Wednesday, October 1, 2008

How to Use the SMART Acronym to Create Winning Objectives


Too often, I think potential grant recipients are frightened off from writing a grant simply because they do not know how to create objectives for their grant application. Please...do not let this slow you down. Objectives are easy to create if you apply a simple system to organize your efforts.

One of the most critical pieces of information I like to share in grant writing workshops is the value of using the acronym SMART to create objectives for your grant proposal. The S stands for specific. The M stands for measurable. The A stands for achievable. The R stands for realistic. The T stands for time-bound. Here, you cannot skip a step. Review your objectives to make sure that each one stands up according to this criteria.

3 comments:

aa said...

Hi,

Objectives are easy to create and if someone try his level best to do that thing he/she can do. and i agree with you each one stands up according to the criteria.

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Mohit
nitishrocks

aa said...

Hi,

Objectives are easy to create and if someone try his level best to do that thing he/she can do. and i agree with you each one stands up according to the criteria.

===================================
Mohit
nitishrocks

John C. Drew, Ph.D. said...

I like what you said about doing your "level best." Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet the enduring line that if you are true to yourself you can be false to no one. One of the things I like to do as I write a grant to make sure that I'm convinced the project is a good idea. :)