For faculty wanting dedicated time and space to write, the Faculty Writing Initiative (FWI) convenes faculty to write independently, together. FWI is designed to support faculty in achieving their academic and creative goals through work on writing projects of any kind—including grant proposals and research articles.
Faculty across all ranks, including non-tenure track, can participate either fall or spring semester.
*FWI for Fall 2024 has started! Please contact Drs. Antonio Byrd or Jane Greer for more information or availability to join while in-progress.
Offered each fall, Art of Grants (AOG) is an 8-week, asynchronous course that focuses on all aspects of grants from locating requests for proposals to theories of change to writing engaging proposals offered each fall.
Through Canvas, faculty spend one hour each week connecting with each other, reading articles, trying resources, and watching videos of experienced scholars – here at UMKC and nationally. Faculty who complete this training by October 31 will receive a $500 stipend.
Faculty participating in AOG will also be invited to submit a four (4) page proposal for a course release or small grant up to $4,000.
Faculty in the Large-Scale Proposal Development Workshop will provide individual feedback to each proposal. Up to ten proposals be awarded.
*AOG for the Fall 2024 semester is full!
The Large-scale Grant Proposal Development Workshop is an 8-week practical grant proposal development workshop offered each fall. This workshop is open exclusively to faculty or researchers who have experience getting federal funding but want to build a larger team for a more significant societal issue.
Participants attending four out of five sessions and participating asynchronously on Canvas will receive a $500 stipend.
This spring workshop series combines faculty from Art of Grants and Large-scale Proposal Development to share progress on their proposed work and receive structured feedback from their colleagues. It is designed to support momentum toward successful proposal submission.
Grant Proposal Workshops last eight weeks and two faculty teams or groups present at each meeting. Details will be shared directly to members of these groups.
Faculty with grant experience mentor their faculty colleagues pursuing a grant in the same or related competition.
Each faculty grant mentor receives a stipend of $500 to meet with faculty at least four times and review and make suggestions on project description narrative at least once.
Submit Your Interest in Research Mentoring
Assist with ad hoc grant proposal reviews with the goal of supporting highly competitive grant proposals of your colleagues. Each review panelist will be compensated - based on the number and size of the proposal(s).
Faculty interested in serving as an internal proposal reviewer, contact Alexis Petri by email petria@umkc.edu.