Workshop: National Federal Grants Conference   

Course ID - CTD0702b 

Short Title: Grants Conference    

 Audience    All Employees 
Length of Workshop:       8 hours (4 workshop hours and 4 for project completion) 
Prerequisite   

* Approved CT&D Workshop for Faculty Professional Development hours.


Description:
The National Federal Grants Conference will be held on Friday, October 21 at Miami Dade College North Campus. The theme for this years conference is Advancing Higher Education, Science and Outreach and it will explore how government and academia can collaborate to overcome challenges and achieve success. Participants will have an opportunity to interact with federal officials and learn about government funding opportunities available to their institutions and organizations.
Participating government agencies include the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Institutes of Health.
Faculty Participants will be asked to research current or future request for proposals (RFPs) offered under agencies that presented at the conference, identify a single potential RFP, and develop a 3-5 page concept paper based on the likely content of the identified RFP (this can be determined by researching how the RFP was presented during past award period. Concept papers should include a description of the problem that the proposal will address, how the grant funds will solve the problem, and the methods that they will use to solve the problem in terms of objectives and predicted outcomes. The concept paper is due to the faculty members' respective campus dean by November 11, 2011

Objectives

As a result of successful completion of the workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Learn about funding opportunities in the federal government 
  • Interact with federal government officials
  • Identify best practices in writing federal grants
  • Network with other university faculty and administrators

 

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Registration information
Course ID: CTD0702b 
Course Title: Grants Conference 
Reference # - see table 

How to Register

Registration for CT&D workshops are through the Student Information and Registration system.  The process for registering for a CTD workshop will be the same as registering for a regular class at MDC.  

New - Easier registration for workshops

You can access the Registration System and register for a CTD workshop using the same user name and password that use to login to your computer.    Example:   Richard Johnson  would be rjohnson     (You will NOT need to create a separate student myMDC account to register for a CTD workshop) 

Make a note of the Reference Number for the workshop then go to Registration Instructions

Once you have registered for a class, you can print your schedule.    Please make every effort to attend once you've registered as seats are limited.     However, If you need to drop, you can also do this through the Web Registration screen.     CTD classes will appear on your transcript as non-credit classes.

If you need special assistance to participate in this workshop due to a disability, please call CT&D at 7-2366 so that appropriate arrangements can be made.  College Training and Development complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act.