This workshop will be a hands-on presentation format where participants will search the Internet to explore popular grant development websites; work on actual grant applications; learn how to interpret Requests for Proposals (RFPs); discover how federal grants are scored; and learn what grant reviewers look for during the review process.

Each participant will receive a 250 page hard-cover grant writer’s manual that contains numerous hints, such as: techniques for beginners; grant development instructions; grant terminology glossary; instructions for e.Grants registration; a logic model template with instruction; a sample community foundation application; a grant writer’s tool-kit; Iowa and national foundation listings; and up-to-date grant development websites.

Class discussion will review grant opportunities from the government stimulus programs to a review about the State of Iowa Electronic Grants Enterprise Management System.  Instructors will also explain the requirements of the 2010 State of Iowa Minority Impact Statement.

Staff and volunteers of community or faith-based non-profit organizations, as well as employees of local and state government agencies, are encouraged to attend this two-day grant writing workshop that will be held September 28 and 29, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Muse-Norris Conference Center, Room 180, on the NIACC campus.  Registration fee is $159.  To register, or for more information, call 1-888 GO NIACC, Ext. 4358,  or 641-422-4358 and reference class #73303.