The "How To" Grants Manual

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The 'How To' Grants Manual by David G. Bauer has been a lifesaver. By applying the principles it contains, I started winning competitive grants, which erased my worries about getting tenure. In particular, researching potential grantors, targeting them based on their past granting history, and making preproposal contact were instrumental steps in raising my grant-winning success rate from 0 out of 8 in my first three years to 6 out of 7 over the next two years, and successfully attracting over $750,000 in that time period. The 8th edition of The 'How To' Grants Manual has even more ideas and updated resources. As government grants dry up, this book will show readers how to put their proposals ahead of the pack and how to find (and win) non-traditional grants. -- Jed C. Macosko, associate professor, physics, Wake Forest University Bauer's methods were key to elevating the quality of my research proposals to a level at which they became competitive. After implementing Bauer's approaches to proposal craft, I went from zero funded lead-PI grants to four in just over a year. Further, The 'How To' Grants Manual has prepared me to mentor my own junior colleagues in sculpting proposals and raising them from being merely strong and innovative to a level which they are truly memorable. -- Michael J. Zdilla, Robert L. Smith Early Career Professor of Chemistry, department of chemistry, Temple University For over ten years our office has used the David G. Bauer 'How To' Grants Manual as the backbone of our grant writing training for faculty and staff. Without a doubt we have benefited from its insight and detailed process for developing successful grant proposals. In the past seven years, not only has our external funding almost doubled from $12 million to over $22 million, but so have the number of faculty and staff submitting proposals. The 'How To' Grants Manual demystifies the grants process, and provides the critical tools necessary to succeed in the highly competitive grants world. It is a must have. -- Christine Chamberlain, director, Office of Sponsored Programs, Office of the Vice Provost for Research Administration, Grand Valley State University I am pleased to recommend the Eighth edition of The 'How To' Grants Manual by David Bauer to you. I have used several earlier editions and they have enhanced my on grant productivity as well as that of those who worked in centers I have directed and The University of Alabama College of Education while I was dean. In fact, the College's external funding increased over $1.5 million to $16.2 million per year over the nine years I served in that position. Our entire grant effort was based on educating the faculty to use Bauer's winning grants, step-by-step, process. Previous uses of this process with college faculty and public school educators in Alabama and Tennessee brought similar successes. -- James E. McLean, dean emeritus and university research professor emeritus, college of education, University of Alabama