Intramural Grants

Abstract

Internal grants are unique and the specific requirements vary from institution to institution. However, the audience for internal grant proposals is often very similar. In most cases, grant proposals are reviewed by colleagues and administrators from various disciplines and these reviewers are seldom “experts” in the field. Insofar as the audience is comprised more or less of generalists, it is essential that grant proposals be prepared with this in mind. The success or failure of this proposal was heavily dependent upon the its ability to convey the unique nature of the spatial approach and how the geographical approach may yield decidedly different results relative to the earlier work of Knack. The following model proposal was submitted to the Indiana State University Research Committee (URC) and the grant was awarded. However, the budget was altered based on the availability of funds and URC’s assessment of current programmatic resources. For this reason, the original budget (not included in this model) was reduced from $1400 to $1150.