GRANT PROJECT: PROJECT DESCRIPTION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
The Project Description is often the bulkiest part of the grant proposal and requires a great deal
of thought, planning, and purposeful writing. The Project Description outlines the major steps
you want to accomplish for your project, and make up the key components of the project,
showing the flow of activity from beginning to end. The first step is to write a goal with a series
of objectives to solve “the problem” you identified in the “Statement of Need”. A goal is a broad
and timeless statement about the long-term expectation as a result of your program. An example
of a goal statement: to improve the quality of life for mothers and infants in the Washington, DC
area. Objectives describe the results to be achieved; measurable steps that contribute to the goal.
When developing objectives, they need to be chronologically ordered and specific. Objectives
should be SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound) and represent a
combination of behavioral, performance, process and product objectives are recommended.
An example of an objective that would align with the goal above: to decrease the maternal
mortality rate among African-American mothers in Washington, DC by 20% within 5 years. As a
general rule of thumb, there are usually three objectives for each goal. In addition to developing
objectives, each objective should have multiple strategies and each strategy, multiple activities.
This is why it is important to focus on one problem/need. A timeline is also included as a
roadmap for when each activity will be accomplished. It is important to give thought to the
sequencing of activities so that the program is realistic and achievable. I suggest creating no
more than one or two goals for this proposal.
INSTRUCTIONS
For the project description, create no more than one or two goals, followed by 3-5 objectives in
total that are measurable. Then based on the project goal and objectives, you need to identify and
explain the activities to implement your organization’s “solution” based on your strategies. Be
sure your activity description is comprehensive. For example, if you plan to hire new staff, think
through all the issues to get this process done [e.g. advertisement, interviews, background
checks, references check, etc…] and the time it would take to complete the hiring process. Focus
your thoughts. The textbook provides a very good example. Include a timeline table in your
project description. You can use a Gantt Chart or similar table illustrated in the textbook. It
serves as a valuable planning function.
• Length of the assignment: This section will be the longest part of your grant proposal.
A title page and reference page should also be included.
• Format of Assignment: Use current APA style.
• Number of Citations: Use at least 1 supplementary source.
• Acceptable Sources: Use current data and references published within the last 5 years.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
For this project creative writing is needed. I choose CHKD a childrens hospital. Grant proposal is to build a new hospital to give patients a closer option as the only main hospital could be considered a long drive for some people. Idea to increase the overall quality of care aand accessiblity
