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Ensure your funding proposal:

• speaks to the "flavour" of the sponsor, and the mandates of their funding purpose;
• strictly adheres to the content and format guidelines of the sponsor, keeping within the indicated format;
• answers all of the review criteria indicated in the guidelines; and
• has a budget that aligns with the sponsors guidelines with respect to content and detail.

Make sure your funding proposal:

• is well organized and is easy to follow. Don't make reviewers guess;
• follows outlines provided within the guidelines for information to be easily followed;
• includes some white space for ease of review;
• includes, titles, consistent page numbers, headers and footers as defined in the guidelines;
• uses visual materials effectively and for appropriate reasons; and
• has been proofread by several individuals to avoid spelling, grammatical and detail-based errors that can otherwise be easily avoided.

Ensure your funding proposal:

• is written with the audience in mind (will the reviewers be discipline specific or multi disciplinary?);
• is written in a style that is concise, informative, and persuasive, is free of disciplinary
• jargon and clearly indicates that you are capable of completing the proposed research.

Make sure your funding proposal:

• clearly states the goals and objectives of the proposed research at the outset. Don't make them "find" the information they want to know;
• indicates the reason this research is important, what will be solved by the proposed project and answers the question: "So what?"
• responds to previous review statements in a professional and positive manner. Declaring your dissatisfaction with the review committee may feel good at the time; however, you may experience an expensive result to venting your frustration;
• indicates the project's hypotheses rest on sufficient evidence and are conceptually sound;
• clearly shows the ability of the individual(s) involved and that the project can be completed in the timeline indicated;
• describes the work, who will do it, who will benefit, what methods and which facilities will be used, and includes a timeline for the project; and
• has a budget sufficient to support the application, includes all major elements or indicates how budget elements not included in the funding request will be covered.