Sentences with phrase «grant writing effort»

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A portion of her time is spent writing grant proposals, for her research in water contamination and to support her outreach efforts.

Second, funding such efforts is likely to require not merely writing another grant, but, rather, encouraging investigators / educators to add in a small budget — and appropriate language — to research and training grants across departments, even across the whole institution.

«The scientific academies in the leading industrialized and emerging countries — which often control the purse strings for major research grants — must orchestrate a serious and transparent international research effort funded by their governments,» Victor and his colleagues wrote in the paper.

, while Longo, behaving a bit like an ingratiating fan boy and in exchange for granting Finkel exclusive rights to his story, picks Finkel's brain in an effort to learn how to write better.

When funds for the school's recycling effort began to dwindle, Shroufe reached out beyond the school, writing and acquiring grants from local organizations, such as the Clackamas County Recycling Partnership.

Leaders of urban school districts are telling the Obama administration that efforts to turn around low - performing schools via the $ 5.5 billion School Improvement Grant (SIG) program are unlikely to have much impact, writes Lesli Maxwell.

«Enacting Pell Grants for Kids should be the next central thrust of federal efforts to improve the nation's schools,» writes Senator Alexander, who served as secretary of education in the George H.W. Bush administration.

«There's a disproportionate amount of anxiety,» said David Coleman, who led the effort to write the standards with a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Prior to her role at Expect More Arizona, Adriana expanded her role in education advocacy and policy as the operations and development manager at Stand for Children Arizona, where she managed partnerships with Latino organizations, led volunteer outreach efforts, and oversaw events and grant writing.

Following the lead set by NCTAF 20 years ago in What Matters Most and supported by a key grant from the National Education Association, Educators Rising embarked on an ambitious effort this year to write standards for aspiring teachers.

We will do this by writing grants for your school, supporting your efforts with grants, or collaborating with organizations to offer unique fundraisers for your school to obtain needed materials.

Its i3 grant of $ 3 million in the Development category for testing promising programs and practices, will support efforts to harness technology in support of teaching writing aligned with academic standards and targeted to individual student need.

All of the teachers spoke about specific changes they were making in classroom practice, but a few also spoke of their grant - writing efforts to fund district professional development initiatives, and of their roles as facilitators of those district - level efforts.

In an effort to open writing contests and grants to undocumented immigrants, a group called the «Undocupoets» successfully petitions some of the most prominent presses and literary organizations in America.

This investigation into the interplay of business and 1970s oil price and allocation regulation led him to apply for a grant from the Cato Institute to write a history of U.S. oil and natural gas regulation, an anticipated 18 - month project that turned into five years of full - time effort.

Leading funding efforts for nonprofit organizations in the Seattle metropolitan area focused on environmental laws and climate change initiatives; writing government and foundation grant proposals, performing interviews to fulfill grant requirements, producing QA and progress reports, and successfully securing funds to accelerate organizations» missions.

The strongest resume examples for Development Directors describe duties such as preparing annual budgets, creating marketing materials, implementing the branding strategy, writing grant proposals, identifying and securing sponsors, and training other staff to involve in fundraising efforts.

The agency is involved in local policymaking, grant writing and outreach programs to help raise awareness about this issue and institute services to address mental health needs.2 The Austin Street Center provides emergency shelter, food, clothing and other support services in an effort to help people find employment and a permanent residence.