Grants management skills keep funded projects on target

An often neglected but equally relevant aspect of program development and nursing research is the management of funded projects from the time an idea is generated to the final submission of project report. When effective grants management skills are used to oversee the development of a program proposal and the oversight of the funded project, the likelihood for successful outcome is increased. In this article several steps have been described in the grants management process that can be used to assure that projects are developed and proceed according to plan.