GRANT PROPOSAL WRITING WORKSHOPS

Write Winning Grants Seminar
Stephen Russell, PhD
Grant Writers’ Seminars and Workshops, LLC http://www.grantcentral.com/prostaff_DrRussell.html

Monday, February 8, 2010

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Tangeman University Center (TUC), Great Hall 

This widely acclaimed seminar comprehensively addresses both practical and conceptual aspects that are important to the proposal-writing process. It is designed for faculty members and administrative staff who have had some exposure to writing grant applications, either through training/mentoring or personal experience. The program is designed to meet the needs of the audience, i.e., to emphasize the granting agencies that are of greatest interest to its members, including federal, private, and/or industrial sources. Emphasis is given to such things as idea development, identification of the most appropriate granting agency, how to write for reviewers, and tips and strategies that are of proven value in presenting an applicant's case to reviewers. Participants are taught to organize their presentations into a linear progression of logic, which leads reviewers through their applications. It is stressed that applicants are writing for two different audiences--the assigned reviewers, who have read the application in its entirety, and those who have read little, if anything, before the review meeting.  Strategies designed to develop advocacy and a fundable priority score from both audiences are presented.

Registration

The fee for the workshop is $70.  Registration is online [Register].  Three workbooks are available.  Select the appropriate one from these choices:

• The NIH edition includes a disk for creating a writing schedule and for developing a bullet outline of the application’s template or master plan.
• The NSF edition includes a disk for creating a writing schedule and for developing a bullet outline of the application’s template or master plan.
• The Successful Proposals to Any Agency edition includes new formatting. 

Workbooks will be available the day of the seminar.

The final date to register is January 8, 2010.  Seating is limited. Checks (payable to the University of Cincinnati) or a UC departmental NIU with participant’s full name must be sent to Linda Minton, Office of Research, ML 0663 no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 8, 2010.  No cash or credit cards accepted. 

NIH Career Development Award Seminar (NIH K Awards and F32s)
Stephen Russell, PhD
Grant Writers’ Seminars and Workshops, LLC http://www.grantcentral.com/prostaff_DrRussell.html

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

8:30 a.m. – noon
Vontz Auditorium 

This seminar is for Career Development Award (CDA) candidates and their mentors. It emphasizes the "partnering" between candidate and mentor that is necessary for one of these proposals to be successful. The kinds of CDAs that are highlighted include the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) mentored K Awards, and the NIH’s Ruth L. Kirschstein F32 National Research Service Award for individual postdoctoral fellows. Positioning for success in advance of writing the proposal, tips and strategies that help to ensure a successful application, and principles/fundamentals applicable to any agency’s CDA are taught.

Registration

There is no fee for this seminar but you must attend the Write Winning Grants Seminar on February 8, 2010 or must have completed this seminar given in Spring, 2009.  (The workbook obtained in the WWG seminar will be used for this seminar.)  Registration is online [Register]. 

The final date to register is January 8, 2010.  

NSF CAREER Award Seminar
Stephen Russell, PhD
Grant Writers’ Seminars and Workshops, LLC http://www.grantcentral.com/prostaff_DrRussell.html

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

1:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Vontz Auditorium 

The purpose of the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award is to create faculty members who will use their research to attract and motivate students to learn better. It is a very prestigious award.  Acquisition of a CAREER Award is particularly distinguishing in the developing career of an assistant professor which is why so many apply for it--most without success.  The principal reason for failure is lack of understanding of how the application must be written which is what this seminar teaches.

Registration

There is no fee for this seminar but you must attend the Write Winning Grants Seminar on February 8, 2010 or must have completed this seminar given in Spring, 2009.  (The workbook obtained in the WWG seminar will be used for this seminar.)  Registration is online [Register]. 

The final date to register is January 8, 2010.

Intensive Grant-Writing Workshop
Stephen Russell, PhD
Grant Writers’ Seminars and Workshops, LLC http://www.grantcentral.com/prostaff_DrRussell.html

Pre-proposal due:  Summer, 2010
Grants due:  After Jan. 1, 2011  

There is no fee for this workshop.  Participants are required to attend the Write Winning Grants Seminar on February 8, 2010 or must have completed this seminar given in Spring, 2009, and express an interest in participating in this workshop.  Those chosen to participate are required to submit their grant applications after Jan. 1, 2011.

Phase I is the Write Winning Grants seminar (see above).  For the Intensive Grant Writing Workshop, up to a maximum of 30 participants are chosen competitively from those who attended the 2010 or 2009 WWG seminar.  Participants are selected jointly by the Office of Research and Grant Writers’ Seminars and Workshops (GWSW) using procedures and criteria provided by GWSW.

Phase II is guided by the Grant Application Writer’s Workbook which systematically shepherds participants through the development of their applications section by section.  Recommendations are provided regarding how a strong application can be written to any granting agency while, at the same time, competing academic priorities are managed.  

The program has three objectives for each participant:

1) to write and submit the best application of which s/he is capable;

2) to better understand the dynamics and psychology of the review process; and

3) to develop an appreciation for the importance of constructive criticism from colleagues as an important part of the proposal-development process.

Communications between the consultant and participants will be via Skype, e-mail, fax and telephone and will ensure ample one-on-one time so that specific needs of individuals are met.  Either new or revised applications to federal, state, private and/or industry can be accommodated. Assistance in responding to prior review is provided to those who are writing revisions.

Registration