Grants: Finding and Applying for Funding
September 19-21, 2011 | Wildacres, Little Switzerland, NC (Directions)
Monday, September 19th
- 4:00-6:00 Check-In, North Lodge Lobby
- 6:30 Dinner
- 7:30 Welcome and Opening Session featuring Susan Miller Cochran, NCSU, discussing the WPA Research Grants
- 8:30 Social/Networking in the Canteen
Tuesday, September 20th
- 8:00 Breakfast
- 9:00-10:30 Finding Funding Opportunities
1) Finding internal funding sources —Tim Peeples, Elon
2) Finding national funding sources—Meg Morgan/Boyd Davis, UNC Charlotte
- 10:45-12:30 Grant Writing 101/Finding Regional Funding Sources—Michelle Eble, ECU
- 12:30 Lunch
- 1:30-2:30 What I’ve learned: Stories from 6 years seeking funding from the National Writing Project– Lynne Rhodes, USC Aiken
- 2:30-5:00 Grant writing practice/drafting and working with “roaming consultants” (panelists and speakers)
- 5:00-6:00 Break/outdoor time
- 6:00 Dinner (CWPA Board Meeting)
- 7:30 Social/Bonfire
Wednesday, September 21st
- 8:00 Breakfast
- 8:45-9:45 Closing Session