By Diane H. Leonard, GPC
The deadline was announced 60 days ago; you have known that your department wanted to apply for 45 of those 60 days, yet all work on the application is happening 10 days before deadline. Or worse yet, 48 hours before the deadline! Colleagues are stressing to provide the requested information in such a short time period. Your work day is extended trying to get the application complete. Your stress level is higher than normal due to the pressure to complete the application, and your caffeine consumption is likely increasing as well.
Sound familiar?
You’re not alone. That story, and many variations like it, are happening in government departments across the country as we speak. The staff who are passionate about the end result of the potential grant funding are spending long days and setting other duties aside in order to get an application submitted.