A prospective grant writer must be sure that there is a good fit between the goals and objectives of their project and the interest of the grantor. After assessing eligibility and the deadline, the grant writer must realistically evaluate the project and its deliverables, whether it is a program, a thing or a report. Grantors are looking for projects to fund.
Projects are unique things with a beginning, middle and an end.
If funds are sought as something just to buy time, or to establish something that shall require grant-funded support in perpetuity, then the application is not a likely candidate for funding. Projects must be definable and clearly show or create something that can be replicated in other institutions or programs and so provide secondary and tertiary benefit from the original grant dollars. Applications that provide a clear description of a project or thing that is replicable are frequently funded. B. Research the grantor and the range of their area of interest. Each funding agent, federal, state or private, has a specific area of interest for each grant opportunity.