Description:

The Federal government distributed more than $1 trillion in grant funds last year. A large majority of these dollars are awarded to discretionary grant programs, through a competitive peer review process. Find out what it takes to be selected as a Federal grant reviewer!

Understanding the Federal grant review process and learning how to effectively engage with grant-making agencies is a tool for future successes. Find opportunities to grow your career through information sharing and networking. Identify opportunities to support your organization by gaining insight into Federal grant processes and ultimately educating yourself on topic-specific funding opportunities.

Find out how what makes a successful federal peer reviewer. They will learn more about the federal grants process and identify methods for finding opportunities to participate in peer reviews at HHS, the largest grant-making agency.
 

Presenter:

Ms. Emily Trencher is the Director of Grants Services with over 20 years of professional experience, with a focus on technical project management for Federal grants programs. She currently leads a line of business delivering hundreds of Federal peer reviews annually. Ms. Trencher is an expert in Federal grants lifecycle processes and best practices and played a key role in the development of reviewer recruitment and grant review web-based systems.

Skill Level:

Mid-Career

Learning Track:

Federal Grants

GPC Competencies:

How to research, identify, and match funding resources to meet specific needs

Organizational development as it pertains to grant seeking
Methods and strategies that cultivate and maintain relationships between fund-seeking and recipient organizations and funders
Practices and services that raise the level of professionalism of grant developers
Ability to write a convincing case for funding

Originally Recorded: 

June 2023