About
The Brenau University Office of University Advancement Contracts and Grants Program promotes research and scholarly activities for faculty and administrative staff by helping them locate, secure, and manage external grant funding. Assistance is provided spanning the entire grant cycle, from conceptual development and planning through submission, implementation, administration, and reporting of funded projects.
Support provided includes
Pre-Submission Assistance
- Program development brainstorming
- Funding strategy development
- Identification of funding opportunities
- Liaise with funding program officers to qualify projects
- Submission timeline development
- Grant proposal review and editing
- Grant budget development and editing
- Helping secure necessary internal approvals for grant submission
Proposal Writing Assistance
- Help conceptually frame the proposal
- Help align the proposal to foundation criteria
- Grant submission
Post Award
- Award administration
- Ensure compliance with University and funding agency policies
- Arrange and coordinate foundation site visits to Brenau
- Seek funder feedback
- Assess resubmission feasibility
Philanthropy News Digest
Links to Grant Writing Resources
- Grantspace Short Course: Foundation Center Proposal Writing
- Chronicle of Higher Education, “How to Fail in Grant Writing” by Elizabeth Jakob, Adam Porter, Jeffrey Podos, Barry Braun, Norman Johnson, and Stephen Vessey
- Chronicle of Higher Education, “Becoming a Successful Principle Investigator” by David A. Stone
- The Art of Grantsmanship (PDF), Jacob Kraicer
- NCURA, “It’s Not About Me: Musings of a Grant Writer” (PDF) by Dr. Virginia Burggraf
- Philanthropy.com video: Foundations Reveal What They Look For in Grant Proposals
- National Institutes of Health Grants on YouTube
Contact
Stefan Schulze
Grant Writer
ude.uanerb@ezluhcss
Phone: +1-770-534-6233
FAX: +1-770-538-4300
Office of University Advancement
500 Washington St. S.E.
Gainesville, Georgia 30501
500 Washington St. S.E.
Gainesville, Georgia 30501