Grant Proposal for a Museum

Developing Professional Expertise
Type: Grant Proposal for a Museum
Word
Count/Length: 2,000 words

Option A – Grant Proposal (2,000 words)
The first option is a grant
proposal to fund a museum project of your choice. Please write a report of 2,000
words (+/- 10%) based on the following grant proposal format. Your proposal
should include a simple budget expenditure (1 – 2 pages max) and a simple Gantt
chart (1-page – landscape orientation) in the appendix. The appendix will be
graded but it will not be included in the word count.
Project Title:
Name of Organisation:
Project Proposal: (about 1200 words)
Please
tell us about your project. In particular, please try to cover:
·
Description of Project:
• What is your project about?
• What will the project do (capital
work and/or activities)?
·
Need for the Project:
• What is the rationale of this
proposal?
• What are the broader contexts from
which the need for the proposal arises?
• How does your proposal help to address
the need you have identified?
• You are expected to cite relevant academic literature, sector-facing reports, and
other relevant references and use them to help you make a case for the
proposal.
·
Justification of Resources:
• Who will be involved in the
project?
• Why do you need these resources to
do the project?
• How much is your project likely to
cost? If you know, tell us what the major costs are likely to be. Please attach
a table on your projected budget expenditure (1 – 2 pages max) expenditure in
your appendix. Materials in the appendix will not be
included in your word count.

Project Management: (about 400 words)
Please
tell us how you intend to manage your project:
·
Who
will manage the project, what experiences will they have and what roles they
will play?
·
What
problems will your project encounter, and how will you manage them?
·
What
are your timescales (including likely start and end dates)? Please attach a
gantt chart (1-page – landscape orientation) in your appendix. Materials in the
appendix will not be included in your word count.

Project Outcomes: (about 400 words)
Please
tell us more about your intended project outcomes:
·
What
outcomes and impacts you are hoping to achieve? How are you planning to achieve
the projected impacts?
·
Who
are the project beneficiaries?

Assessment
Criteria and Assignment Specific Advice
Planning
Please
tailor your writing style according to the requirements of each assignment
within the portfolio.
Option A: Grant Proposal
This should
be written in a report writing style. Please address all the questions listed
in the assignment guide and include illustrations and figures where relevant.
Identify an appropriate institution and project around which to develop your
proposal. Think about the scope of the project, and what parameters you would
like to include in the proposal. Justify why there is a need for the project. You must cite relevant academic literature,
sector-facing reports, and other relevant references and use them to help you
make a case for the proposal. Your ability to make a
convincing case for your proposal and for the resources needed to realise the proposal
will carry a significant weight on the grading of your
work. Demarcate the
appropriate boundaries and limits for the project to suit the limit of the word
count. Devise a logical format and structure to communicate your main ideas,
including your research and data collection. Provide evidence of a realistic timescale
and budget for your proposal or report.

Research
You should
draw on the themes covered in the module as well as other readings relevant to your
project or issue.
Option
A: Grant Proposal
You are
free to draw on a wide variety of resources (e.g. past work experiences,
web-based resources and/or practical museum or exhibition development manuals and
handbooks) to help you develop a realistic scenario for your project. You are
strongly encouraged to consult the class presentations for ideas. Be creative
in your approach to put together the grant proposal. For example, in sourcing
for ballpark budget estimates for your proposal, you can consult online job
advertisements for an estimated budget for a post in the museum, or amazon
website for an estimated price of the equipment you wish to purchase. A budget
estimate is always a projection, and therefore, adding a contingency budget of
5% to 10% to your total budget will help to compensate for any uncertainty
inherent in your time and budget estimates.

Analysis
Your
analysis should be clear and concise and demonstrate careful thought and
critical thinking.
Option
A: Grant Proposal
Argue a
positive and strong case for your proposal. Offer strong justifications for the
proposal, backed by a solid research base and demonstrate a good understanding
of contemporary museum functions, activities, methods and costs. You are
strongly encouraged to cite relevant literature to put forth a convincing
reason for why the proposal is needed, as well as a strong justification for
the resources you need to realise the proposal. Be realistic and clear about
what the outcomes of your project is and who are the beneficiaries.

Communication
Spend time
checking and improving your choice of words, grammar constructions and writing
style. You are encouraged to use images to illustrate your point. Ensure that
your assignment is laid out in logical sections and has a clear narrative
structure. You are encouraged to draw on sub-headings to structure your
argument. Write in a suitable writing style. Avoid colloquial, informal or
emotive expressions. Consider using photos or other images to communicate your
points if they could help the reader understand your examples or ideas. Clearly
label and explain all the photographs, images, tables, graphs or diagrams in
relation to your points. If you are using sources from a foreign language, you
are expected to translate them into English.

Bibliography
Author-date Harvard style. Ensure
you are referencing in a consistent style. Ensure all ideas and sources are appropriately credited.
Remember to translate non-English titles and materials into English language. All
sources should be appropriately credited using quotation marks as necessary, so
the reader can follow up on the original work if they wish, and so that you
avoid accusations of plagiarism.

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