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Archive for December, 2011


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This is a brief summary of the process of submitting and completing federal grant applications using the application package found at grants.gov.

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In Chapter 14 of 19 in her 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, Stacie Grossman Bloom answers “Through Your Experience, What Lessons Have You Learned About Writing More Effective Grant Proposals?” She finds the best grant proposals are the ones that tell the best stories. She notes grant writing is a skill that can be learned. Bloom notes the importance of using both resource centers as well as doing outreach to the grant organizations to assess fit in advance of writing the proposal. Grossman Bloom is the Executive Director at the NYU Neuroscience Institute at NYU Langone Medical Center. Previously, she was VP and Scientific Director at the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS). She earned her PhD in Neurobiology and Cell Biology at Georgetown University and did a post-doctoral fellowship at Rockefeller University in New York City. She earned her BA in Chemistry and Psychology from the University of Delaware.

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Need some inspiration for your Project Inspire entry? Check out our sample video on a community farming initiative in Aceh, Indonesia.

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WE HAVE OUR WINNERS!

Congratulations to The Hapinoy Program from the Philippines for winning the US$25,000 Grand Prize grant! Determined by a combination of public votes and judges scores from the live pitch on 24 August, 2011, The Hapinoy Program wowed the public and judges with their life changing idea.

Congratulations also to UPLift Initiative from Thailand for winning the US $10,000 grant for the best Financial Literacy/Livelihood proposal.

In a surprise development at the Grand Finals, MasterCard put forward a US$10,000 special prize for Most Creative Community Outreach proposal, which the judges awarded to Painting the Road to Empowerment from India.

The winning teams will blog about the progress of their projects on the Project Inspire website from September 2011 and commence fieldwork by December 1, 2011. Join our mailing list or Project Inspire Facebook page for updates!

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