Grant Writing 101 – Lessons Learned from a First Time Grant Recipient with June Power

03/03/2021 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM ET

Admission

  • Free

Location

PCI Webinars uses the GoToMeeting platform.

Summary

This webinar is designed to share best practices for writing grant proposals and how to utilize grant funding once your proposal has been accepted. It will cover topics including how to write a grant, figuring out grant budgeting issues, grant reporting and management, and common pitfalls of utilizing grant funding.

Description

To register for this webinar please follow this link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2032445455329426960?source=Michigan. Sessions are free and available only to members of the Michigan library community. Registrants will receive instructions and a link to attend the session directly from PCI after they register.

Do you need grant funding but aren’t sure how to start? Have you received a grant and are thinking what now? Do you find all the reports and budgets confusing?

This webinar is designed to share best practices for writing grant proposals and how to utilize grant funding once your proposal has been accepted. It will cover topics including how to write a grant, figuring out grant budgeting issues, grant reporting and management, and common pitfalls of utilizing grant funding.

In this interactive and informative program, attendees will:

  • Be able to identify projects or programs with the potential for grant funding
  • Be able to articulate goals, objectives, and outcomes of grant project writing
  • Be able to produce and accurate budget and supporting budget narrative

Instructor: June Power is the Director for Special Collections and Archives for The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, also having served 15 years as the head of the Access Services department. She is the managing department head and has also assisted with copyright management, reference, and genealogy. She has presented at NCLA, the ILLiad Conference, the Ares Virtual Conference, the Azaela Coast Library Association Conference, and the Access Services Conference.  She is on the editorial board for the Journal of Access Services and has published a series of articles in that journal as well as several book chapters.

PCI Webinars are recorded and available to members of the Michigan library community in the Library of Michigan's Niche Staff Skills Academy about a week after they air. New webinars will be in the New category for several weeks. You do not need to register for a webinar in order to view it later in the Staff Skills Academy.

This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Library of Michigan.