Of importance, the grant application must be prepared in a manner that will allow ease of reading. This means a type width no smaller than 12 characters per inch or 12 point. Dot matrix Near Letter Quality type is acceptable providing the original is of suitable quality to allow legible photocopies to be made. Avoid the use of jargon and technical terminology that may not be understood by a scientist outside of your area. Grant support can be requested for projects requiring up to one year to perform.
Successful applications limit their project scope to that which is achievable in one year.
Funded project applications for periods greater than one year or applications for projects the review committee determines will require more than one year to complete will have their budgets adjusted appropriately. This should reflect the time period of the study and level of requested funding. The body of the proposal should be no longer than ten pages. Relevant materials may be attached as an appendix but this should not be used as a mechanism to circumvent the page limit of the proposal. Briefly sketch the background to the present proposal, critically evaluate existing knowledge, and specifically identify the gaps which the project is intended to fill.