Leadership Skills Institutes Intensive, focused learning to enhance skills for resource development and grantwriting, advocacy and policy development, and dissemination of best practices Institute Description Well-constructed grant applications stand out above the rest. This institute teaches grantwriters how to have their proposals ranked at the top. Strategic grantwriting involves a host of skills from finding the best sources for funding to preparing polished proposals. Participants will learn how to effectively seek resources for programs and research through successful grantwriting. Participants will critique as well as create components of grant applications.
Sessions incorporate newer uses of computer systems and Internet for grant proposal preparation.
Institute Objectives Select appropriate funding sources for a variety of proposal topics and plans using Internet resource Identify characteristics of high quality proposals for both research and program grants. Write program goals and objectives or research aims and questions that are feasible, measurable, and time-framed. Develop and organize elements of a research or program grant proposal. Develop a budget and budget justification that supports the study methods or program plans. Describe the processes and criteria funders most commonly use for proposal review.