Congressional Research Grant Project Description. A description of the project's goals, methods, and intended results demonstrating clearly its importance to the grants program priorities. This is the most essential element of the application. Be sure to explain the project's significance and relationship to existing scholarship. Recommended length: five pages. Indicate how funds will be spent and the extent of matching funds available, if any. Applicants who seek more than $5,000 should contact Executive Director Tiffany White for information about submitting a budget. Recommended length: one-half page. The vita or resume should not exceed two pages. Graduate students (those who have successfully defended their dissertation proposal) must arrange for a letter of reference from the person directing their dissertation work. The letter should be sent on institutional letterhead as a signed pdf attachment to Tiffany White at twhite@dirksencenter.org. Length not to exceed one pageÔÇöadditional pages will not be forwarded to the judges.