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Chapter 3

Learning the Lingo to Trump the Competition

UNDERSTANDING STANDARD GRANT-RELATED LINGO will help you sail through funding agency guidelines and decide if the grant opportunity is right for your school. Every weekday, funding agencies issue grant availability announcements and requests for proposals. You need to be ready to take action as soon as the guidelines are released on the Internet or sent to your school’s key administrative contacts. As a grant writer for your school, once you grasp the lingo—the vocabulary of the grant writing field—you will hit the ground running whenever an announcement comes your way. You will be able to read and understand the technical requirements of the grant application or proposal guidelines and immediately start formulating a response. You will be able to trump the competition!

Many readers might already be familiar with some of the grantrelated terms covered in this chapter, but please do not skip it. Even teachers who are veteran grant writers can use a refresher.

BASIC GRANT-RELATED TERMINOLOGY