“Provide project details in 500 characters or less”
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Today I was working on a foundation proposal submission and came across one of my favorite questions ever: “What are you requesting? Provide details (500 characters).” Right. You, the funder, are going to get TONS of detail in. . . 500 characters. This post, up to the preceding sentence, is about 250 characters, or half the length of the possible answer. Twitter has recently shocked the media world by shifting from its 140-character standard to its 280-character long-form. So the applicant is to “provide details” in the space of two tweets. Click here to continue reading.
Grant Writer, Christian Health
1 周Went through this recently (with a slightly more generous 750 character limit, including spaces). You have to find the humor in it, or you’ll make yourself go nuts.