Featured Publications

“Creating Fundable Grant Proposals” published by the American Library Association

“Assessing the Effectiveness of Collaboration Workshops in an Academic Library: A Mixed Methods Approach”

Book chapter: Academic Libraries in the Academy: Strategies and Approaches to Demonstrate Your Value, Impact, and Return on Investment published by the Association of College and Research Libraries

Video Grantwriting/Collaboration Trainings

Where do we ‘Grow’ from here? Cultivating the Relationship-Driven Library Interview

This conversation organized by Let’s Move In Libraries examines: How can we continue to build a national community of public librarians committed to working collaboratively with their communities to transform cultures of health? We’ll wrap up the event by discussing this question with a national expert on community collaboration. We’ll also discuss where do we go from here: How can we continue to come together and support each other as we all seek to start and sustain impactful community relationships?

Practical proposal-writing workshop for the humanities

This hands-on grant/fellowship proposal-writing workshop for University of Florida humanities faculty, students, and staff focuses on two activities to demystify the grant-writing process. First, it guides participants through a dissection of the often ‘theoretical’ guidelines issued by funding bodies to convert these into ‘practical’ strategies for manageable and effective grant-writing. Second, paricipants have the opportunity to see the process through reviewers’ eyes by analyzing and discussing examples of past successful and unsuccessful funding proposals. This workshop includes examples from traditional grant and fellowship programs in the humanities, such as the faculty Fulbright and NEH Summer Stipend competitions, as well as examples of larger collaborative projects and projects involving the development of archival resources.

Grant writing basics for graduate study for McNair Scholars Program

This in-person training video presents basic information to new graduate students enrolled in a cohort at the University of Florida. It provides introductory information about the importance of acquiring grant-seeking skills in preparation for future careers. It emphasizes that grant writing and grantseeking are disciplines that require practice and cumulative experiences.

Grant writing basics for museum studies (Part 1, Part 2)

These in-person training videos present basic information to new graduate students in museum studies enrolled in a degree-seeking program at the University of Florida. They provide introductory information about the importance of acquiring grant-seeking skills in preparation for future careers. They emphasize that grant writing and grantseeking are disciplines that require practice and cumulative experiences.

Grantwriting in the humanities for graduate students

This in-person training video presents basic information about funding in the humanities to graduate students in a grant writing course at the University of Florida. It provides introductory information about where to locate humanities funding, types of funding available, why grantwriting is important in the humanities, and other beginning tips for grant writing.

Grantwriting for STEM graduate students

This in-person training video presents basic information about funding for STEM disciplines to new graduate students at the University of Florida. It provides introductory information about how to search and locate STEM funding, types of funding available, why grantwriting is important in the STEM fields, and other beginning tips for grant writing.

Grantwriting for international graduate students

This in-person training video presents basic information about funding for international graduate students across the disciplines at the University of Florida. It provides introductory information about how to search and locate funding for which international students are eligible, types of funding available, why grantwriting is important in graduate education, and other beginning tips for grant writing.

Grantwriting for the NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (Part 1 — Part 2 — Part 3)

This 3-part in-person training video presents detailed how-to information about applying for the National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant at the University of Florida.  Presenters include past graduate student awardees/winners and past grant reviewers.

Fulbright United States Student Program workshop

This informational in-person workshop video for students interested in applying for Fulbright fellowships was presented by the Director of the Fulbright Program at the University of Florida.

Building a successful grant seeking program for academic libraries

This informational in-person workshop video presents how to establish a mini-grant program for faculty librarians at the University of Florida. It provides information on how to develop grant projects in teams, the steps involved in developing fundable ideas, and writing different components of the application, as well as acquiring approvals and final submission.

Strategies for Developing Competitive Proposals for Humanities Fellowships and Grants

This informational in-person workshop video presents the mechanics of writing fundable humanities grants proposals for humanities faculty and students at the University of Florida. The workshop includes strategies for hooking the reader, addressing review criteria, and creating a complete and convincing research story and grant package.

Audio Resource

Collaborative Grantseeking Strategies Interview

We discuss how nonprofits can better collaborate and build a grant-seeking culture. Bess offers insight into writing successful grant proposals and explains how asset mapping/diversity, checklist maintenance, facilitating difficult situations, and internal training will give your grant seeking efforts the edge they need!