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A Guide for Higher Education Leaders INTRODUCTION Across the higher education landscape, institutions are undermore pressure than ever to grow their grant portfolios. Whetherat a large research university or a smaller community college,grantseeking activities are an essential, targeted way to advancean institution’s strategic mission, vision, and goals. USE THIS “HOW-TO” GUIDE TOHELP YOUR INSTITUTION: Grantsgenerate funding pipelines for projects,programs,initiatives, or research that might otherwise not be possible.Successbreeds success,as entry-level grants can buildmomentumandgenerateadditionalopportunitiesforincreasingly lucrative sources of external funding. Grow a Grantseeking Culture.......... 3 Get Grantwriting-Ready................... 6 However, as more grant applicants compete, every institutionseeksan edge in a resource-limited landscape.Based onHanover’s partnership with hundreds of grantseeking collegesand universities, we have seen institutions experience manycommonpain points when pursuing programmatic andresearchgrants. Expand Capacity forGrants Success.................................. 9 Power Up Proposals....................... 12 Tosucceed in grant funding,institutions must build theirgrants capacity, develop a campuswide grantseeking culture,and improve their grantwriting expertise and infrastructure.Doing so may open the door to competing for larger, multi-institutionalgrants. Coordinate Complex Proposals..... 15 No matter your institution’s size or type, there are proven,practical, and data-informed practices that can help you launchand sustain your grants operations. HOW TO GROW AGRANTSEEKINGCULTURE HEARD ON CAMPUS “Grants seem like a lot of work and Ijust don’t have time to pursue or writethem with my current workload.” A college or university’s culture directly impactsgrantwriting success and failure. Facing intense resource needs, administrators may seek to buildinstitutional grant portfolios without first building departmentalor leadership support and buy-in for grantseeking. But withoutit, grants operations are prone to fall short of the institution’slong-term goals. Aflourishing grantseeking culture must be planned for,nurtured, then celebrated. We've noted a pattern of successamonginstitutions that integrate grantseeking into theirstrategic plans then act on best practices. When colleges anduniversities intentionally prioritize grantseeking, it motivatesfaculty and staff to learn how the process works, to pursuealigned funding opportunities, and to access support resourcesthat lead to successful grantwriting outcomes. BEST PRACTICES Compare and contrast.Find out how your grantseeking capabilities, history,and funding portfolios measure up to peer institutions. Strategic benchmarkingstudies can help your institution consider where you may have gaps andidentify areas for targetedimprovement. Integrate grantseeking in your institution’s strategic plan.Make certain thatgrantwriting is not an afterthought but a supported path at the institutionaland individual levels. Design a straightforward process ensuring that proposalshave support from appropriate institutional stakeholders well before thesubmission deadline. Coordinate advancement office and grants office collaboration, if separate.A grantseeking culture relies on collaborative efforts. Stories of grant successesinspire philanthropic efforts, while grant funders interpret individual giving asa sign of sustainablesupport. Use marketing strategies to celebrate grant efforts and wins.Help everyoneon campus (including potential grantwriters) understand the power of grantsby spotlighting successful grant-funded projects and using other forms ofcreative recognition. Ensure awareness of existing resources.Faculty and staff may not be awareof what internal resources already exist at their institution to support fundingresearch,proposal development,fee assistance,incentives,or trainingopportunities. Make sure everyone knows where to find and tap into thesetools and support. CHECKLIST FOR ACTION Follow these steps to build greater awareness and support forgrantseeking at yourinstitution: Conduct a funding opportunity analysis that measures your researchor program goals against the available universe of funders. Explore how peer institutions approach and express grantseeking intheir strategic plans. Learn about the fourelements of a stronggrants-focused institutionwith our blog post,The Four “Ins”: Buildinga Strong GrantseekingCulture on Campus. HEARD ON CAMPUS HOW TO GETGRANTWRITING-READY “We’re always short on time whenit comes to grant opportunities. Weneed to be more strategic about whichgrants to pursue.” Tobegin submitting more polished proposals,securing more funding, and scaling up to largergrants, identify appropriate grant opportunitieswhilesystematizingyourgrantprocessesandresources. Low productivity in your grants enterprise may stem from a lackof available tools and resources to support gran