li>\n<li>Should include at least one sentence on methods<\/li>\n<li>Should include total cost, funds already obtained and amount requested in the proposal<\/li>\n<li>Goes at the beginning of the proposal<\/li>\n<li>Developing it at the start helps you to think through what the rest of the proposal should look like<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s the last thing that you re-write<\/li>\n<li>Will be the first thing that is read by potential funder (and maybe the last!).<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2>Find Funding<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Find Funding\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/Images\/Grant-Writing\/Find-Funding2.jpg\" style=\"float: left; margin: auto 10px;\">If you are not responding to a Call, while preparing the Concept Note, start identifying organisations whose funding priorities are in line with your proposed project.&nbsp;Find funding&nbsp;by searching the websites of various funding agencies or databases that list funding opportunities. But also, use your network to find out about funders that might be interested in your project.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Campus regularly distributes a list of funding opportunities.&nbsp; These and other sites can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/ricch\/grant-funding-opportunities\/\">Grant Funding Opportunities<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h2>Grant Preparation Workshops<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Grant Writing Workshops\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/89\/Images\/Grant-Writing\/Grant-Writing-Workshop-1.jpg\" style=\"width: 339px; height: 226px; float: left; margin: auto 10px;\">The Cave Hill Campus periodically hosts grant preparation workshops to provide hands-on assistance in preparing a grant application.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tIf you wish to be part of an upcoming session, please indicate your interest to <a href=\"mailto:ricch@cavehill.uwi.edu?subject=Please%20put%20me%20down%20for%20grant%20training\">ricch@cavehill.uwi.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h1 class=\"page-header\"><\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<br class=\"clear\">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grant Preparation The process of developing a proposal or application for funding can be daunting.&nbsp; As the project owner, you have a good idea of the importance of your proposed project but now you must convince funding agencies that they should allocate their shrinking and limited resources to your project.&nbsp;This section provides information to help [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":483,"featured_media":0,"parent":65,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/ricch-side-menu.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"slim_seo":{"title":"Grant Writing - Office of Research, Innovation and Community at Cave Hill - The University of the West Indies at Cave Hill","description":"Grant Preparation The process of developing a proposal or application for funding can be daunting.&nbsp; As the project owner, you have a good idea of the impor"},"iawp_total_views":5,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/ricch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/ricch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/ricch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/ricch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/483"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/ricch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/ricch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":348,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/ricch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/348"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/ricch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/ricch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}