Introduction to Grant Writing

This virtual program will be capped at 50 participants. It is hosted by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and the Grant Training Center.

Please expect an engaging program with breakout room participation.

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Agenda: Introduction to Grant Writing

9:00 a.m.  Introductions and Overview of Materials

9:30 a.m.  The Grant Writing Process

• Terms & Definitions
• Grant Seeking Model
• 4 Key Grant Components
• Grant Writing Model

Writing Exercise: Problem, question, and your intervention

10:00 a.m.  Essentials of Grant Writing

10:30 a.m.  Secure Funding and Establish a Relationship with the Donor

11:00 a.m.  Abstract

11:30 a.m.  BREAK

11:45 a.m.  Statement of Need/Significance

Telling the story in a compelling, convincing, specific and clear manner, and identifying key benefits to the donor’s request

12:30 p.m.  LUNCH

1:15 p.m.  Proposal Elements: Goal

Addressing the final destination of the proposal

1:30 p.m.  Proposal Elements: Objectives

How objectives will be met in specific and measurable terms

Breakout Room Exercise: Groups will write objectives for individual proposals or fix those in sample grants; followed by class discussion

2:15 p.m.  Proposal Elements: Activities

How to relate each activity to the parent objective

Breakout Room Exercise: Groups will write activities that will accomplish the objectives for individual proposals or fix those in sample grants; followed by class discussion

2:45 p.m.  Proposal Elements: Timelines, Personnel and Logic Model

• Timelines for each activity
• Quality of key personnel
• Project management and deliverables through the logic model

3:15 p.m.  BREAK

3:30 p.m.  Proposal Elements: Evaluation

• How the project will be measured and the results related to the donor
• Qualitative and quantitative evaluations and resources to ensure accountability

3:45 p.m.  Proposal Elements: Budgets

• Budget formats, including personnel and non-personnel costs
• Relating each item to a timeline in the form of a Gantt Chart
• Facilities & Resources

4:00 p.m.  Review Proposals – Breakout Rooms

• Panelists review and score one proposal
• The discussion will cover such issues as:
  • Why did the grant receive the scores it did?
  • Using the guidelines that were discussed earlier, how could the grant be improved?

4:45 p.m.  Discuss Scores and Reasons for Funding or Not Funding

5:15 p.m.  Summary, Q&A and Next Steps