  Let $G$ and $H$ be graphs, with $|V(H)|\geq |V(G)| $, and $f:V(G)\rightarrow
V(H)$ a one to one map of their vertices. Let $dilation(f) = max\{
dist_{H}(f(x),f(y)): xy\in E(G) \}$, where $dist_{H}(v,w)$ is the distance
between vertices $v$ and $w$ of $H$. Now let $B(G,H)$ = $min_{f}\{ dilation(f)
\}$, over all such maps $f$.
  The parameter $B(G,H)$ is a generalization of the classic and well studied
"bandwidth" of $G$, defined as $B(G,P(n))$, where $P(n)$ is the path on $n$
points and $n = |V(G)|$. Let $[a_{1}\times a_{2}\times \cdots \times a_{k} ]$
be the $k$-dimensional grid graph with integer values $1$ through $a_{i}$ in
the $i$'th coordinate. In this paper, we study $B(G,H)$ in the case when $G =
[a_{1}\times a_{2}\times \cdots \times a_{k} ]$ and $H$ is the hypercube
$Q_{n}$ of dimension $n = \lceil log_{2}(|V(G)|) \rceil$, the hypercube of
smallest dimension having at least as many points as $G$. Our main result is
that $$B( [a_{1}\times a_{2}\times \cdots \times a_{k} ],Q_{n}) \le 3k,$$
provided $a_{i} \geq 2^{22}$ for each $1\le i\le k$. For such $G$, the bound
$3k$ improves on the previous best upper bound $4k+O(1)$. Our methods include
an application of Knuth's result on two-way rounding and of the existence of
spanning regular cyclic caterpillars in the hypercube.
