Grant Writing Workshop

9th Annual Energy Efficiency Summit

February 10, 2013

Danielle Lauber, PowerSave Green Campus

Katherine Walsh, UC Berkeley

• Writing 101 and resources

• Grant Writing 101and resources

• California Higher Education Sustainability

Conference (CHESC) Student Best Practice Award

• Questions & Discussion

• Refining your writing skills is important

because…

•Communication with team, Campus Lead, campus

stakeholders

• PSGC Newsletter

•Grants

• Professional development skill – your future career

depends on it!

• 5 Tips to improve your writing

1. Write everyday

2. Take your time

3. Quality is ALWAYS better than quantity

4. Ask for help

5. Practice proofreading

• Writing in college (or for your internship) is different

than writing in high school – academic writing

• By a scholar (YOU!) for other scholars

• Be informed

• Analytical Writing

• Summarize > Evaluate > Analyze > Synthesize

• Always consider your audience

• Structure

• Introduction > Thesis > Support Paragraphs > Conclusions

• Tone and style

• Grammar Resources

•Grammar Handbook

•Grammar and Style Notes

• Science & Technical Writing guides

• Technical report writing

•Writing for engineering and science students

• Guides for ‘English as a Second Language’ students

•On-line writing lab

• Commonly used phrases

And, now onto our regularly scheduled programming…

• A grant is an award given to a recipient for an

approved purpose.

• Abstract Submission Form

• Application Submission Form

• Do no get stuck on the summary and history of the

project.

• Avoid non-specific, cliché, gimmicky, and flowery language.

• PROVE what you can accomplish with the requested funding.

• Lay-out your project implementation steps.

• Provide a detailed and accurate budget.

• Talk qualitative and quantitative metrics.

• Show how you will measure and report success.

• Have a plan for education and outreach.

• Know the process- how to apply and when.

• Do not wait until the last minute to start the application.

• Read all the directions first. Follow all the directions.

• Stick to the required length and font size.

• Answer all the questions.

• Proofread. Have someone else also proofread.

• Submit by the deadline.

• To what funder are you applying? What is the

funder’s mission? What are its goals?

• Are there any buzzwords or stand-out language

the funder uses in its program that you could

incorporate into your application?

•What are some buzzwords?

• Know what a winning grant proposal contains.

• Read past examples of grant proposals that have

been selected by the funder.

• Know the funder’s expectations of selected

grant winners.

• Will you and your project be able to meet

those expectations?

• But wait- where IS the money?

• Start at your own school- administrative grants, department

grants or sponsorships, vendor sponsorships, career center

• Look locally- town/city government grants, local officials’

sponsorships, local centers’ grants, state government funding,

local non-profit, utilities, businesses

• Look nationally- faculty connections and networks, federal

government grants, educational awards, regional utilities

• Look globally- corporations, global governing agencies,

global non-profits

• Fellowships

How do I achieve greatness with all of these writing tips?

http://www.cahigheredusustainability.org/awards/categoriesandforms.aspx

Save the Date!

June 23–27, 2013

University of California, Santa

Barbara

Applications Due: March 8

• Project Name

• Implementation period (2012)

• Project budget

• Estimated annual kWh savings

• Other project results

• Why project is a ‘BEST PRACTICE’

• Collaboration and sustainable elements

• How has the project been received on your campus

• Additional information

• Project location(s): Four UCSF residentail

housing facilities

• Some photos, graphs, infographics are better to convey

particular information and help tell the reader a story.

• Include and refer to attachments

• Other winning applications to review include: CSULB, UCB, SLO in 2012 (found on Central Desktop > Best Practice Appilications)

• Here is the BP Awards timeline:

• By February 4: Applications available online

• By March 8: Nominations due

• By April 5: Winners officially announced

• Applications found HERE:

http://www.cahigheredusustainability.org/awards/categoriesandforms.aspx

• EVERY team is expected to submit an application!!

Your Campus Lead will help guide you through the

process.