Date: Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Location: The Inn of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $500 per person
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Why is This Seminar Different?
Winning Federal Grants provides in-depth content and insight garnered from the instructor’s cumulative career knowledge and perspective as a successful grant writer, grant administrator, federal grant reviewer and grant staff trainer. Presentations are adaptable to the specific needs and interests of attendees.
Who Should Attend?
Research and Development executives, corporate responsibility staff, non-profit leaders and program staff, educators and educational institution administrators, business students, community organization representatives and dignitaries from any faith-based organizations.
Why Should You Attend?
Winning Federal Grants equips you with the tools, tactics and resources needed to ensure your projects, programs and innovative ideas are funded with U.S. grant dollars.
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Seminar Description
Winning Federal Grants equips you with the tools, tactics and resources needed to ensure your projects, programs and innovative ideas are funded with U.S. grant dollars.
The federal government will award more than $600 billion in competitive grants in 2007. To win such grants and realize your company’s potential, you must gain a clear understanding of the grant-making process, proposal evaluation standards, permissible uses of funds and the keys to writing a winning proposal. Keeping current on information concerning eligibility, priorities in the grant-making arena, and contemporary concepts are fundamental to the success of your company’s grant applications.
Fedmarket’s seminar “Winning Federal Grants” will provide you with the background knowledge, practical skills and tools to compete for your choice of federal grant awards. You will learn about the grant application process, the various federal agencies, current opportunities, and the criteria for the evaluation of grant proposals. Most importantly, you will take home strategies and tactics for developing all of the components of successful federal grant applications.
Special Guest Speaker: Jack Alcorn
Fedmarket's special guest speaker, Jack Alcorn, has been writing and administering federal, state and private foundation grants for more than 10 years. Mr. Alcorn has, over the course of his career, assisted a wide range of organizations in winning grant competitions. He has also served as an evaluator of federal grant applications. His career experience and knowledge have been carefully packaged into an insightful, probing one-day course on grant writing. Mr. Alcorn’s training style focuses on student retention of key concepts and practices. His course delivery techniques engage students through the use of real-life examples and providing specific solutions for your organization.
Seminar Content
Winning Federal Grants
Overview
- Government grant making
- Grants.gov
- Grant competitions
- Grant evaluation process
- Award-winning applications
Grant Competition and Evaluation
- Federal Register notifier
- Reading the opportunities
- Eligibility
- Prerequisites
- Program design
- Peer reviews
Application Development
- Resources
- Parts
- Format
- Style
- Submission
Competitive Proposal Writing
- Forms
- Narratives
- Budgets
- Logic models
- Appendices
Grant Awards and Administration
- FAA (Federal Assistance Award)
- Reporting
- Communication
Sample Proposals
- Examples from funded proposals
- Tangible opportunities
- Participant requests
Course Review
- Key terms and concepts
- Application pitfalls and polish
- Pop quiz with door prizes
Class Schedule
| 8:30 to 9:00 a.m. |
Registration and refreshments |
| 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. |
Instructor and participant introductions |
| 9:30 to 10:20 a.m. |
Course overview |
| 10:20 to 10:30 a.m. |
Break |
| 10:30 to 11:50 a.m. |
Grant competition and evaluation |
LUNCH
| 1:00 to 1:55 p.m. |
Application development |
| 1:55 to 2:50 p.m. |
Competitive proposal writing |
| 2:50 to 3:00 p.m. |
Break |
| 3:00 to 3:30 p.m. |
Grant awards and administration |
| 3:30 to 4:10 p.m. |
Sample Proposals |
| 4:10 to 4:30 p.m. |
Course Review / Seminar Evaluations |
Cancellations
Cancellation notification must be received one week prior to the seminar date. Upon notification, your registration fee will be refunded less a $100 non-refundable processing fee. Any cancellations beyond the one week period are non-refundable. You may reschedule at anytime; if you reschedule to attend another seminar, we will apply your payment toward your new registration fee. Personnel substitutions may be made at any time. Payment must be received prior to the seminar date. No-shows are liable for the full seminar fee.
