Toni Yancey <tyanc001@umaryland.edu> is the primary instructor for this course.

Course Description: This course is a brief overview of where to search for funding, how to determine if you should apply and how to write the basic components of all funding application: program description, budget and timeline.

Agenda: · Introductions, instructors, attendees-experience with grants? · Finding funding, Grants.gov, Foundation center, Community of Science, NNLM.gov, others · Break · Understanding a Request of Proposals · Developing your idea, program description, timeline, budget · Wrap-up

The instructional methods used include Lecture, Demonstration, Slides, Discussion, Dialog, Sharing/Self-disclosure, Hands-on Exercises, and Case Study.