Strategies and Tips
With Examples
There are many steps that are part of the preparation of a grant application. This page provides insights and examples that can help!
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Topics
Preparing Tools and Assets for Stakeholder Engagement
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Preparing Materials for Initial Conversations and First Meetings
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Strategies to Ensure Success During Initial Conversations and First Meetings
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How to Build a Winning Team of Co-Applicants
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TemplateStrategies for Securing an Ideal Prime Applicant
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Strategies for Securing Co-Applicants (or Subrecipients)
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Strategies for Engaging Key Sectors of Your Community as You Build Your Proposal
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Partnership Agreement Guidance and Template Language Associated with EPA Community Change Grants
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Partnership Agreement Guidance and Template Language Associated with EPA Environmental Justice Government to Government (G2G) Grant Offering
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Scope of Work Template for a Collaborator to submit to a Lead Applicant Organization
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Identifying an Optimal Service Area
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How to Characterize the Underserved Community
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How to find data for your entire project geography using the EPA EJSCREEN Draw Feature
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How to use data from EPA EJSCREEN to describe how the community is disproportionately impacted
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Creating a Data-Rich Community Profile for Your Service Area
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How to Characterize the Underserved Community
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New to data? Check out the Data Basics Page.
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Examples of Community Data Profiles
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Establishing a Clear Topic and Approach
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Guidance on Establishing a Clear Topic & Approach
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Community Benefits Plan Template
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Logic Models
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The Role of the Gantt Chart with Examples
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Writing SMART Objectives
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Writing Community-Generated Narrative Entries
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How to solicit input from key players
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How to tell the history of the collaboration
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See where your collaborators are in the EPA Collaborative Problem Solving Model
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Using Research to Win Over Partners (Including Government Staff)
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