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We know what it takes you to finish a proposal. You’ve sweat for at least 12 hours thinking about and revising your thing, you’ve pulled your higher-ups, your friends and family, to believe and support your cause, and you’ve done a painstaking research work just to find a suitable grantor. And now, after long months of waiting for results, you finally receive their verdict and gasp, it’s rejected. While it is a deeply discouraging experience to be denied with your cause, a proposal rejection may be just another opportunity to make your application better than before. The secret is to cope up with it and move on to find another funder. Listed below are the things you must consider after receiving the pang of the grantor’s ‘No’ : 1. Impartially ask for the reasons of your elimination Tell them that you really need to figure out what particular aspects made you fail the elimination process so as to improve them. Don’t question the decisions of the funder, just ask. This is the first step to make your proposal more compelling to the next prospect. Most of all, show to the procurement staff that you are still willing to pursue your cause despite the apparent refusal. It might not change their decisions over you, but it can win their recommendation to other entities that are also willing to fund out your cause. 2. Ask a copy of the winning bid No person succeeds without seeing what a successful work is like. If you pore through the pages of the chosen application, then you should be able to identify what makes it effective enough and apply the same technique to your paper. Comparisons are not always negative, because most of the times, all it takes is an exemplar to perfect your fund request. 3. Never consider it a failure The idea is fairly simple: you are just being tested for your grit. The key is to be insistent. If you know the law of seed, you see that you have to sow many, many seeds to grow a single tree. So stop feeling like a victim after you fail on the first try. It only means that you need to plant more. 4. Prepare your organization Assess the organization itself. Background check and aim for more accomplishments. The thing is making you trustworthy to any entity where you will apply for a grant. Since the funding institution is not related to you personally, you have to strike a good first impression that will make them believe in the goodness of your advocacy. 5. Revise, customize, and humanize Maybe your style simply doesn’t show the beauty of your cause. If you want a more compelling content, then write with conviction. Also, bring out details and give a clearer picture of what you really plan to happen. Most of the funers are succinct about criticizing the way the paper is written, so you have to ask for opinions from others. To avoid proposal rejection, the best way is to evaluate your paper in such a standard that you will be proud of writing it even if it fails.
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