Welcome to the Office of Stewardship and Grants Online!

We encourage faculty and staff members to pursue outside funding for ideas that advance the vision, mission and strategic plan of the University.

Browse through the links designed to acquaint faculty and staff to Mount Union's administrative support for seeing external funds. Along with our general solicitation philosophy , we inform the reader what to expect when researching funding sources, developing the proposal, preparing the budget , and submitting the proposal . For those whose requests are successfully funded, there is a section about managing the funded proposal.

Quick Links

From here you are one link away from online forms for

• Preliminary approval for pursing external funds

• Final approval for submitting a proposal

• Borrowing resource materials from the Office of Stewardship and Grants

• Requesting assistance in identifying prospective funding sources for your project

From here you are one click away from links for grant seekers, a variety of sites and search engines devoted to identifying funds from government, foundation and corporate sites.

Grant Writing Basics Workshop Series - Call Susan Denning at extension 2092!

Sessions will be scheduled for Fall 2010.

Session I Turning your Great Idea into a Fundable Project
October 12 or February 1, 10:35-11:35 a.m.

• Use the language that funding sources want to see
• Practical steps toward success (time management etc.)

Session II Elements of Proposal Narrative
October 19 or February 8, 10:35-11:35 a.m.

• Abstracts, Purposes, Goals, Objectives, Summaries and more
• Writing style

Session III Budget Preparation and Proposal Submission
October 26 or February 15, 10:35-11:35 a.m.

• Does it all add up? Budget pitfalls
• Dotting the i's and crossing the t's

Session IV Budget Preparation and Proposal Submission

• Does it all add up? Budget pitfalls
• Dotting the i's and crossing the t's

All faculty and Staff may attend. Space is limited and you must pre-register. Contact the office for a more detailed descprition of each session and session locations. To register, please call (330) 823-2092 or email osslercj@mountunion.edu no later than October 5 or January 25.