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So we all need to raise money and a properly written grant improves the chances of getting one. APA requires you to organize your thoughts, document your facts as your go, and keep a record that is easy to navigate of where you got your information.

That is exactly what you need to do to get a grant- a thesis statement of why they should give you money, have supporting evidence from reliable sources that your facts are correct and support your position, a thoroughly developed idea, and a strong conclusion.  Your grants won’t be written in the APA format but if you answer all of their questions or organize your thoughts using the APA format first you will find grant writing a whole lot easier.

So lets start with the thesis statement – what is it?

The Purdue website http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/1 is a great place to start.

Before you write your thesis statement you need to decide what kind of paper your writing. Yes that holds true for grants too.

Tips for Writing Your Thesis Statement

1.Determine what kind of paper you are writing:

• An analytical paper breaks down an issue or an idea into its component parts, evaluates the issue or idea, and presents this breakdown and evaluation to the audience.
• An expository (explanatory) paper explains something to the audience.
• An argumentative paper makes a claim about a topic and justifies this claim with specific evidence. The claim could be an opinion, a policy proposal, an evaluation, a cause-and-effect statement, or an interpretation. The goal of the argumentative paper is to convince the audience that the claim is true based on the evidence provided.

If you are writing a text which does not fall under these three categories (ex. a narrative), a thesis statement somewhere in the first paragraph could still be helpful to your reader.

2. Your thesis statement should be specific—it should cover only what you will discuss in your paper and should be supported with specific evidence.

3. The thesis statement usually appears at the end of the first paragraph of a paper.

4. Your topic may change as you write, so you may need to revise your thesis statement to reflect exactly what you have discussed in the paper.

For examples please visit the Purdue page http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/1

photo by Eric Norberg - Alan LohKamp - FRC Team 1432 in the bright blue shirt

ANNUAL GRANTS MADE BY S.E. ROTARY CLUB. On April 16, the Southeast Portland Rotary Club made its annual community grants, using some of the proceeds from its annual auction on the first Saturday in December in Woodstock, in a rare “happy hour” meeting at the Eastmoreland Golf Course Grill. Recipients, shown from left, included Kisa Walsh, of the Portland branch of the Muscular Dystrophy Association; Daniel Laurendau, Westmoreland’s Meyer Boys and Girls Club; Jim Stromvig, representing Moreland Presbyterian Church’s youth service program; Alan Lohkamp, for the former Franklin High FIRST Robotics Club #1432, Principal Tim Lauer of Lewis School; Scot Mischke, Cascade Pacific Council, BSA; Marcia Harris of Community Transitional School. The club usually meets on Monday noons at the same location. For more information on the club, visit its website by clicking on the photo above. (Photo by Eric Norberg)

                    Thanks from Team 1432

Sergio David Cars with Edwin Granados and Erick Solis. Our friends from Team BulukRobots, robots everywhere