Webinar: Improve Your Grant Writing Skills
COASTAL CONSERVANCY WEBINAR SERIES
Improve Your Grant Writing Skills
September 15, 2:00-3:30, Registration Required
As a funding agency, the Coastal Conservancy reviews scores of grant applications every year and sees a wide range of quality in those applications. Some present such a clear and compelling case for their project that we are ready to approve it on the spot. Others leave us wondering what exactly the project is about. Based on our experience, we would like to help you improve your grant writing skills. This webinar is not aimed specifically at applying to the Coastal Conservancy, but rather will provide strategies and recommendations for applying to any grant program, particularly government grants. Topics to be covered include:
Reviewing Grant Proposals - A funder's perspective
Grant Solicitations - Key strategies for success. How do you decide if a potential grant program is a good fit for your project or worth your time to apply for? Is this the right time to apply for the particular funding source? How do you position yourself for success?
Describing Your Project - Being able to describe your project clearly and concisely, yet also with sufficient detail, is critical to successful grant writing. We will go over key elements and common pitfalls to help you hone your grant writing skills.
Grant Questions and Scoring Criteria - We will discuss strategies for addressing grant questions and the challenges they pose such as repetitive questions, questions that don't address core pieces of your project, questions that don't match with the scoring criteria, unclear questions, and other challenges for grant writers.
Budgets - The ins and outs of how to present your project's budget. Ultimately it all comes down to money, so a well developed budget is very important.
No brainer checklist - Our list of things you absolutely must do with every grant application.
To register, email grants@scc.ca.gov with your name, affiliation, and email address.