Workshops
The CLA Grants Consultants offer a variety of workshops for faculty groups. Each workshop can be geared toward a specific discipline or research area. We can also design workshops targeted at your department’s or group’s specific needs. To schedule a workshop, contact a grants consultant.
Learning the Ropes Workshop: An Introduction to Research Funding Procedures and Policies
Topics Covered
Conducting Targeted Funding Searches
- An overview of U of M funding contexts, including the U of M Foundation and CLA External Relations
- Sources for Internal Funding
- External Searches: RFP’s vs. Foundation Searches
- Policies on Approaching Foundations
Developing a Strategic Proposal
- Understanding fundability
- Approaching program officers
- Strategic grant proposal (characteristics)
- Guidelines & evaluation criteria
- Audiences
- Writing the proposal
- Typical pieces of a proposal
- Persuasion
- Writing, period (clarity, logic, ease of reading)
Proposal Submission through Sponsored Projects Administration
- IRB, Institutional Review Board
- RCR, Responsible Conduct for Research - Educational Requirement
- REPA, Report of External Professional Activities. How & when to file a REPA
- SPA, U of MN Office of Sponsored Projects Administration
- EGMS, Proposal Development and Forms Routing Tool
- PRF, Proposal Routing Form
Learn to Search Funding Databases Efficiently
The University Libraries offer excellent workshops on how to search funding and reference databases. Watch for Fall/Spring announcements.
August 6th, 2008