Red Tape Busters has a team of experienced and enthusiastic grant writers ready to help write a successful grant proposal. With grant writers Sydney, grant writers Brisbane, Grant Writer NT and grant writers nationwide, Red Tape Busters can help.

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As a grant writer it can be tempting to try to write the ‘perfect’ grant as soon as you
commence the project.
Reality is that when grant writing it is often more effective to let creativity flow for the
first draft of the application.
As you read the grant invitation start writing what comes into your head in note form,
bullet points or sentences. The important part of this process is to simply let your
thoughts and ideas flow. They can be organised later.

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As you write the first rough draft, add notes about facts or research you want to include
or information you need to find out, documentation you have to read or include.
It can be useful to use different coloured fonts to highlight these in your draft.

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If the grant writer finds themselves struggling during this process and unable to get the
sentences to form or the paragraph to be complete simply highlight them to look at later
and continue moving on.
This first draft – the free-range draft if you will – is all about brainstorming and following
the flow of thoughts that are prompted by the grant invitation.
This is your rough diamond; the cutting and polishing can come later.

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On this first draft don’t try and stick to word counts or word limits. It is actually better to
have too many words and be able to refine and edit than to have to add more words
later.
Our grant writer in Sydney can edit the free-range draft to be more specific and focused
after all their ideas and thoughts are committed to either paper or screen.

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When the grant writer starts editing, they can highlight the key words from the grant
invitation in order to demonstrate that they have addressed each criterion in focused
and specific detail.
The most effective time to write the introductory summary that will be in the grant
submission is after everything else is written, edited, polished and finalised.

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Having written all the more detailed requirements of the grant submission such as the
work plan, the benefits, the needs statement for the grant application writing the
summary should be relatively easy and straight forward.

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The grant writer will demonstrate clearly why the project or program funding is being
sought for is important.
They will provide an outline of what the need is and how it can be addressed as well as
why the applicant organisation is best qualified to provide a solution for the need.
This is where the grant writer is persuading and motivating the selection committee to
select the organisation and their project or program to receive the funding so be
persuasive and convincing.

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When the free-range draft is complete the grant writer can then begin their
polishing process. As part of their editing and polishing the grant writer pays
attention to formatting –
Using short sentences; short paragraphs; and bullet points rather than large blocks of
information.
Using bold headings to clearly identify each section of the grant application.

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Selecting a professional and legible font and appropriate font size for clarity and ease of
reading.
Checking word counts

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 The grant writer also ensures the free-range brainstorming draft has now
become a professionally written grant application that is simple and concise to
read.
 Avoid the use of jargon instead choose concise and clear language. The grant
writer attaches all the requested documentation and supplies detailed
information about the applying organisation or company and the core personnel
who will be associated with putting the grant project into place.

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