Dear Colleagues,
Take your fund-seeking to the next level by utilizing best practices in grant-writing to increase your funding proposal competitiveness and expand your capacity to pursue major, multi- and interdisciplinary, team-based funding initiatives.
Grant Essentials Summit is a 1-day targeted professional development intervention focused on enhancing the performance of individual academics as well as teams in attracting and winning grants within the research and extension enterprise, specific to a single discipline as well as across disciplines. This comprehensive day-long program is designed to convey the fundamentals of proposal writing, starting with the concepts, backed up with concrete tips and operational strategies.
The seminar will cover essential topics to grant writing, such as:
- Understanding of the preparation steps before writing
- Techniques for creating a strong argument for the proposed project
- Approaches to defining a writing style and addressing writer's block
- Techniques for communicating the approach clearly
- Approaches to communicating with funding programs
- Understanding the grant review process
- Effective tools, resources, and best practices to support grant writing
Content is geared to participants at all levels who want to better prepare for leading and participating in grant efforts targeting a variety of funding programs sponsored by academia, state government, federal government, private, and industry sponsors. All ANR academics and staff are invited to participate.
If you are interested in attending, please RSVP by FRIDAY, JULY 20 to attend one of the two scheduled event dates.
- Thursday, September 13, 2018 - UCCE San Diego Office, 9335 Hazard Way, Suite 201 San Diego, CA
- Thursday, September 27, 2018 - UC ANR Building, 2801 Second Street, Davis, CA
For more information, please visit: http://ucanr.edu/sites/anrstaff/Administration/Business_Operations/Contracts_-_Grants/Grant_Essentials_Summit/
Thank you.
Kathleen Nolan, Director, ANR Office of Contracts & Grants (OCG)