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2024-2025 BER Events

COE Grants Academy 2024-2025

I. The Grantseeker's Journey: Crafting a Strategic Roadmap and Fundable Research Ideas

This workshop is the first of a year-long series provided by Dr Jessica Venable, Thorn Run Partners.

 

II. Pitch Perfect: How to Captivate Funders

This 80-minute interactive workshop discussed the art of crafting grant proposals that not only inform but also persuade. To effectively position their research as the solution to funders' needs and priorities, the workshop covered key elements of persuasive writing, including how to create compelling narrative's highlight innovation, and clearly articulate impact.

 

III. Navigating Private Sponsors

This session provided strategic ideas and best practices for seeking research funding from private sponsors (foundations, community organizations, etc.). With the recent increased uncertainty around some known federal funding sources, this workshop tailed to especially help us all expand our research funding repertoire.

 

IV. Developing Fundable Ideas

In this session, Dr Jess Venable of Thorn Run Partners walked us through strategies to develop fundable research ideas. In these times of increased uncertainty around federal funding sources, we are challenged to work smarter in designing good and fundable projects. This opportunity is designed to help us all strengthen our research funding repertoire!