1. Facilitator Ms. Pamela Lloyd Senior Grant Writer Resource Development
RD Internship: How to Train Faculty and Staff to Help Build Out Your College’s Grant-Seeking Capacity
Welcome and introductions.
Ask participants to (1) introduce themselves, give their name, department, and campus; (2) describe their experience with grant writing and/or management, if any; and (3) state why they have come to the training.
Internship Alumni
Dr. Elissa Graff, Chair, Arts and Philosophy
Dr. Carolyn Margolin, STEM Project Director
Dr. Berta Rios, Chair, Continuing Education
Facilitator
Ms. Pamela Lloyd
Senior Grant Writer
Resource Development

2. Proposal-development models
Models vary among institutions:
Developed primarily by faculty and staff
Developed primarily by a grant writer
Hybrid
Seat of pants
What’s your model?

3. Why engage faculty and staff in grant seeking?
They have the subject matter expertise to craft effective, workable grant projects.
Their professional commitment to excellence and innovation means they have a stake in the project.
They benefit from grant seeking: professional development and advancement, funding to actualize their ideas for educational improvement
Why don’t more faculty and staff engage in grant seeking? Do you want them to?

4. How to engage faculty and staff
Departmental newsletter and website
Presentations at on-campus convocations, meetings, and trainings
Orientations to major grant programs
Speakers from funding agencies
Announcements of funding opportunities
Grant Awards Luncheon
What do you do? Which are most effective?

5. The most intensive method at MDC: the RD Internship
Begun in 2010
Purpose: Create a cadre of grants specialists to form grant-seeking hubs on campus and networks across campuses
4 interns each fall and spring term
40 hours of on-site immersion in the RD Office, paired with a grant writer

6. Internship competencies
Review campus and unit grant history.
Identify project ideas that meet unit needs.
Develop a grant concept paper.
Find a funding opportunity to fit the concept.
Use research and data in grant proposals.
Adapt a concept paper for a funding opportunity.

7. Outcomes and next steps
Internship alumni:
How has the internship affected your engagement with grant seeking?
Has the internship helped you engage colleagues?
What changes would you recommend in the program?
Florida colleges:
Do you have similar programs?
How would you improve the program?

8. Here’s to faculty and staff engagement!