Grant Proposal

Needs Statement, Goals, and Objectives

Pasqualina L. Anderson

Walden University

HUMN 6207-3, Grant Writing

Dr. Frances Mills

December 14, 2018

Needs Statement, Goals, and Objectives

Needs Statement

This grant proposal is aiming at improving the wellbeing of the homeless people within our community (The Week. 2018). An estimate of around 500,000 people live outside the house in the USA and this is a risky thing among human beings. Nevertheless, these people are prone to health issues that are uncontrollable (Rogers, 2018).

Goals

1. The first goal of the article is to expound on the commitment of the funder. Although there may be other funders who also show commitment towards the research activity, their involvement differs. I will use several concepts to discover this goal in the article.

2. Another goal of the article is to show how the funder is committed to supporting research students. Students from any field that concerns research find it difficult to raise funds on their own to support their brilliant ideas. Therefore, this goal will look at showing how committed the Lois and Samuel fund is, in supporting research.

3. The last goal of the article is to show the motivation of the project. The real scenario, which inspired my research is identified, and it acts as a support for the research

Objectives

1. The first objective of the article is to expound on the potential commitment of Lois and Samuel Silberman Fund (Nguyen et al., (2018). This will be possible by looking at past activities of the funder towards different research funds they were engaged in to discover more commitment of the firm; we looked at the various fields which the firm fund's projects and discovered that The Lois and Samuel Silberman Fund is committed to helping projects from diverse fields including my field.. Before deciding on which funder I will select, I carried out intensive research to look for the funder, which is more commitment to help the researcher.

2. The second objective of the project is to determine how the Lois and Samuel Silberman fund is committed to helping young researchers by looking at the requirements to be funded. The requirements, however, are simple and clear, unlike other funders. To achieve this objective I also looked at the amount that they offer to social work students researchers, which turn out to be a reasonable amount that will boost the performance of the research. The program offered by the Lois and Samuel Silberman fund is suitable for most research in the social work field. Thus, it has proven to be committed to ensuring that researchers are comfortable.

3. The last objective of my work is to explain what inspired me to do the research. To elaborate on this objective, I looked at the estimated number of homeless people within the boundaries of America and on what way they can get help with their situation. The mental conditions and health issues the homeless are facing are explored.

Evaluation criteria

In the first goal and objective, which are directly relating I will evaluate them by looking at their impact on the general performance of the research (Chrystal et al., 2015). Where the commitment of the selected funder affects the research operations in a negative way, then it could reach a conclusion that the goal and objective has not been achieved. When the research operation is affected positively, then the research will be fairing on well. The evaluation is performed to previous researches, which were funded by the Lois and Samuel Silberman fund. By analyzing them, will be in a better position to estimate the probability of my research to fail or success. Another criterion that might apply at this point is looking at the sustainability of the commitment of the funder. This means that a thorough evaluation of the developments of the research associated with the commitment of the Lois and Samuel Silberman fund happen on a regular basis. The same will be observed in previous researches, which involves the Lois and Samuel Silberman fund. Where the sustainability results turn out to be positive, then the Lois and Samuel Silberman fund will have proved its commitment towards research.

The second goal and objective respectively will undergo an evaluation using the relevance of the activity, reported impacts, and efficiency (Chrystal et al., 2015). Starting with the relevance of the funder being committed, the only way I can tell if the funder is committed is by telling whether its presence is increasing the relevance of the research or not. The relevance also depends on, whether; the funder joins the partnership for their benefits, or to make up a good and efficient living place for the homeless. Another criterion that will show if the Lois and Samuel Silberman fund is committed is a measurement of the impacts. When the impacts observed due to the involvement of the funder are positive, then we can conclude that the funder is committed to ensuring a better livelihood. The last criterion that will evaluate the second goal and objective is the efficiency of the research. Where the results of the research directly match the involvement of Lois and Samuel Silberman fund, then I can argue that it is committed towards research.

The evaluation criterion for the last goal and objective takes into account feedback. To evaluate if the motivational factors of the research pass the intended knowledge then I will have to know its impact on people lives and experiences. Through getting feedback on the inspiration factors, I will be able to tell if the objective is achieved or not (Chrystal et al., 2015). This will also enable me to figure out if the research is necessary or not and views and opinions about the necessity of the research.

Reference

Chrystal, J. G., Glover, D. L., Young, A. S., Whelan, F., Austin, E. L., Johnson, N. K., ...& Kim, T. A. (2015). Experience of primary care among homeless individuals with mental health conditions.PloS one, 10(2), e0117395.