Workshops and Events

Lead: Grant Training Center/Center for Teaching and Faculty Development

Master the techniques of writing superior and winning proposals

The Grant Training Center offers custom grant-writing workshops that address protocols and strategies for winning public and private funding. Headquartered in Arlington, VA and staffed by grant writers who have also been members of review committees for grant-awarding government agencies and private foundations, the center offers a comprehensive view of grant-writing with personalized attention to participants.

This intensive three-day grant proposal workshop is geared for those who wish to strengthen their grant writing skills as well as for beginners who wish to acquire and master the techniques of preparing, writing and winning proposals from various funding agencies. The center of attention will be on how to effectively tell the story that leads to funding, be it for the researcher in the sciences and social sciences, educator and non-profit professional.

Participants will learn how to:

• Comprehend the diversity of the grant funding community
• Identify and effectively write the key elements of a proposal
• Research and identify potential funding sources
• Integrate each component of the grant into the final product
• Create the right fit with the funding agency
• Address the guidelines of proposals
• Develop focused and realistic budgets
• Package professional grants submissions

What to Bring
Participants are encouraged to bring a copy of a work in progress grant proposal or a previously submitted proposal.

Workshop Registration
Space is limited so sign up today! Participants can register online at or by phone at 866.704.7268

Fees and Materials
The workshop fee is $495.00 for CSU faculty and staff and includes workshop materials, certificate of completion, and continental breakfast.

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