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GrantProse, Inc. Newsletter
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Vol. 4, No. 11
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Dear Colleagues,
We're always looking for new ways to serve our clients and the community. GrantProse is pleased to announce the addition of three new staff members who will help us increase services to nonprofit clients and expand our capacity for science, education and research proposals. See GrantProse News, below, for bios on the newest members of our team.
Got a tough proposal? This issue's feature is on finding help--5 Things to Look for in a Grant Consultant. Also in this issue is an announcement about The Rural Center's upcoming grant cycle, and two new Grant Alerts.
Be sure to visit our website for your daily Grant Alert and a complete listing of current funding opportunities, as well as more resources from the world of grants. And please join our discussions on LinkedIn and subscribe to our Twitter feed. Thanks for reading!
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5 Things to Look for in a Grant Consultant
Insights for you and your organization
You see a new grant that would be perfect for your organization. You get your boss on board, study the RFP, fire up your laptop... and then realize that developing the proposal is more complex than you thought. You need help. You start Googling "grant writers" and "grant consultants." And then you wonder, "How do I choose the right one?"
This article is designed to help you know what to look for in a grant consultant. You need someone competent, obviously. But how do you evaluate competence in someone you've never worked with? And what else is important?
We offer five criteria that will help you recognize and choose a good grant consultant: availability, experience, skill, resourcefulness and "tough love." Someone who meets all five criteria should save you time and energy, and provide expertise, support and direction. And the best consultant might not be a "someone"--a consultant with a team approach can offer special advantages, especially with the first three criteria.
As you conduct your search, look for a consultant...
[Read the entire article on our website.]
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GrantProse NewsMeet our new associates
Grant Prose is pleased to introduce three new associates--Sally Wade, Dave McArthur and Ian Verhaeghe. Meet them below, and visit our website for their complete profiles. Welcome to the Grant Prose team! Sally Wade is an associate and project coordinator with GrantProse. Before joining us she was senior grants administrator at the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina, where she increased grant and foundation revenue from under 1% to 23% of annual operating revenue. Sally's career includes stints as grants program manager for the Alliance of AIDS Services-Carolina, executive director of the state's first public education foundation, and a member of the first Governor's Office of Citizen Affairs, where she helped found a one-on-one volunteer program for at-risk youth and worked to establish a statewide network of one-on-one programs. Sally is an active member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Dave McArthur is an associate and project coordinator at GrantProse. Prior to joining us, Dave was Director of Research at UNC-Chapel Hill's School of Education, where he helped faculty find research-grant opportunities and write proposals to major federal agencies and educational foundations. Dave also served as program director at NSF's Division of Undergraduate Education, where he developed research programs and conducted reviews of proposals. He has also been an active researcher. While at the RAND Corporation, he led NSF and U.S. Department of Education projects that developed and assessed intelligent tutoring systems. Dave received his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in psychology from the University of Toronto. Ian Verhaeghe is an associate and lead research analyst with GrantProse. Before joining us, Ian was a grants and information officer with Tearfund, a London-based NGO. He was stationed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, developing grant proposals and obtaining funding for humanitarian projects in conflict-affected areas. Ian also coordinated water and sanitation projects for Samaritan's Purse, assisting earthquake relief efforts and developing proposals in Haiti. Ian holds a Master of Arts from Oxford Brookes University in the UK, where he studied development and emergency practice. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in industrial technology with a minor in community and regional planning from Appalachian State University. |
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Announcements
Awards, events, training opportunities
Rural Center to Announce New Grant Cycle
The Rural Center is preparing to announce a new cycle for Rural Community Mobilization grants to fund collaborative workforce strategies leading to job placement. These grants target dislocated workers or other unemployed/underemployed individuals. Eligible applicants are public and nonprofit entities (e.g., community colleges, workforce boards, community-based nonprofits) involved in workforce development in one or more of North Carolina's 85 rural counties. A total of $650,000 is allocated for this cycle. The one-year grants will begin April 2013, at a maximum of $90,000 each. To receive email notification of this grant opportunity, contact Michael Aheron, Sr. Program Associate of Workforce Development. Grant Reviewers Needed Several federal agencies have open calls for reviewers. Serving as a reviewer for grant proposals is a good way to learn about grant programs, funding agencies and how to strengthen your own proposals. The U.S. Department of Education is recruiting peer reviewers for its Race to the Top District competition (see Grant Alerts, below). Reviewers need to be available for training in Washington, DC, October 22-23, and have expertise in areas relevant to the competition. The Employment and Training Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor is building a diverse pool of grant panelists to serve on a continuous basis. Potential panelists will have expertise in a range of areas: workforce development, apprenticeship and training programs, human resources strategies and more. The Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seeking health professionals to serve as grant reviewers. Areas of expertise include health professions training, HIV/AIDS, rural health and more. |
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Grant Alerts
Now updated on the GrantProse website
The sooner you know about a new grant, the more time you have to craft a winning proposal. Visit our Grant Alerts webpage to view all the latest funding opportunities, including the two below. We post a PDF of current Grant Alerts twice a month, and new Alerts daily on Twitter.
NEW
Deadline: 10/30/12
Program: Race to the Top District (RTT-D)
Agency: U.S. Department of Education
Description: Funding to personalize education ... [read more]
Award Amount: $5M - $40M
Website: USDoED
Eligibility: Local Educational Agencies (or consortia)
NEW
Deadline: 9/20/12 (letters of intent)
Program: ITEST
Agency: National Science Foundation
Description: Funding for the research and development of innovative models for engaging K-12 students ... [read more]
Award Amount: $300,000 - $2,150,000
Website: NSF
Eligibility: colleges & universities; nonprofits engaged in education or research; for-profits; state and local governments; scientists, engineers or educators
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GrantProse, Inc., assists institutions, agencies and organizations to expand fiscal resources and program operations, helping clients locate and secure grant funds matched to their interests and needs. Please forward this email to colleagues using the link at the top right, and join us in social media to help us spread this valuable information. We look forward to working with you as we move toward a better tomorrow.
Sincerely,
Bill Carruthers
GrantProse, Inc.
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