Training Opportunities
Ongoing – Brown Bag Lunch Sessions on Grantsmanship
Each week for two years, Linda Mason has hosted a Brown Bag Lunch Session on Grantsmanship. The topics and presenters cover a wide range of topics about grant proposal, grantwriting and grant project planning. Videos of these sessions have been posted on the Internet for easy access. See a list of topics and watch archived sessions.
Ongoing – Online Training
Grantseeking Basics for Nonprofit Organizations
Fee: $39.95 for six months
Proposal Writing: The Comprehensive Course
Fee: $189.95 for 12 months
Register at www.foundationcenter.org/marketplace/onlinetraining.
Various Dates – Community Development Grant Initiatives
Time: 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Sponsored by Sen. Tom Coburn, these regionally located workshops, with grant resource presentations plus a grant writing workshop, have no registration fee.
For more information, dates of workshops, locations of workshops and to register, contact Cheryl Adams at 405.231.4941 or cheryl_adams@coburn.senate.gov.
October 21, 2009 – Proposal Writing Seminar
Location: Fayetteville Public Library,
401 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville, Ark.
Fee: $195
To register for this Foundation Center seminar, visit www.foundationcenter.org.
October 23-25, 2009 – Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research Institute
Location: Concordia College, Moorhead, Minn.
This workshop will bring together teams of three to five faculty members and administrators from institutions that are interested in either initiating an undergraduate research program or institutionalizing existing research activities. The three days will consist of plenary lectures presented by facilitators associated with CUR interspersed with individual team meetings with CUR mentors. For more information, visit www.cur.org/institutes/instugr.html.
November 20-22, 2009 – Beginning an Undergraduate Research Program in the Natural Sciences at a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution
Location: Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Starting a successful research program and doing scholarly work at a predominantly undergraduate institution poses unique challenges for a beginning faculty member. The overall goal of this institute is to give pre-tenured faculty the opportunity to learn from and discuss with experienced faculty how to establish and manage a research program. The application is available by visiting www.cur.org/institutes/newfaculty.html.
December 7-11, 2009 – Grantsmanship Training Program
Location: Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, Texas
Fee: $895
To register or for more information, visit www.tgci.com.
February 5-7, 2010 – Mentorship, Collaboration and Undergraduate Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Location: Mesa, Ariz.
The institute will bring together teams of three to five faculty members and administrators engaged in enhancing undergraduate research opportunities at their home institutions, focusing on undergraduate research as faculty development, student-based inquiry and institutional support structure. Application is available by visiting www.cur.org/institutes/socscihum.html.
