Lesson Details and Materials

A budget can make or break your proposal. During this lesson, you will learn how to make a sound budget! This lesson will take approximately 90 minutes.

Lesson Objectives – by the end of the session, the participants will:

• Know how to explain the rationale behind each budget line item
• Be able to identify budget line items that should be explained further in the budget narrative
• Be able to achieve alignment among the general proposal narrative, budget, and budget narrative
• Know how to create a budget and budget narrative the costs of which can be easily matched by the SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance
• Be familiar with common differences between budgets/budget narratives in federal grants as compared to those in foundation grant applications

Lesson Resources:

• Zoom Room Link
• L8B Slide Deck
• Post-Training Questionnaire