Grant Writing: Successful Approaches for Obtaining Competitive Grant Funding.

The authors will present a number of ideas on how early career faculty and graduate students can plan for a rapid start in their quest for funding as they enter their professional academic careers. Participants will be taken through the steps in the grant writing process including: 1) idea development, 2) project pre-planning 3) using RFPs/guidelines, 4) budgeting , 5) working with collaborators, and 6) an overview of the review process. This presentation draws from the combined experiences of the two authors in proposal development and service on numerous state and federal proposal review panels.