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Joseph Wycoff

 

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First name
Joseph
Last name
Wycoff
 

Contact Information

Company Name
Historia|Research
Email (Alternate)
jwycoff@historiaresearch.com
Address 1
47 W. Polk Street, #100-150
City
Chicago
State
Illinois
ZIP
60605
Phone (Office)
312-818-8849
Phone (Mobile)
312-818-8849
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Summary
Grant writer, independent scholar/writer, and self-published author with a strong commitment to nonprofits and higher education in Chicago and Illinois.
Details
Joseph H. Wycoff, Ph.D. in U.S. History, offers over twenty-five years of professional experience in the private and public sectors. He has written numerous reports, white papers, and narratives during his career in market research, institutional research (higher education), and grant fundraising. He accepts clients for short- or long-form content.

As a grant writer based in Chicago, Joe specializes in 25 to 40 page narratives for federal and state funding opportunities that offer seven figure awards for multiyear projects. Since 2020, he has contributed to applications that have brought $25 million to the Chicago area and Illinois. His clients include community colleges, homeless shelters, and community-based organizations.

He collaborates closely with experts and other grant professionals to identify optimal strategies for crafting narratives to meet the requirements of highly-competitive funding opportunities. He has successfully contributed to applications on community violence, veterans experiencing homelessness, strengthening community colleges, and advanced technologies such as AI, advanced manufacturing, and green energy.

Early in his career, Joe was an accomplished quantitative market researcher who delivered numerous reports and white papers on consumer goods and information technology. He continues to use his skills in writing SPSS syntax to automate data preparation and statistical analyses for quantitative research papers.

Joe uses his backgrounds as a U.S. historian and chief institutional effectiveness officer in higher education to write academic-level works for public consumption. He has self-published two works on U.S. higher education and a full-length work of historical fantasy.
Education
Ph.D. (History), University of Washington
M.A. (History), Arizona State University
B.S. (History), Arizona State University
Experience
> 20 years
Expertise
  • Associations
  • Business
  • Consulting
  • Education
  • Government | Public affairs
  • Not-for-profits
  • Science | Technology
Specialty
  • Articles
  • Biography | Memoir
  • Books
  • Fundraising
  • Grants
  • Proposals
  • Reports
  • Research | Fact checking
  • Storytelling
  • White papers

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