Grant expert to lead workshops on project funding Nov. 8 and 9

Western Today staff

October 14, 2010

Have a project that needs funding? Want to write a grant proposal but don't know where to start? Richard Dunfee, from the Grants Resource Center, a division of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities in Washington, D.C., will be on campus Nov. 8 and 9 to provide all the necessary information. Dunfee will present sessions on finding a funder for your project, grant writing best practices, developing multi-disciplinary collaborative projects and writing multi-disciplinary collaborative grant proposals.

Session dates and times:

  • Finding a funder: Nov. 8, Viking Union Room 462 (Choose one time)
    • 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
    • 10:30 a.m. to noon
    • 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Discussion on multi-disciplinary collaborative efforts - How to initiate and develop a collaborative project: Nov. 8, Viking Union Room 462
    • 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Brown-bag lunch with Research and Sponsored Programs staff and those who wish to attend: Nov. 8, Viking Union Room 462
    • Noon to 1:30 p.m.
  • Grant Writing: Best Practices: Nov. 9, Viking Union Room 462 (Choose one time)
    • 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
    • 10:30 a.m. to noon
    • 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
  • How to write an effective multi-disciplinary collaborative proposal. Nov. 9, Viking Union Room 464
    • 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Brown-bag lunch with RSP staff and those who wish to attend: Nov. 9, Viking Union Room 464
    • Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Please RSVP to RSP here by Oct. 29.

Richard Dunfee became director of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ Grants Resource Center in June of 2006. He previously served as president of the Colleges of Mid-America, vice president for administration at City University of New York / York College, assistant vice president for research at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota and assistant vice president for global outreach at University of Maryland University College. Recently he has worked as an independent grants and contracts consultant in Baltimore and led faculty development seminars and taught graduate classes at Johns Hopkins University. He has written numerous successful grant proposals to a variety of federal agencies and more than 20 private foundations and is the author of articles and books on funding and consortia in education.