The following outline of the purpose and content of the executive summary is based on material found on the Web at http://www.ippfwhr.org/publications/download/monographs/proposal_guide_e.pdf
The Executive Summary serves as an umbrella statement of your case and gives a summary of the entire proposal. It should need no more than one or two pages.
CONTENT
The executive summary must briefly answer the following questions:
(1) Who is requesting the funding?
(2) Why is the request being made?
(3) What problems are being addressed, and where?
(4) How long the project will last?
(5) What are the goals and objects of the proposal?
(6) What activities are planned to achieve the goals and objectives?
(7) What results can be expected?
(8) What will be the project budget? How much from the donor, and how much from the university?
(9) How will the sustainability of the project be ensured when the funding ends?