RESEARCH GRANT WRITING (HCS 7372)
What to do if it's not approved.
Don't look at a letter of rejection as a personal affront, but as a tool for implementing improvement. Funding agencies typically receive significantly more applications than they are able to honor with awards. If you are turned down, try to get comments, either verbally or in writing from a program officer. Then you can take a closer look at your project and decide if you want to incorporate any of the suggested changes into another submission. The odds of success improve greatly on the second try.
- "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
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