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GRANT CONSULTING SCOPE BRIEF

Organization and legal status:
Service area and people or customers served:
Project or program we want assessed:

Decision we need to make:
[Choose the funders to pursue / repair readiness gaps / decide whether
to pursue a named opportunity / build an executable funding plan.]

What we already know:
Current funding sources and restrictions:
Known opportunities and official URLs:
Prior applications or reviewer feedback available:
Project budget and evidence already prepared:

Requested consulting output:
Research: source-linked prospects, eligibility checks, route, timing,
priority, unresolved issues and rejected-prospect log.
Readiness: reviewed documents, specific gaps, owners and action sequence.
Strategy: pursuit and stop decisions, calendar, staff requirements,
funding dependencies and fallback choices.
[Delete the outputs we are not buying.]

Our staff contact and decision-maker:
Staff time available for input and review:
Date we need the consulting handoff:
Budget available for consulting, separate from hoped-for grant income:

Please confirm:
Assigned consultant and relevant project experience;
exact files, meetings and revisions;
what our staff must supply;
current capacity and realistic delivery date;
research limitations and what happens if no suitable prospects emerge;
fee basis, total commitment, initial payment and extras;
ownership and editable handoff of final materials;
whether outreach, application writing and implementation are excluded;
confidentiality, subcontractors and AI-use practices.
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