Shawn D. Ginther, M.S.W, Ph.D - Department of Social Work

Overview:
In an era of fiscal conservatism, competent and successful grantsmanship is an invaluable skill because financially vulnerable and chronically underfunded human service organizations must competitively procure alternative money from various sources in order to survive and expand. Workshop participants will learn about systematic grantwriting, various pre-proposal tasks, essential grant components, actual grantwriting skills, and post-proposal writing activities such as contracting (re)negotiations, grant implementation, project management, and program evaluation. Participants will learn how to develop their own personalized grantwriting and management systems, and will learn about the "big picture" (the social, political, and economic contexts) of grant writing and project management. Participants will also learn how to skillfully locate and approach diverse local, regional, and national sources of money, and how to tailor their proposals to reflect these funders' various allocation priorities. This workshop is intended for a diverse audience including both beginning and advanced students of grantwriting.
Prerequisite:
none

Workshop Logistics
Learning Goals & Objectives
Requirements for Undergraduate Credit
Requirements for Graduate Credit
Grading Policy
Workshop Listserv
Principal Reading Materials
Resources - Summer
Resources - Fall

Logistics:
Meetings: September 13, 20, & 27, 2008
Proposal Due: October 10, 2008
Room: Hagen 113
Faculty: S. D. Ginther, M.S.W., Ph.D .; S. E. Humphers-Ginther, Ph.D.
Office Locale: Lommen 83b; Lommen 102b
Office Phone: 218.477.2634; 218.477.2042
E-mail: sginther@mnstate.edu; humphers@mnstate.edu
Social Work Department phone: 218.477.2632
Sociology and Criminal Justice Department: 218.477.2045
Continuing Studies: www.mnstate.edu/continue/
Department Web Page: www.moorhead.msus.edu/socialwk/
Office hours:By appointment
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Goals and Objectives:
Our goals are to teach workshop participants:
(1) The fundamentals of successful grantwriting;
(2) How to write a fundable proposal grounded in client outcome assessment;
(3) How to develop their own grantwriting system.

Our objectives are to enable workshop attendees to:
(1) Demonstrate competent grantwritingvia writing a submission-quality grant;
(2) Respond to a specific grant announcement;
(3) Develop their personalized grantwriting system;
(4) Implement the proposal development process:

Pre-development Preparation;
Actual Development Strategies;
Submission;
Pre-Award Negotiation;
Post-Award Outcome Assessment protocols.
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Requirements for Undergraduate Credit:
To evaluate the mastery of the materials presented during this workshop and give undergraduate students seeking academic credit a grade for their work (CEH credit is not graded!), the formal graded class requirement will be the completion of a submission-quality, group-written proposal that members develop during, and complete shortly after, the workshop. Thus, some groupwork following the workshop to complete the proposal is required. This proposal must follow the united way of cass clay format and must be submitted by 4:30 PM on 17 October, 2008. This proposal cannot be submitted late under any circumstances since funders do not accept late sloppy grant applications. In instances where a late group proposal is submitted, feedback will be given with a group grade of "F" to members of that particular group seeking academic credit!
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Requirements for graduate credit:

Students taking our workshop for graduate credit will meet all undergraduate requirements, as well as complete individually an annotated bibliography covering the problem addressed by the grant. This bibliography will be in APA format, and include a minimum of 15 references with at least a 200 word paragraph of annotation for each citation. Each annotation paragraph must include a statement of the reference's relevance to the grant being developed.
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Grading Policy:
The following grading scheme will be used for all students seeking academic credit:
A = 90 - 100
B = 80 - 89
C = 70 - 79
D = 60 - 69
F = 00 - 59

REMEMBER : Poorly writen and unprofessional work will not be graded!
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Listserv:

A Listserv called "sw499grant" is available. Students may join this list to talk with class members and the instructor about class materials and class-related questions! To subscribe, send Email to "majordomo@mnstate.edu"; the "subject" line must be blank; and the message should read "SUBSCRIBE sw499grant".
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Principal Reading Materials:
Gitlin, L., & Lyons, K. (2004). Successful grant writing: Strategies for health and human service professionals (2nd edition) . NY: Springer.
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	SW 499 Grant Writing Overview: In an era of fiscal conservatism, competent and successful grantsmanship is an invaluable skill because financially vulnerable and chronically underfunded human service organizations must competitively procure alternative money from various sources in order to survive and expand. Workshop participants will learn about systematic grantwriting, various pre-proposal tasks, essential grant components, actual grantwriting skills, and post-proposal writing activities such as contracting (re)negotiations, grant implementation, project management, and program evaluation. Participants will learn how to develop their own personalized grantwriting and management systems, and will learn about the "big picture" (the social, political, and economic contexts) of grant writing and project management. Participants will also learn how to skillfully locate and approach diverse local, regional, and national sources of money, and how to tailor their proposals to reflect these funders' various allocation priorities. This workshop is intended for a diverse audience including both beginning and advanced students of grantwriting. Prerequisite: none Workshop Logistics Learning Goals & Objectives Requirements for Undergraduate Credit Requirements for Graduate Credit Grading Policy Workshop Listserv Principal Reading Materials Resources - Summer Resources - Fall Logistics: Meetings: September 13, 20, & 27, 2008 **Proposal Due: October 10, 2008** Room: Hagen 113 Faculty: S. D. Ginther, M.S.W., Ph.D .; S. E. Humphers-Ginther, Ph.D. Office Locale: Lommen 83b; Lommen 102b Office Phone: 218.477.2634; 218.477.2042 E-mail: sginther@mnstate.edu; humphers@mnstate.edu Social Work Department phone: 218.477.2632 Sociology and Criminal Justice Department: 218.477.2045 Continuing Studies: www.mnstate.edu/continue/ Department Web Page: www.moorhead.msus.edu/socialwk/ *Office hours:By appointment* Back To Top Goals and Objectives: Our goals are to teach workshop participants: (1) The fundamentals of successful grantwriting; (2) How to write a fundable proposal grounded in client outcome assessment; (3) How to develop their own grantwriting system. Our objectives are to enable workshop attendees to: (1) Demonstrate competent grantwritingvia writing a submission-quality grant; (2) Respond to a specific grant announcement; (3) Develop their personalized grantwriting system; (4) Implement the proposal development process: Pre-development Preparation; Actual Development Strategies; Submission; Pre-Award Negotiation; Post-Award Outcome Assessment protocols.** Back To Top Requirements for Undergraduate Credit: To evaluate the mastery of the materials presented during this workshop and give undergraduate students seeking academic credit a grade for their work (CEH credit is not graded!), the formal graded class requirement will be the completion of a submission-quality, group-written proposal that members develop during, and complete shortly after, the workshop. Thus, some groupwork following the workshop to complete the proposal is required. This proposal must follow the united way of cass clay format and must be submitted by 4:30 PM on 17 October, 2008. This proposal cannot be submitted late under any circumstances since funders do not accept late sloppy grant applications. In instances where a late group proposal is submitted, feedback will be given with a group grade of "F" to members of that particular group seeking academic credit! Back To Top Requirements for graduate credit: Students taking our workshop for graduate credit will meet all undergraduate requirements, as well as complete individually an annotated bibliography covering the problem addressed by the grant. This bibliography will be in APA format, and include a minimum of 15 references with at least a 200 word paragraph of annotation for each citation. Each annotation paragraph must include a statement of the reference's relevance to the grant being developed. Back To Top Grading Policy: The following grading scheme will be used for all students seeking academic credit: A = 90 - 100 B = 80 - 89 C = 70 - 79 D = 60 - 69 F = 00 - 59 REMEMBER : Poorly writen and unprofessional work will not be graded! Back To Top Listserv: A Listserv called "sw499grant" is available. Students may join this list to talk with class members and the instructor about class materials and class-related questions! To subscribe, send Email to "majordomo@mnstate.edu"; the "subject" line must be blank; and the message should read "SUBSCRIBE sw499grant". Back To Top Principal Reading Materials: Gitlin, L., & Lyons, K. (2004). Successful grant writing: Strategies for health and human service professionals (2nd edition) . NY: Springer. Back To Top


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