April 3, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
NEW BOOKS
Finding Funding: Grantwriting From Start to Finish, Including Project Management and Internet Use, Fifth Edition
by Ernest W. Brewer and Charles M. Achilles
Ernest W. Brewer, a professor of leadership studies and educational administration at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and Charles M. Achilles, a professor of education administration at Seton Hall University, provide a guide to finding grant opportunities, writing proposals, and beginning and ending a grant-supported project.
The authors focus on government grants, but also provide information specifically about securing money from foundations and other nonprofit sources. They also discuss differences between public and private grant making, including average proposal length and reporting requirements.
One chapter serves as an introduction to Grants.gov, the online clearinghouse for government grants and contracts, with instructions on how to search for grant opportunities, download the applications, and navigate the site.
Sample documents, such as letters of inquiry, evaluation checklists, and budget charts, are critiqued. Glossaries of common abbreviations and terms explain jargon and phrases commonly used by government offices and grant makers.
Publisher: Corwin Press, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, Calif. 91320; (800) 233-9936 or (805) 499-9734; fax (800) 417-2466 or (805) 499-5323; http://www.corwinpress.com; 393 pages; $40.95; ISBN 978-1-4129-6000-7.
