Proposal Review
Proposal review is a crucial step in the grant writing process. In a 2016 study entitled, “Editing for Effective Grant Proposals,” it was found that editors most often give academic authors suggestions, directions, explications, explanations, or have questions related to (in order): 1) content, 2) grammar and mechanics, 3) design, 4) style, and 5) punctuation. Fresh eyes on your work is necessary to ensure that your proposal is clear and free of both major and minor errors. Our proposal review services position you for a fundable future.
Technical Editing & Polish
What is it? Our services vary from substantive content editing and proofreading to copyediting and formatting. Each requires a uniquely skilled eye to catch nuances of syntax, language, tone, and voice. We also provide technical editing, which checks for accuracies in scientific principles and analytic processes, while content and copyediting checks for mistakes (grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, etc.), inconsistencies (capitalization, font usage, hyphenation, spelling, numerals, etc.), and other elements such as repetition.
last but very important step before submitting. Countless hours have been spent on developing your idea and putting it to paper, so you want to be sure that what you submit is in its best form. You should never submit a proposal without a final edit to clean up discrepancies that could discredit you as an academic or researcher.
How can we help you?
- Identify and suggest scientific or analytic edits
- Ensure first or third person language throughout
- Ensure style, word choice, and tense throughout
- Ensure ease-of-flow and “one voice” when written by multiple people
- Ensure references or works cited are within approved style guide
- Ensure accuracy and correlation of proposal parts (headings and subheadings, narrative references to appendices or tables, table and chart formatting, etc.)
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The key to a strong logic model is the visual display of linkages, so text narrative should not replace the graphic. Strong proposals do provide a written description of logic model text in its narrative.
Generally, the logic model is one-page in length, which is why they can be tricky to do. Some funders do require double-spacing for all text, graphics included, which would make your logic model two pages.
Funders will often specify where to put them. If this is not provided, consider putting your logic model in the Project Design or Evaluation sections. Regardless, you will want to refer to it throughout your proposal.
Logic models must succinctly articulate your program or research efforts in no more than 1 page. Distilling your content, in logic and text, proves a lengthy task.
Your idea must be relevent to the funder’s priorities, it must fill a KEY gap (articulating a specific research question and its intended impact), and must answer HOW it will fill this gap.
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