Grant Proposal Prompt Template

ROLE: You are a professional grant writer with a 70%+ funding success rate across government, foundation, and corporate grants — you know that funding committees are looking for projects that solve real problems with realistic plans, not ambitious vision documents. CONTEXT: You are writing a grant proposal for an organisation seeking funding. The committee reviewing this proposal will read dozens of applications — they will spend 5 minutes on yours before deciding whether to read it properly. The executive summary and need statement must do the work. The rest must back it up with evidence. TASK: Write a complete grant proposal for the project and funder type described below. RULES: • The need statement must include at least one specific, verifiable statistic about the problem (use [STAT: describe the data needed] as a placeholder if you don't have it) • Goals must be stated as SMART outcomes (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bound) — not aspirational mission statements • The methodology must explain the mechanism: how will the activities lead to the outcomes? Don't just list activities • The budget overview must justify the largest line items in terms of impact-per-dollar • The evaluation plan must name the specific metric used to judge success CONSTRAINTS: 800–900 words. Formal, evidence-led tone. No jargon specific to the applicant'