Hi,
Cost you about $70 to $150 a quarter, and about two weeks to see some results.
... yes I know, but there is a service called Guru.com
(http://www.guru.com ) which I can highly recommend for doing exactly
this type of work. I see grant writing requests on there all the time
and have often thought I should start learning something about doing
this type of writing, just because of the amount the requests are
budgeting for. But alas, I'm just a researcher and coder (Can't do
everything).
There are several systems out there like Guru, but most of them deal
with coding or web copy. Guru attracts a great deal of grant writing
jobs.
It also allows your account to be viewed by others so that you have a
reference list from previous jobs. Which when you are starting out, is
a great thing.
You can get a free account as well, but I've noticed most of the Grant
writing jobs come in for the paid areas, of which there are two
levels. I don't see any reason for getting the higher-level account.
The amount of web copy jobs I got in the first week there on the first
level were more than I could handle.
The way it works is: Those that need grant proposals written, write up
what they need, put in a possible budget and post it too the pool. The
writers then read these and submit bids on the jobs. The user then
selects the writer they want. Guru handles all the billing, and has a
(fairly good) project manager you can use, and an area where you can
post question and other communications to the client as you are
working. The client can pay you using credit card, check, echeck, or
paypal. Guru can give you the money through direct deposit, or send
you a check. I've never had any problems with the checks coming on
time, every Monday.
Disputes are also handled through Guru. Really, for the independent
writer, it is a great service.
Most of the grant proposal writing jobs I've seen are budgeted for
between 10k and 25k .. and I see about 5 to 10 of these a week.
http://www.guru.com/pro/search_results.cfm?category=500&updatestatus=1
So what you would make is really dependent upon you. I don't see much
of a limit in the amount of work (and peripheral work) that could slow
you down once you got started.
I spend a day submitting bids and proposals every week, and then
working on the ones I have for the rest of the week. This keeps work
coming in. There is a limit to the amount of bids you can make a month
but so far, I have never used all of mine, and your area of interest
is much more focused than my own. (I think it is something like 100 a
month, the free account gives you 10 per month).
If nothing else you can go through the search I linked for you above
and see what the basic budgets are for and if you get a free account
you can read some of the descriptions for the jobs to get a feel for
what they are looking for. A great source for you either way.
thanks,
webadept-ga |
