GIC Spring 2013 Workshops

Upcoming workshops at the Grants Information Collection

Identifying Grants for Your Research and Project Funding
Aimed at faculty and researchers from UW-Madison departments who are interested in identifying grant opportunities. Hands-on workshop using three grants databases: Foundation Directory Online, COS Pivot, Philanthropy In/Sight. Individuals seeking personal grants to fund their education should attend the “Grants for your Education” workshop.

Friday, February 1 ~ 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 p.m.



Intro to Foundation Grants for Non-Profit Organizations: Part 1: Grantseeking basics
Sessions will include an orientation to the Collection, background on the world of grantmaking, information on how to build a credible nonprofit organization, as well as general grantseeking tips. This workshop is suitable for staff of nonprofit organizations outside of the university.

Friday, February 15 ~ 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Thursday, March 14 ~ 1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Friday, April 19 ~ 9 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.



Intro to Foundation Grants for Non-Profit organizations : Part 2: Finding Funders
Hands-on workshop using 3 databases: Foundation Directory Online, Foundations in Wisconsin, COS Pivot.

Friday, February 15 ~ 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 14 ~ 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Friday, April 19 ~ 10:30 a.m. – 12 noon



Grants for Your Education
For current and future students in Wisconsin (of any institute of higher education) interested in researching potential scholarships, fellowships, and grants for one’s education. Focus is on how to identify funding sources beyond those that are available through most offices of financial aid.

Friday, February 8 ~ 10:30 a.m. – 12 noon
Wednesday, March 6 ~ 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.



Further Information
Each semester the Grants Information Collection in Memorial Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison sponsors workshops on grant-seeking strategies. Workshops generally exclude funding for for-profit enterprises and for personal welfare assistance.

Fee: None ~ free to all
Registration: Not required
Location: Room 231 Memorial Library at 728 State Street, Madison*

Non-UW participants will be able to get a Visitor's pass upon showing a current photo ID with address information (driver's license) at the entrance to the library. For more information telephone (608_ 262-6431, or send email to: grantsinfo at library.wisc.edu

Grant Links: September 12, 2011

Fond du Lac, WI:  Women's Fund of the Fond du Lac Area Foundation (Nonprofit Orgs)

US:  Astraea Lesbian Foundation's International Fund for Sexual Minorities (Nonprofit Orgs)

US:  KFC Colonel's Scholars (College-bound high school seniors)

US:  Marshall Scholars for Study in the UK (Graduate Students)

US:  National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship (Doctoral Students)

International:  Khyentse Foundation (Buddhist students)

Grant Links: Friday, May 13, 2011

Dane County:   Distinctly Dane Special Grant Opportunity - Cultural Affairs Commission

WI: Wisconsin Laboratory Association!  2011 Scholarships

WI:  Wisconsin Humanities Council Mini and Major Grants

WI:  Office of Rural Health Funding Opportunities

WI:  Tourist Information Center (TIC) Grant Program

WI:  WHEDA Foundation Housing Grants Materials

External Funding: Grants & Fellowships Workshops for Grad Students at UW-Madison

Workshop Schedule and Descriptions, Spring 2010


Registration

1)  "Intro to Finding External Funding for your Graduate Career - Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences"
     Monday, March 8, 2010 - 126 Memorial Library - 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Part One of a two-session workshop series brought to you by the Grants Information Collection (GIC) in Memorial Library and the Graduate School's Office of Fellowships and Funding Resources (OFFR).

This workshop is designed for grad students in the Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences who are either new to the external funding process and have not yet applied for outside grants, or for those who would like a refresher.

In this session of the workshop series, we will provide an overview of the external funding application process, including: important considerations for preparing to seek and apply for "grants" and common - yet dangerous - pitfalls to avoid in the process. Additionally, we will outline the types of grants available to grad students, as well as important things to consider when preparing an application for a grant.

Presentation by Nikki Busch of the GIC and Matt Mitterko of OFFR. Rm 126 in Memorial Library

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"Hands-on PC session: Intro to Finding External Funding for your Graduate Career - Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences"
Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 436 Memorial Library - 1:00-2:30 p.m.

Part Two of a two-session workshop series brought to you by the Grants Information Collection (GIC) in Memorial Library and the Graduate School's Office of Fellowships and Funding Resources (OFFR).

In this session, we will outline the benefits of utilizing funding search engines, as well as other advanced techniques to customize your search for funding. Please note: this workshop will take place in a PC lab, and will focus on getting hands-on experience with these funding databases. Attendance at the earlier session is strongly encouraged. Presentation by Nikki Busch of the GIC and Matt Mitterko of OFFR.

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2)  Intro to Finding External Funding for Your Graduate Career - Biological & Physical Sciences
     Thursday, March 4, 2010 - Biotech Auditorium - 10:00-11:30 a.m.

This workshop is brought to you by the Grants Information Collection (GIC) in Memorial Library and the Graduate School's Office of Fellowships and Funding Resources (OFFR).

In this session is designed for grad students in the Biological and Physical Sciences who are either new to the external funding process and have not yet applied for outside grants, or for those who would like a refresher.

We will provide an overview of the external funding application process, including: important considerations for preparing to seek and apply for "grants" and common - yet dangerous - pitfalls to avoid in the process. Additionally, we will outline the types of grants available to grad students, as well as important things to consider when preparing an application for a grant. This workshop will also include a brief demonstration of advanced search strategies in the Community of Science Funding Opportunities database, time allowing.

Presentation by Nikki Busch of the GIC and Matt Mitterko of OFFR. Location: Biotech Auditorium

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3)  Grant Writing Basics for Graduate Students
     March 26, 2010 - Biotech Room 1360 - 10:00-11:00 a.m.

This workshop will provide an outline of the grantwriting process. It will cover how to take into account argument, organization, and style of in grantwriting, and how to adapt written proposals to different funding audiences. Presentation by Rebecca Lorimer of the Writing Center.

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4)  NSF Fellowship Fellows & Reviewers Panel
     April 20, 2010 - Biotech Auditorium - 2:00-3:00 p.m.

This panel workshop is for grad students in the Biological, Physical and Social Sciences who are interested in the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). There will be a brief overview of the fellowship program. Then, NSF faculty reviewers and current NSF fellows will provide some insight based on their experience with the GRFP. They will discuss how NSF instructs its reviewers, and what the experience of reviewing applications is like, as well as how the application process works for prospective applicants and what they have gained from applying for and winning an NSF fellowship. Panel facilitated by Matt Mitterko of the Grad School's Office of Fellowships & Funding Resources.

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5)  Fellows & Reviewers Panel - Dissertator Fellowships in Arts/Humanities and Social Sciences
     April 26, 2010 - Ingraham 206 - 2:00-3:00 p.m.

This panel workshop is for dissertator or near-dissertator graduate students in the Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences, to provide some background on a few major external dissertation fellowships. There will be a brief overview of the programs to be discussed, such as the ACLS/Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Charlotte Newcombe Fellowship, and the Social Science Research Council's International Dissertation Research Fellowship. Then, faculty reviewers and current and previous fellows will provide some perspective on the fellowship programs. They will discuss what the experience of reviewing applications is like, as well as how the application process works, and what benefits they have gained from applying for and winning a dissertation fellowship. Panel facilitated by Matt Mitterko of the Grad School's Office of Fellowships & Funding Resources.

NOTE: Registration will be capped at 50 students; however, this workshop will be video-recorded and anyone who is unable to register or attend the session can view it online a short time after the workshop. The recording will be available through OFFR.

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Grant Links: February 12, 2010

UW-Madison: Academic Staff Professional Development Grants

UW-Madison:  The Bascom Hill Society Scholarship

UW-Madison:  Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships Holstrom Environmental Scholarships

Kenosha Area: UW-Parkside launches grant-funding program for local nonprofits

Sheboygan, WI: Sheboygan Public Education Foundation offering scholarships to North/South grads (music, science, education, business)

St. Croix Valley: 2010 St. Croix Valley Master Gardeners Association Community Service Project Funds (pdf)

WI: Badgerland Financial Offering Ag Scholarship Listing Online

WI: Dairy Farmer and Processor Scholarships Available for Feb. 10 Conference

WI: DATCP: Specialty crop block grant applications are due April 1, 2010

WI: DATCP Taking Applications for ADD Grants

Grant Links: February 5, 2010

UW-Madison & UW-Milwaukee: Details of UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee Intercampus Research Incentive Grants Program announced

Brown and Door Counties, WI: Scholarships Inc. applications available for high school, adult students

Chippewa Falls, WI: District Foundation announces four new scholarships

Sheboygan, WI: Scholarships Available (UW-Sheboygan and Rotary Club)

WI: Dept. of Commerce: Workshop offered for writing competitive federal technology grant proposals CLASS ($150 Registration Fee)

WI: Federal grant money available to nonprofits

WI: Grazing grants coming from state ag department

WI: Nonprofit leaders can apply for Harvard scholarships

Grant Links: January 19, 2010

UW-Madison: Learning Technology Development Council Emerging Technology Grant 2009-2010 (pdf)

UW-Madison: Learning Technology Development Council Curricular Redesign Grant Program

Fond du Lac, WI: Altrusa International to award scholarship

Fond du Lac, WI: Simon Youth Foundation Community Scholarships

Fox Valley, WI: Nominations now being accepted for 13th annual Celebrating Our Volunteers event at Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in downtown Appleton

Kaukauna, Little Chute and Wrightstown, WI: Unison Credit Union offers college scholarships

River Falls, WI: Hospital foundation awards two $500 scholarships, second deadline in March

Sheboygan County, WI: Conservation group offers scholarship

US: Global Social Benefit Incubator 2010 Announcement and Application Instructions

US: Google Policy Fellowship

Grant Links: January 6, 2010

Greenfield, WI: Watershed grant deadline approaching

MN, ND & WI: Otto Bremer Foundation: Funds for Community Programs

US: IMLS National Leadership Grants

Any: CINAR Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowships for 2010-2011

Any: NOSAMS Postdoctoral Fellowships in Marie Radiocarbon Studies and in Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

Any: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Postdoctoral Fellowships

UW-Madison Population Health Dissertation Grants

2009-2010

UW-Madison Population Health
Dissertation Grants

Sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program at UW-Madison is sponsoring a campus-wide competition for Population Health Dissertation Grants for the academic year 2009-2010. Eligible students must be enrolled in any UW-Madison Ph.D. program and be working on a topic in the study of health and society. One of our primary goals is to expand population health research across campus. Our aim is to encourage dissertations that include components of population health broadly defined, such as addressing the multiple determinants of health (e.g., biological, medical, behavioral, social, economic and environmental) and their important interactions over the life course; examining the measurement, distribution, or experiences of health; or evaluating interventions (at individual, community, or policy levels) for their impact on population health outcomes. For a good example of population health discourse, see: Kindig, Milbank Quarterly 85(1) 139-161, 2007 or visit the RWJF Health & Society Scholars Program web site at: http://www.pophealth.wisc.edu/rwjscholars/

The grant to the student is to be used toward dissertation research, such as for a pilot study, data collection expenses, or other research activities related to the student’s work in health and society. The proposal should clearly state a plan of action, how this award will improve current or planned research, and an explanation of how the money will be used. Proposals will be evaluated based on the quality of the proposal, the relevance of the work to expanding knowledge on health and society, and the project’s contribution to expanding research on health and society or population health across campus. Funds must be spent by April 30, 2011, and a final report is due to the RWJF Health & Society Scholars Program by July 1, 2011. In addition, a brief oral presentation will be required at a campus-wide symposium in the late Spring of 2011.

Award: $5,000 to the student, plus $1,000 to a faculty advisor *
(We anticipate approximately 8 awards.)

Due: February 25, 2010 (Notification: March 5, 2010)

* The funds to the faculty advisor go into a research account. These funds need not be spent on the doctoral student project. They are provided as incentive to participate in the dissertation research of students doing work on health and society.

Application Process: The proposal should include an abstract section (250 words max), project description, budget and budget rationale, and references. Please email the proposal (5 pages max, double-spaced, Arial 11 pt font or equivalent), a CV, and a brief letter from your advisor to Jane Lambert at jflamber@wisc.edu.

Grant Links: June 25, 2009

Madison, WI: Science/tech camp scholarships available

US: Ayn Rand Institute, Anthem Essay Contest

US: EPSRC Announces Nanotechnology Grand Challenges Call - Solutions for the Environment

US: $1,000 Gen and Kelly Tanabe Scholarship

US: Good Husbandry Grants for Farmers 2009

US: National Association of Elementary School Principals’ Sharing the Dream Grant (pdf)

US: Scholarships for Students Denied Federal Financial Aid Because of Drug Convictions

Grant Links: June19, 2009

Fond du Lac, WI: Fond du Lac Area United Way schedules grant training sessions

Fox Valley, WI: Community Foundation creates new 'bridge grant' program

Fox Valley, WI: SCA Tissue offers grants to schools

US: Center for Craft, Creativity and Design Graduate Research Grants

US: Parapsychology Scholarship

US: Percussive Arts Society Grants for presentations directed to underserved youth (pdf )

US, Canada, Mexico: BioQuip Undergraduate Scholarship (Entomology)

Grant Links: June 4, 2009

UW-Madison, UW-Platteville and UW-River Falls: Midwest Food Processors Association Scholarships

MSOE, Milwaukee, WI: Currently Available Annual and Endowed Scholarships

WI: Grants to help manufacturers

WI: WBCA (Baseball) Scholarship Application Form

WI: Wisconsin Sheep Breeders Cooperative 2009 Scholarship Application Form (pdf)

US: Abbott & Fenner Business Consultants Scholarship

US: The Home Depot Trade Scholarship Program

Rural Housing Service, Housing Preservation Grant Applications Due July 10th

v009 Notice of Funds Availability(NOFA) for the Housing Preservation Grant (HPG) program has recently been released.

From the NOFA:
"The HPG program is a grant program which provides qualified public agencies, private non-profit organizations, which may include, but not be limited to, faith-based and community organizations, and other eligible entities grant funds to assist very low- and low-income homeowners in repairing and rehabilitating their homes in rural areas."

Grant Links: May 15, 2009

WI: Grants Available for Forest & Wildland Fire Suppression

WI: Summer Music Institute Scholarships (pdf)

WI: Youth Entrepreneur Camp – Scholarships Available

WI Schools: $1.7 Million Available to Help Homeless Wisconsin Kids, Families

US: CVS Caremark Charitable Trust Grants – Supporting Children with Disabilities

US: Art Directors Club Scholarships

US: American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Innovation Fund

Grant Links: May 8, 2009

Newton, WI: Newton Lions Club offers scholarship (scroll down to view announcement)

WI Tech Colleges: Wisconsin Rural Rehabilitation Scholarship

WI: Wisconsin Library Association Diversity Scholarship

US: 2009 Save America's Treasures Grant Applications Now Available

US: Travelocity Change Ambassador Volunteer Travel Grants

Grant Links: May 1, 2009

Neenah, WI: Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Foundation and J. J. Keller Foundation Inc. Scholarships

Sheboygan, WI: Music Club offering two scholarships (Scroll down to view posting)

WI: The Arts Challenge Initiative (ACI) - Minority Program

WI: Jersey Youth Scholarships Now Available

WI: Shamrock Club of Wisconsin (Scroll down to “SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS”)

WI: Wisconsin Council on Children and Families: Announces “What Family Means to Me” college scholarship contest

Grant Links: April 16, 2009

UW-Madison: Contest: What does a new student need to know?

WI: Arts grants available thanks to federal economic stimulus

WI: Fuels for Schools & Communities Program

WI: WTA Scholarship Program for 2009 (.doc)

US: Apply for the Jan Stauber Grant (Introducing Young People to Sherlock Holmes)

US: Travel Grants for Young Professionals and Graduate Students

Grant Links: April 8, 2009

Chippewa Falls, WI: Charities put call out for scholarship applicants

Cross Plains, WI: Chamber of Commerce is offering two $500 scholarships to area high school seniors (Scroll down to view announcement)

Fond du Lac, WI: Excellence in Education nominees sought for district

St. Croix & Pierce Counties, WI: Master gardeners offering beautification grants

WI: Cooperative Conservation Initiative Grant Apps Due April 23

New: E-Books in the GIC!

Now available at the GIC: Foundation Center Grant Guides in pdf format!

The Foundation Center has expanded upon is popular Grant Guide series, with additional subject coverage and a new "digital" (pdf) format. Each Guide provides you with descriptions of hundreds—often thousands—of recent foundation grants of $10,000 or more, with convenient hyperlinks to essential funder information to help you identify prospects and get the grants you need.

The following titles are available for free on-site at Memorial Library in the Grants Information Collection. They are also available for purchase on the Foundation Center Web site.

Grants for Capacity Building, Management & Technical Assistance
Grants for Community & Economic Development
Grants for Housing
Grants for Information Technology
Grants for Medical Research
Grants for Public Health
Grants for Religion

So, come on in and take a look!

Local Non-profit Secures Numerous Grants, Thanks to the GIC!

My name is Jamie Kratz-Gullickson and I am the Executive Director for PAVE – People Against A Violent Environment in Dodge County, WI. We are a small (budget under $350K) non-profit agency that provides shelter and services 365 days a year, 24 hours a day to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault.

I first met with Nikki Busch in the summer of 2008. I had recently been promoted to the Executive Director position and had taken a grant writing class that suggested I contact her. I brought a staff person along and we met with Nikki for about an hour or two. She introduced us to all the resources the Grants Information Collection had to offer us – from books to online resources to handouts. I returned to our agency with that information and spent the rest of the year researching and writing – and running an agency (grants are about 25% of my job).

In one month, we raised nearly $28,000. A fair portion of that was foundation dollars. We are currently waiting to hear about an additional $250,000 of pending requests. Even in this economic climate, the dollars are out there…you just have to know what you are looking for.

--Jamie Kratz-Gullickson

PAVE PO Box 561
Beaver Dam, WI 53916
920-887-3810
www.peopleagainstaviolentenvironment.com