1. How to Locate Grants and Funding Opportunities
Faculty Development Workshop on Finding Grant Opportunities
Presented by James Denney
Take a moment and welcome everyone to the workshop.
Introduce Myself.
The workshop today is How to Locate Grants and Funding Opportunities. It is being put on by the Office of Sponsored Programs and the Office of Academic Affairs.

2. Workshop at a Glance Before you Begin
What is and How to Develop a Conceptual Outline
Innumerable Funding Agencies
Visit Agency Web Sites and Create Profiles
The Workshop at a glace.
Today we are going to start out by talking about a few basic things that you need to know before you start looking for a grant.
Then we are going to talk today about what is a Conceptual Outline and How to develop one.
We will take a look at the many funding agencies that make grants available
Then we will surf the net, go to some of these agencies web sites and look at the grants they offer and on some of these web sites we will create you a profile so you can receive funding alert s.

3. Before you Begin What is a Grant?
The Environmental Protection Agency defines a grant as “Grants are sums of money awarded to finance a particular activity or facility. Generally, these grant awards do not need to be paid back.”
Grants.gov defines a grant as “Grants are not benefits or entitlements. A federal grant is an award of financial assistance from a federal agency to a recipient to carry out a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States. Federal grants are not federal assistance or loans to individuals.”
So before you begin looking for a grant lets take a minute to define a grant.
Ask the group what their definition of a grant is.
Then pull up the definitions of a grant.

4. Before you Begin – Cont. Types of Grants Available Nursing Education
After School Programs
Scholarships
Professional Development
Education
Art
Research
Entrepreneurs
So now that we know what a grant is lets look at what are some of the different types of Grants Available.
This is just a very small list of the types of grants available. At grants.gov they have their grants broken out in 21 different categories.
Education: Scholarships, K-12 Organizations, Universities, Classroom Material etc.
Arts:
Research: You name it and you can Research It.
Entrepreneurs: Grants set aside espically for Women Entrepreneurs
Nursing: Scholarships, Recruitment, Retention, etc.
After School Programs: For children in K-12 Programs
Scholarships:
Professional Development:

5. Before you Begin – Cont. Who can apply for Grants?
Government Organizations
Education Organizations
Public Housing Organizations
Non-Profit Organizations
For-Profit Organizations
Small Businesses
Individuals
So now that we know what a grant is, Some of the different types of grants lets look at who grants are available too.
We fall under Government Organizations, Education Organizations and Non-Profit Organizations
Government Organizations: State or Federal Agencies
Education Organization: Universities, School Districts, etc.
Public Housing Organizations:
Non-Profit Organizations: Such as Community Counseling Services here in town
For-Profit Organizations:
Small Businesses: Espicallly for Start Up Money
Individuals:

6. Before you Begin – Cont. Terminology “RFP” – Request for Proposal
“RFA” – Request for Application
“PA” – Program Announcement
“FON” – Funding Opportunity Number
The next couple of slides just shows some of the everyday terminology that you are going to come across while looking for Grants.
Grant Announcements are list in a wide variety of ways:
RFP – Stands for a Request for Proposal.
RFA – Stands for a Request for Application.
PA – Program Announcement
Grants often have Numbers Associated with them or FON’s
FON – Stands for Funding Opportunity Number.

7. Before you Begin – Cont. Terminology – Cont.
“CFDA” – Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Cost Share or Match
501 C-3 Organization
“PI” or “PR” – Principle Investigator or Principle Researcher
Federal Grants also will often time have a “CFDA” Number Associated with them. These and FON just make it easier to locate the RFP once you have a grant you want to submit too.
CFDA – Stands for Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
Cost Share or Match – This is when the funding agency requires the grantee to put up a portion of the money for the project. There are two kinds of Cost Share. In-Kind and Hard Funds.
501 C-3 Organization – This is basically an organization that is tax exempt. From federal taxes. We fall under this category
“PI” or “PR” – This is the person who is actually in charge of assuring the grant is completed in time. The PI or PR is the lead member of the team conducting services for the grant.

8. Conceptual Outline What is a Conceptual Outline?
It is a short concept paper, usually 2 – 3 pages in length, that describes your project or idea. It allows you to organize your thoughts in order to better explain your project or idea to others. It also gives you a paper to send to program officers to use as a tool for finding a potential funding source.
So now we have a project in Mind and we want to start looking for someone to fund our idea. Lets talk about developing a Conceptual Outline to help us get started.
What is a Conceptual Outline. READ PARAGRAPH.
This is a tool that can prove to be very valuable, espically for new grant writers, when it comes to looking for a grant. If you have written this paper you will know exactly what you are looking for in a synopsis of a grant proposal. This will help you to determine if the grant you are looking at is appropriate for your needs.
This is also a very good tool when it comes to writing proposal for Foundations. A lot of time Foundations do not release Calls for Proposals. So this is a very good tool to use when looking for grants from Foundations.
You can find the entire Conceptual Outline on the Office of Sponsored Programs Web Site. Here is the link for get.

9. Conceptual Outline – Cont.
What is it that I want to accomplish?
What are my Objectives?
What activities will be carried out?
How am I going to accomplish these activities?
When do I plan to start and complete each activity?
So lets take a look at some of the questions you need to consider when developing your conceptual outline.
What is it that I want to accomplish? What is the main overall goal that you wish to pursue?
What are my Objectives? List the main objectives that you will need to allow you to accomplish your overall goal.
What activities will be carried out? What activities much you perform to accomplish you Objectives.
How are I going to accomplish these activities? Once you have list your Goals, Objectives and Activities you will want to think about how I am going to accomplish them.
When do I plan to start and complete each activity? This is extremely important when looking at a grant proposal. If your time frame does not co-inside with the dates of the proposal you may need to keep looking or see if you can rearrange your timeframe to meet a certain grant.

10. Conceptual Outline – Cont.
What need am I going to address with this project?
Who will benefit from the project and how?
Who will perform the actual project?
How will the staff be organized?
What need or needs am I going to address with this project? Will they be research needs, Community Needs, such as Health awareness. Will they be educational needs, i.e. Scholarships, or purchasing equipment for your class room. These are all different types of needs you can address with grants.
Who will benefit from the project and how? This may be the Faculty Members, Students, the Community. You also need to talk about how they are going to benefit. Will it be by students having money to attend school. It may be better classroom material or even community members better aware of health related issues.
Who will perform the project? You will need to consider if we here have the capabilities to do the work, or do you need to collaborate with someone from another university to help out. If so then you need to look and see if subcontract are allowed under the proposal.
How will the staff be organized? Who will be the lead PI, are other faculty members services going to be needed. Are you going to use Student Works to help perform services. All of these questions need to be considered.

11. Conceptual Outline – Cont.
How much will it cost to accomplish your objective?
What equipment or facilities will be used or needed?
What are the plans for the project at the end of the grant?
How much will it cost to accomplish the project? Typically the RFP will tell you how much how many awards they anticipate giving and what the total dollar amount is they have available to award for that grant. Sometimes there are award ceilings and award floors and you will need to be able to fall into those. If your proposed cost is to much then you may need to consider looking else where. A good rule of thumb is to take the Total Grant Amount and divide that by the number of anticipitated awards to get an idea of how much each grant will be funded for.
What equipment or facilities will be used or needed? This is a very important question to consider. Do we here at the University have the resources to complete the project or will equipment have to be purchased. Important to know because some Grants do not allow you to purchase equipment.
What are the plans for the project at the end of the grant? What are you going to do once the project is complete. Are you going to try and continue your research or are you going to move on and work on something else.

12. Innumerable Funding Agencies
State Agencies
Federal Agencies
Foundations
MUW Internal Grants
So now that we know what a grant is, the different type available, and he have our Conceptual Outline in hand we are ready to start looking for some body to fund our project.
There are Innumerable Funding Agencies out there to fund our projects we just need to know where to go and look.
There are State Agencies, Federal Agencies, Foundations and MUW Internal Grant Opportunities.

13. State Agencies Mississippi State Department of Health
Mississippi Department of Human Services
Mississippi Department of Education
Mississippi Arts Commission
Lets take a look at some of the State Agencies that make grants available.
The Mississippi State Department of Health
The Mississippi Department of Human Services
The Mississippi Department of Education
And the Mississippi Arts Commission.
These are just several State agencies that make grants available. You also have agencies such as MDOT, MDEQ, MDWFP just to name a few.

14. Federal Agencies National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Lets take a look at some of the Federal Agencies that make grant opportunities available.
National Institute of Health
National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Education
U,S, Department of Health and Human Services
– Grants.gov is not a Federal Agency per say. It is a grants warehouse that is operated by the Department of Health and Human Services. They have over 1,000 different grants and provide access to appx. $400 billion in grant awards each year.

15. Foundations Robert M. Hearin Foundation
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Some of the Foundation that have awarded MUW grants in the past are:
Robert M. Hearin Foundation
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

16. Mississippi State Department of Health
Click “Administrative” Link on left side of Home Page
Click “Grants” on left side of web page
Click “View RFPs” in center column to see available grants
So now let take the rest of the time and go to these agencies web site so you call can learn how to navigate around them.

17. Mississippi Department of Human Services
Click “Request for Proposals” Tab on left side of home page
This page will show you available grants offered through MDHHS

18. Mississippi Department of Education
Scroll down until you see “Resources within the Agency” section
Click on “Request for Proposals” Link
This page will show you available grants offered through MDE
Click on Grants, Foundations and Funding Resources Link at the bottom of the page to show many of the granting agencies
Click on Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to show their opportunities.

19. Mississippi Arts Commission
Click on “Grant Guidelines, Applications, Forms & Resources” link on left side of home page
Click on “Grants for Organizations” Link on left side of page
Select which type of grant is of interest to you.

20. National Institutes of Health
Click on “Grants” tab locate at top of home page
Click on “Funding” tab located at top of home page
From this page you can search for funding opportunities
Allow them to sign up for weekly grants news letter
Click on Subscribe or Unsubscribe link under “Weekly Issue of the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts’
Click on to Subscribe send

21. National Science Foundation
Click on “Funding” Tab located at top of Home Page
This page allows you to search funding opportunities.
Show them how to navigate around the site
Look at some of the funding opportunities at point how that this is why it is important to do a conceptual outline.
Also point out the agency contacts and explain that they need to build a reputation with these people if they are planning to submit. Also send the conceptual outline to them so they can give you hints and ideas.

22. U.S. Department of Education
Click on “Grants and Contracts” on the right side of the Home Page
Click on “Funding Announcements” link at bottom of page
Point out the Forecast of Funding Opportunities Link – This is what they anticipate on funding in the previous year.
Point out to click on the Home Plate Icon to get the announcement in PDF version.

23. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Post their announcements on

24. WWW.grants.gov www.grants.gov
Click on “New Opportunities This Week” in center column of Home Page
Or Click on “Find Grant Opportunities” Link on left side of home page
Then use one of the 4 search engines to look for opportunities
Show them how to receive s for grant alerts.
Click on Grant Alerts on right side of Home page
In Center Column click on “Notices Based on Advanced Criteria”
Enter in information
Click on Find Grant Opportunities – Click on Browse by Agency to show all the agencies that post on Grants.gov. Also click on Browse by Category to show all the different categories or grants listed.

25. Robert M. Hearin Foundation
Does not have a website. They submit a call for proposals to the University. Then the University decides on which programs to go after.

26. Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation
Click on “Grant Program” tab at top of home page
This page shows their grant programs

27. W.K. Kellogg Foundation www.wkkf.org
Click on “Grantseeking” Link at top of home page
To see mission and interest areas click on the “Mission Driven Investments” link that the top of the home page
Also show them the link for Sign up for newsletter (located in purple are of the home page)
Let them look are the different letters and sign up for what they wish.

28. RECAP Before you Begin What is and How to Develop a Conceptual Outline
Innumerable Funding Agencies
Visit Agency Web Sites and Create Profiles
So today we talked about things we needed to know before we start looking for a grant. We talked about several terms and accromnims that you need to make yourself familiar with.
We talk some of the grant groups and who is eligible to apply..
We talked about What is and How to Develop a conceptual outline.
We also looked at many of the agencies available and went and viewed their web sites.
So with all of this said are there any questions?

29. Questions