Specific Aims & Objectives Development
Development of the aims or objectives page and the background and significance section, so reviewers understand the gap, the hypothesis and the payoff within a minute.
Proposal Components
Targeted support for a single section of a proposal — the part you are stuck on, or the part reviewers criticized last time.
Choosing within proposal components
Most applicants do not need help with everything. The sections that most often cost points are predictable: an aims page or objectives list that does not say what will be learned; a methods section and work plan that do not show how the work fits the time available; a budget whose justification does not match the activities; an impact plan that lists outputs instead of changes for users; and, for development funders, a logframe whose indicators cannot actually be measured.
Pick the component that is weakest, but expect us to check its links to the rest of the proposal. A new objective changes the work plan; a new work package changes the budget; a new impact pathway may need a stakeholder or dissemination cost. We flag those knock-on changes so the proposal stays consistent.
If you…
- If your aims, objectives or significance section is not landingSpecific aims & objectives
- If you need work packages, milestones, a risk table or a Gantt chartMethods & work plan
- If you are building or justifying a budgetBudget & justification
- If you must describe impact, dissemination, exploitation or data sharingImpact & dissemination
- If the funder requires a logical framework or theory of changeLogframes & theory of change
Services in this area
Methodology & Work Plan (Gantt) Development
Development of the approach or methodology section and the work plan: work packages, tasks, milestones, deliverables, risks and a Gantt chart that match your aims and budget.
Grant Budget & Budget Justification
Help structuring a grant budget and writing the budget justification so every cost is allowable, explained and clearly linked to the activities in your work plan.
Impact & Dissemination Plans
Development of impact, broader impacts, dissemination, exploitation, communication and data-sharing sections that name real beneficiaries, activities, resources and measures.
Logframes & Theory of Change
Development of logical framework matrices, theories of change and results frameworks for development agencies, foundations and program grants, with measurable indicators and explicit assumptions.
Other areas of grant proposals
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