Grant Development Services

• Link Grant Development planning process with Pellissippi State strategic plan
• Identify appropriate funding sources to meet strategic goals and disseminate to academic and administrative department staff
• Direct the development of major grant projects with faculty and staff appointed or approved by the president
• Provide technical assistance for the development of competitive grant proposals with supporting budgets
• Edit and complete proposal preparation for submittal
• Maintain liaison with federal, state, and local funding sources
• Negotiate budgets for funded projects
• Monitor principal investigators' progress evaluation and compliance with annual report and other required reports by the funding source and grant development
• Monitor progress of funded projects
• Provide workshops and technical assistance training for project directors and other community constituents
• Assist with development of continuation proposals for multi-year projects
• Maintain knowledge of grant opportunities and agency staff via Council for Resource Development, Tennessee Council for Resource Development, and local and regional professional organizations
• Attend federal, regional, state, and local technical assistance workshops for selected funding sources as they are announced
• Provide annual evaluation of the institutional grant development process

last updated 6/10/2009 nnb