Resource Development through its Texas Center for Grants Development offers three opportunities throughout the year for you to learn more about grant writing. We have designed the sessions to support those of you just beginning to learn about grants to those of you who have knowledge and experience in grants development.

All About Grants: Two-Day Institutes strive to support those of you who identify yourself as a beginning, advanced, or expert grants professional through an intensive overview of proven grant practices. This Institute is held twice a year, in the summer (June) and winter (February).

The Ins and Outs is typically held in the fall and was created to provide beginning grant writers or program planners with the tools to start funding their programs.

You may also search for each opportunity by going to Training and Workshops via our workshop management system and searching by event.

Whether you are a beginning grant specialist or a seasoned professional, All About Grants: Two-Day Institute is designed to enhance your organization's capability to plan, write and process successful grant proposals. The Institute covers an overview of the complex grant writing process and aspects of pre-planning, planning, implementation, evaluation and reporting within grants development through hands-on and practice activities.

The Ins and Outs of Grants introduces participants to the fundamentals of grants and the grant process. You learn the difference between public and private funding. Find out where to look for funding. Discover components of a proposal, and empower yourself with other pertinent information to begin writing grant proposals.

Connecting to funders is the first step to creating sustainable programs. Using the latest online resources, this workshop is designed to train participants to research funding opportunities that support medium to large projects, clarify funding criteria and analyze organizational fit with funding opportunities.

The Ins and Outs of Budgets helps beginning grant professionals understand the fundamentals of grant budgets. Participants learn about: 1) grant budgeting and categories; 2) OMB Circulars and allowable and disallowable costs; and 3) design elements for multi-year grant budgets.

Most educators and/or grant specialists are asked to construct the evaluation section of a grant application. This session provides the participant with a general understanding of program evaluation and required components of an evaluation plan for a grant proposal. It also addresses what grant applicants can do and when they may need to consult an outside evaluator. Practice activities and examples are provided.

You can our secure payment system to register for these and other HCDE workshops at http://wms.hcde-texas.org. Just search by conference for All About Grants or individual series sessions titles.