Use the following form to carry out your evaluation. I will briefly describe what I mean by each of these. Refer back to this outline often. Remember, if they don't understand what you are talking about, you won't get funded. Pretend you are explaining your ideas to a friend of yours who is not a scientist.
Clarity also means tight, concise writing.
One of the hardest things for beginning science writers is to avoid wordiness. It is easy to write a fluffy proposal that is repititious and rambling. The summary does a god job of providing the road map. The problem statement is where you build a case for what is known about a problem and why your research is going to significantly improve our knowledge. The project objectives section is like a big bullseye surrounded by hunters with assault rifles.