Class Format:

On-demand. This class was recorded from the live session. You will receive the same class materials as with the live class, and be able to play the recorded class over the Internet. You can replay the class or go over sections that you want to concentrate on. You may also exit the class and log back in later if you want to break up the 90-minute session.

Class Description:

Grant reviewing is sometimes thought of as a mystical process that involves the reviewer holding your grant application against his or her forehead, closing their eyes and saying “Feels fundable to me.” You write what you believe is a Grade A grant application only to have it picked apart at best and at worse, receive no comments at all, other than a one sentence letter telling you it wasn’t funded. These were the experiences that drove me to enter the world of grant reviewing. Four years and countless reviewed grant applications later the mystery has been solved for me. 

This session discusses:

• How to apply to Federal agencies to review their grants
• Federal grant review teams and chairperson responsibilities
• The basics of reviewing Federal grant applications via the Internet
• The Federal Grant Application and Evaluation System (GAMES)
• Reviewing non-Federal grant applications.

Benefits to grants professionals will be:

• An understanding of how to get in the “stream” of grant reviewing
• Improved understanding of what constitutes a fundable grant application
• Achievements that can be listed on your resume
• The opportunity to interact with other grant’s professionals

CEU

Participation in this class is applicable for 1.5 points in Category 1.B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.

About the Instructor, Susan Kemp

Susan Kemp is Assistant Commissioner for the Division of Administration's Bureau of Financial Services. As Director of Grants Management she is responsible for identifying and managing all of the Office of Children and Family Services' (OCFS) grant activities including requests to secure funding, award notifications, monitoring of expenditures and submission of financial reports. She is also responsible for managing the OCFS grant information email lists which currently send out grant information to over 5,500 email addresses on a daily basis.

Ms. Kemp travels throughout New York State giving "Grant Seeking on the Internet" presentations to interested non-profit organizations as well as conducting online grant-related research for OCFS.

She was originally appointed by Governor George E. Pataki to the position of Assistant Commissioner for OCFS' Division of Development and Prevention in June of 1995 and is a member of the American Association of Grant Professionals (AAGP).