The Nuts and Bolts of Grant Writing - Paperback

by Cynthia E. Carr (Author)

In this practical, accessible guide for students, faculty, and other university personnel, author Cynthia E. Carr shares her best practices for planning, writing, and winning research grants based on her own experience submitting more than 300 grant proposals and securing millions of dollars in awards. Insightful, innovative, and informative, the book goes beyond coverage of standard grant writing to specifically address the issues faced by the higher education community, including the university bureaucracy and how to navigate it. The Nuts and Bolts of Grant Writing covers everything from budgets to submissions and federal to foundation competitions, giving novices the opportunity to leapfrog over some of the hard lessons that most college and university grant seekers must learn from trial and error and allowing those with more experience to sharpen their skills.

Author Biography

Cynthia E. Carr is a former grant writer and grants administrator who has worked at a variety of colleges and universities, including a research institution, an MA institution, and two independent graduate schools. She edited and submitted over 300 grants from 2008 to 2012, resulting in millions of dollars in awards from funders, including the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Justice, the John Templeton Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, and others. Carr has a continuing interest in university structure fundraising, both in the U.S. and internationally. As a Fulbright Specialist awardee, she consulted on higher education fundraising with universities in the Slovak Republic in 2013.