As the trend rises for more and more companies, even in the nonprofit area, to outsource grant writing, Assel Grant Services is responding by expanding their team of grant writers. Early as 2015, we added three new staff members, and in 2017 we’ve brought on board...
Online grant applications - they’re convenient, easy to use, and eliminate a trip to the post office. But where there are online grant applications, there are likely character count restrictions. Here are some tips and tricks for writing proposals that maximize impact while minimizing character...
The funders forum is always the anxiously awaited portion of any grant professionals conference. The Regional Grant Professional Association’s conference I attended was no different. Wisely slated for the final hour of the Friday conference, the room was packed. Young professionals and advanced practitioners alike...
Assel Grant Services is growing, adding three new team members to our staff for a total of seven, to meet increasing demand for grant writing services. Our firm is quickly becoming one of the area’s leading teams of grant consultants as the trend of outsourcing...
All National Institutes of Health (NIH) money is awarded in response to proposals describing projects principle investigators (PIs) want to conduct. These projects must align to the mission of the National Institute of Health, “to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems...
Anyone who has written or read a grant knows you must be able to put your ideas into writing in a way that makes sense, is grammatically correct, and answers the questions the funders want to know. Ideally, after reading your proposal, the funder will...
Life can be full of twists and turns. At the tender age of 17, I made my plan. I would finish high school (check!). I would do a year of community college to get a feel for college life and get some basics out of...
Whether you are a teacher in the classroom, a school district administrator, or a nonprofit organization, writing a winning grant to improve the education of children seems like it would be easy. What funder wouldn’t want to help kids learn? However, those who write grants...
Is your school district or youth-serving organization looking to launch or expand an afterschool program? If so, the U.S. Department of Education’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) grant opportunity may be a fit for you. These grants are federal dollars passed through the states to...