Congratulations! You have received notice that a local foundation will gladly support your organization and/or program during the coming year. The foundation board or staff are excited about your mission, your plans, and helping serve your community. You record the amount in your donor and accounting software, generate a letter acknowledging the gift, and move on to managing the implementation of program activities. Right? Well, no.

    Grant 301: Relationships: It is a Two-Way Street Session 1 of the Grants 301 Series Sometimes it seems easier to avoid conflict and focus on the future.  This session will teach you how to appropriately engage with funders to overcome past missteps and/or prepare for the most...

  REGISTER HERE!   April 28, 2022 ~ 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM United Way of Greater Houston,  50 Waugh Drive, Houston, Texas 77007 Opening Speaker Tracey Diefenbach, GPC, Assistant Director Assel Grant Services Motivational Interviewing – A Grant-Centered Approach to Getting Unstuck Did your project stop dead in its tracks? Is your grants team...

    Grants 301: Becoming a Grant Reviewer Session 6 of the Grants 301 Series  A great way to learn how to write better grants is to become a grant reviewer. Grant reviewing can impact your understanding of funders, the grant-making process, and your community. This session will give...

  IHE Grant Series: Grants and Capital Campaigns at IHEs Session 5 of the IHE Starting an Office of Sponsored Research Series It is typical for colleges and universities to use multi-year comprehensive capital campaigns as major fundraising initiatives. Grants for bricks and mortar projects, program development, and capacity-building...

  IHE Grant Series - Aligning Grants to the Institution's Strategic Plan Session 4 of the IHE Starting an Office of Sponsored Research Series When an organization sets out to develop a new strategic plan, the grant professional can often be left out of important conversations and planning sessions....

  IHE Grant Series: When Worlds Collide: A University Collaborative Model Session 3 of the IHE Starting an Office of Sponsored Research Series Participants will learn to navigate between the competing assumptions of, “My university has a grant writer,” and “The grant writer is the expert” when working...

    Grants 301: Managing Up Session 5 of the Grants 301 Series One of the greatest challenges we face as grant professionals is getting the information and resources needed to craft project ideas and develop competitive proposals. This information is often spread across multiple people and departments…from finance to...

Starting Small and Dreaming Big: Developing Collaborative Grantsmanship at Small Universities Session 2 of the IHE Starting an Office of Sponsored Research Series Starting Small and Dreaming Big will offer key considerations and practical advice for developing a collaborative culture of grantsmanship at small to medium-sized organizations....

Building a Career as a Grant Professional in an Institution of Higher Education Session 1 of the IHE Starting an Office of Sponsored Research Series In Building a Career as a Grant Professional in an Institution of Higher Education, the presenter will describe her personal career trajectory that...