February 25, 2005
Workshop guides writers developing grant proposals
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service is offering its fourth annual workshop to help enhance grant proposal writing skills.
"Last year's participants reported more than $1 million in funded proposals," said Aadron Rausch, Extension Specialist and certified grant writer. "Participants will learn skills they can use to improve their own communities."
The Beginner's Guide to Grant Writing is a two-part videoconference workshop to be conducted by state specialists on Purdue's campus and Extension educators at 17 different sites throughout the state. The two-day workshop will be offered April 6 and May 4 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
This workshop is for both novice and experienced grant writers who want to learn a proven, effective process to develop ideas into winning proposals, target potential funders, and understand the full proposal development, submission and review process.
"Each participant will develop their own ideas into a proposal outline, expand the outline into a complete proposal, learn the process for critiquing and scoring proposals, and identify strategies for matching proposal ideas to potential funders," said Rausch, who developed the program.
The registration deadline is March 7, and forms are available at all Purdue Extension offices or by contacting Terry Saunders at (888) 398-4636, tasaunde@purdue.edu. The cost to attend the workshop is $125 per person. This fee includes the "Beginner's Guide to Grant Writing" manual, lunch both days and follow-up technical assistance. Checks should be made payable to Purdue University.
Site locations include:
• Purdue Extension Steuben County office, Angola.
• Purdue Extension Wells County office, Bluffton.
• Whitewater Technical Center, Connersville.
• Purdue Extension Harrison County office, Corydon.
• Purdue Extension Hendricks County office, Danville.
• Purdue Extension Vanderburgh County office, Evansville.
• Purdue Extension Allen County office, Fort Wayne.
• Clinton County Learning Network, Frankfort.
• Purdue Extension Elkhart County office, Goshen.
• Purdue Extension Marion County office, Indianapolis.
• Purdue Extension Tippecanoe County office, Lafayette.
• Purdue Extension LaGrange County office, LaGrange.
• Martin County Learning Center, Loogootee.
• Purdue Extension Jasper County office, Rensselaer.
• Schergens Center, Tell City.
• Purdue Extension Southwest District office, Vincennes.
• Pulaski County Learning Network, Winamac.
Purdue Extension is dedicated to building Indiana communities through research-based programs and services that promote strong families and communities.
Writer: Julie Douglas, (765) 494-8402, douglajk@purdue.edu
Source: Aadron Rausch, (765) 494-9516, rauschaj@purdue.edu
Ag Communications: (765) 494-2722;
Beth Forbes, forbes@purdue.edu
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