Grant project: project description

The Project Description is often the bulkiest part of the grant proposal and requires a great deal of thought, planning, and purposeful writing. The Project Description outlines the major steps you want to accomplish for your project, and make up the key components of the project, showing the flow of activity from beginning to end. The first step is to write a goal with a series of objectives to solve the problem you identified in the Statement of Need. A goal is a broad and timeless statement about the long-term expectation as a result of your program. An example of a goal statement: to improve the quality of life for mothers and infants in the Washington, DC area. Objectives describe the results to be achieved; measurable steps that contribute to the goal. When developing objectives, they need to be chronologically ordered and specific. Objectives should be SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound) and represent acombination of behavioral, performance, process and product objectives are recommended. An example of an objective that would align with the goal above: to decrease the maternal mortality rate among African-American mothers in Washington, DC by 20% within 5 years. As a general rule of thumb, there are usually three objectives for each goal. In addition to developing objectives, each objective should have multiple strategies and each strategy, multiple activities. This is why it is important to focus on one problem/need. A timeline is also included as a roadmap for when each activity will be accomplished. It is important to give thought to the sequencing of activities so that the program is realistic and achievable. I suggest creating no more than one or two goals for this proposal. Instructions For the project description, create no more than one or two goals, followed by 3-5 objectives in total that are measurable. Then based on the project goal and objectives, you need to identify and explain the activities to implement your organizations solution based on your strategies. Be sure your activity description is comprehensive. For example, if you plan to hire new staff, think through all the issues to get this process done [e.g. advertisement, interviews, background checks, references check, etc…] and the time it would take to complete the hiring process. Focus your thoughts. The textbook provides a very good example. Include a timeline table in your project description. You can use a Gantt Chart or similar table illustrated in the textbook. It serves as a valuable planning function. Length of the assignment: This section will be the longest part of your grant proposal. A title page and reference page should also be included. Format of Assignment: Use current APA style. Number of Citations: Use at least 1 supplementary source. Acceptable Sources: Use current data and references published within the last 5 years.