Other Relevant Information
Qualifications
of Key Personnel
Key Personnel are the human resources that are required to carry out the proposed project. This includes a discussion of the roles and specific responsibilities of the key personnel, as well as their qualifications and background, which prepare them to assume the identified roles and responsibilities. Copies of key personnel résumés or curricula vitaeshould be included in the appendices. If individuals for certain key positions have not been hired, detailed job descriptions and required qualifications should be provided. To show the relationship of key project personnel to the larger institution, an organizational chart which places the proposed project in context with the center/college/university is helpful.
Letters of Support
Some of the letters of support for the proposed project which should be included in the application may be obtained from collaborating individuals and organizations: dean, provost, and/or president of the institution, indicating institutional commitment; other agency/organizations in the community offering similar or complementary services; and local and/or state politicians, depending on the grant competition.
Letters of support should only be included when the grant guidelines do not exclude them from inclusion in the proposal, and should not be excessive. Two or three letters from the most appropriate and true "supporters" of the project are more convincing than 10-15 letters from just about "everyone." Letters of support are usually included in the appendices section of the proposal document
Collaborations
Increasingly, federal, state, and local government, and private foundation and corporate funding sources are requesting-in fact, mandating-that proposals submitted for funding include collaborations, networks, or a consortia of providers in the project design. Whether it is a rural health outreach program to support the delivery of health care, the provision of a continuum of care to HIV/AIDS patients, or the design and implementation of distance education curricula, proposals that include several partners, each contributing one or more essential elements to the project, will be the most competitive and, all other things being equal, the most likely to be funded.
