Finding Funding: Grantwriting From Start to Finish, Including Project Management and Internet Use, third edition

"Finding Funding succeeds as the most coherent, instructive volume of its kind. It is highly recommended for school system leaders, especially grants administrators, new project coordinators, and grant writers." The School Administrator

Do you know where to look for the millions of dollars in grant money that are available for education? This third edition of the best-selling Corwin classic Finding Funding offers you even more ideas, resources, and data on how to find grant money for your school, district, or even your classroom. It has hundreds of new information sources along with updated phone numbers and addresses for existing sources. The authors have included new and updated listings for programs available through the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA). They also list current programs being funded by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), the Educational Resources Information Clearinghouse (ERIC), and the Regional Education Laboratories.

There′s a completely new section on using the internet: It covers everything from how to find information on available grants to methods used for grant administration. You′ll learn to:

• Understand how grants are awarded
• * Write a proposal that gets noticed
• * Provide specific, compelling reasons why your grant should be funded
• * Implement and operate your awarded grant The authors have a combined total of more than $80 million in grantwriting experience. So you′ve never had this much expert help in one source before! Use it to your school′s advantage, and get real money for your students.

Ernest W. Brewer is Professor and Principal Investigator/Director in the Department of Human Resource Development and Department Head of Child and Family Studies at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). He is currently servinig as the Principal Investigator/Project Director of six federally funded grants.

Charles M. Achilles is Professor of Educational Leadership, College of Education, Eastern Michigan University (EMU). He received his doctorate in Educational Administration from the University of Rochester and worked briefly at the (former) U.S. Office of Education, for 21 years at the Bureau of Educational Research and Service, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for 6 years at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; and since 1994 at EMU.

Jay R. Fuhriman is Professor of Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language at Boise State University, Boise, Idaho. He currently directs two undergraduate and one graduate program in bilingual education/ESL. He earned his doctorate degree from Texas A&M University (formerly Texas A&I) in Kingsville, TX, in Curriculum and Instruction and worked as a consultant and teacher prior to joining the teaching staff in 1977.