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KnowledgeBases > The Writing Successful Grants KnowledgeBase > Element 2 > Activity 2 > Task 4: Select and Prioritize Project Ideas to Meet Funding Requirements

Guideline:

Upon compiling a list of project ideas, the project team should prioritize the ideas to focus its program design effort. With priorities defined, similar ideas can be packaged together into a comprehensive program around to forumulate  the grant proposal. When doing the grant seeker should review the requirements noted in the submission notice.

Checklists Checklist for Funding Source

This document offers a series of questions to ask when determining whether a grant funder would be an appropriate source of project funding.  Guidance is offered with each questionas to where to look for answers.

Checklists Questions to Ask When Assessing Project Ideas

This checklist offers a list of helpful questions when considering project ideas.

Tools Suggested Project Selection Process

This process is adapted from the Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Act website Grant Proposal Worksheet. The nine steps listed here with supporting worksheets may help project teams define broad problems, identify the underlying causes, and develop a project idea to address those causes.

Guidelines Characteristics of a Fundable Idea

This document offers a list of characteristics of a fundable idea. Successful project ideas must possess these characteristics.

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