Grant Writing For Dummies, 5th Edition

About the Author

Dr. Beverly Browning brings more than four decades of grant expertise — including grant writing, contract bid responses, and organizational development — to her role as a For Dummies author. She is the author of dozens of grants-related publications. Dr. Bev (as she’s known to her colleagues, students, and For Dummies fans) holds an honorary doctorate in business administration, a master’s degree in public administration, and a bachelor’s degree in the management of human resources. She’s a member of the Grant Professionals Association and has been a frequent workshop facilitator and keynote speaker at its national conferences as well as for state chapters.

Dr. Bev has won more than $350 million in grant and contract bid awards. She finds both solace and elation in the hundreds of thousands of Grant Writing For Dummies readers who have purchased each new edition of her book. In April 2011, Dr. Bev became the vice president of grant professional services for eCivis, Inc. With this corporate undertaking, she launched a new division to serve existing and new clients from all public and private service sectors. Her division maintains a database of highly qualified grant writers, peer reviewers, and grant-management trainers. She is always recruiting specialty-area grant professionals for client assignments.

Dr. Bev is also involved in her Grant Writing Training Foundation. She has developed trademarked curricula for several customized Grant Writing Boot Camps and ...