It's actually quite simple: read the "call", make sure your application addresses it directly,
and have a coherent vision (a "why" - best explained by Simon Sinek's
-TED Talk).
+TED Talk). Grant Applications come primarily in two phases:
+a "points" system followed by a "human review".
+It is relatively easy to answer the first phase
+by ensuring that you have answered the "call", but the
+second phase is where you need to make people "feel"
+like they get what you are doing, and that's where
+Simon Sinek's TED Talk comes into play.