Grant Writing: Navigating Uncertainty and Maximizing Funding Opportunities

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NEW COURSE! Develop new strategies to seek out funds and write grant applications.

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Course Details

Course Name: Grant Writing: Navigating Uncertainty and Maximizing Funding Opportunities
Course Code: BC0185WA26
Date of Most Recent Offering: September 11, 18, & 25, 2025

Date: September 11, 18, & 25, 2025 UPDATE THIS FOR NEXT OFFERING
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EDT UPDATE THIS FOR NEXT OFFERING

Location: Online UPDATE THIS FOR NEXT OFFERING
Format: Live, instructor-led UPDATE THIS FOR NEXT OFFERING

Registration Fee: $375 per person UPDATE THIS FOR NEXT OFFERING

Registration closes: September 10, 2025 UPDATE THIS FOR NEXT OFFERING

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Course Overview

When the funding landscape becomes unpredictable, developing new strategies to seek out grants becomes a necessity. This online workshop, presented in three 90-minute sessions, will empower participants to respond to current and future challenges. Attendees will learn how to make informed decisions about allocating resources and identifying critical priorities to better maintain financial stability and flexibility in the face of federal disruptions.

The sessions are scheduled as follows.

Session 1: Managing Change in Uncertain Times

Thursday, September 11, 2025
Widespread federal disruptions have impacted those relying on federal grant funding. Institutions of higher education and non-profit organizations are now faced with unforeseen executive orders, payment delays, funding cancellations, and limited communication. These disruptions have affected the ability to budget and creating great uncertainty in planning future work. This session will discuss how to manage change during uncertain times.

Session 2: Charting your Course—Creating a Strategic Response

Thursday, September 18, 2025
With an unpredictable landscape, institutions of higher education and non-profit organizations have an opportunity to be proactive and develop strategies to respond to unforeseen challenges. This session will build on the foundation of Session 1: Managing Change in Uncertain Times and discuss organizational alignment for a strategic response, a review of compliance and reporting practices, cash-flow survival, components of contingency plans, and how to stay compliant with current federal regulations.

Session 3: Moving Forward—Identifying Funding that Will Support Your Funding Goals

Thursday, September 25, 2025
Institutions of higher education and non-profit organizations will need to understand how disruptions or delays in federal awards may affect their financial health. It is critical to create contingency plans that will respond to cash flow issues as they arise. Building upon the foundation laid in the first two sessions of this course, this session will help participants to think outside the box and provide useful tips on how to identify alternative sources of revenue, how to make informed decisions about allocating resources, and how to identify critical priorities to better maintain financial stability and flexibility due to federal disruptions.

Meet Your Instructor

Elaine Griffin, Rutgers University

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Elaine Griffin is the Associate Director of Grants Facilitation of the SEBS and NJAES Office of Research. Over the last ten years, she has served the Office as both a Manager of Compliance and Quality Control (4 years) and a Research Grant and Contract Specialist (6 years). In these roles, Elaine provided training and troubleshooting in all aspects of grant facilitation, including contract review, guidance on budget development, external and internal documentation, post-award spending, coordination of workflow, implementation of programs, and effective documentation of impact. Elaine’s work portfolio includes over 20 years of experience securing money for academic and non-profit environments. She has written and contributed to many successful funding proposals in the areas of public health, family health sciences, 4-H, nutritional sciences, food policy, multicultural programming, agricultural resources, and environmental sciences. She has also delivered and designed educational programs to community groups seeking grant funding through the Office of Continuing and Professional Education.

Student Reviews

“The course was extremely useful on how to organize, prepare, review and submit a grant application. Elaine is knowledgeable, organized, articulate, and very effective at teaching the material.”

– John Schwartz

Graduate Business School Career Advisor
Rutgers University

“[I learned] How to help my faculty find grants of their interest and to support them as they write the proposals.”

– Past Participant

On instructor Elaine Griffin: “Confident, knowledgeable, dynamic speaker and great storyteller.”

– Past Participant

Continuing Education Credits

The most recent offering of Grant Writing: Navigating Uncertainty and Maximizing Funding Opportunities was approved for 0.4 Rutgers CEUs (4.5 contact hours) as well as the following credits from professional organizations. We will reapply for similar credits the next time the course runs, but we cannot guarantee credit approval for future offerings.

The Grant Writing: Navigating Uncertainty and Maximizing Funding Opportunities course is approved for 0.4 Rutgers CEUs (4.5 contact hours) as well as the following credits from professional organizations.

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NJ County Finance Officer (CCFO): 4.5 Financial & Debt Management Contact Hours

NJ Municipal Finance Officer (CMFO): 4.5 Financial & Debt Management Contact Hours

NJ Certified Public Works Managers (CPWM): 4.5 Management Contact Hours

NJ Certified Tax Collector (CTC): 4.5 General/Secondary Contact Hours

NJ Health Officers and Registered Environmental Health Specialists (HO/REHS): Rutgers University, NJAES, Office of Continuing Professional Education has been approved by the New Jersey Department of Health as a provider of NJ Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs). Participants who complete this education program will be awarded 4.5 NJ Public Health Continuing Education Contact Hours (CEs).

NJ Registered Municipal Clerk (RMC): 4.5 Finance Contact Hours

Course Requirements and Policies

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This online course will be delivered via Zoom.

Equipment you will need to access this training:

  • Laptop or desktop computers are required for this class.
  • A microphone is required.
  • High speed internet or Wi-Fi connection is required.

You will receive an email from Olga Welsh with your Zoom link the day before class.

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A unique email address is required for each registrant to register and access our courses.

  • If this is your first time registering with us, please provide your own unique email address when registering; do not provide an email address that you share with co-workers.
  • If you have previously taken classes with us and have used an email address that you share with your co-workers or supervisor, your account must be updated with a unique email address. To do this, please send an email to us at registration@njaes.rutgers.edu stating that your email address needs to be changed and include:
    • Your full name
    • The shared email address that needs to be changed
    • Your unique email address
    • A phone number where you can be reached if we have any questions

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A $90 cancellation fee applies for this course. No substitutions are permitted. View our cancellation policy.

Program Questions? We’re Here to Help!

If you have any questions about Grant Writing: Navigating Uncertainty and Maximizing Funding Opportunities, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.

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Program Coordinator: Olga Welsh
848-932-7315
ow31@njaes.rutgers.edu

For registration assistance, please contact our Registration Department at 848-932-9271, option 2 or email registration@njaes.rutgers.edu.

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