Grant Development Workshop at GWU

Professional Grant Development Workshop
Master the techniques of writing superior and winning proposals
September 26 - 28, 2011
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
To be held at:
George Washington University - Foggy Bottom Campus
Washington, DC

Sponsored by: The Grant Training Center

This intensive three-day grant proposal workshop is geared for: 1) those who wish to strengthen their grant writing skills and 2) beginners who wish to acquire and master the techniques of preparing, writing and winning proposals from various funding agencies. The center of attention will be on how to effectively write proposals in times of keen competition and limited resources. Much has happened in new regulations and in approaches to grant writing, be it for the researcher in the sciences and social sciences, education and non-profit professionals.
Participants Will Learn How to:
1. Navigate the world of grant procurement
2. Research and identify potential funding sources
3. Address the guidelines of federal and foundation applications
4. Focus foundation and corporate giving for the State of DC, Virginia and Maryland
5. Understand the new federal guidelines for writing winning grants
6. Know the review process and how to address key points for reviewers
7. Write winning grants that stand out against scores of competing submissions
8. Develop focused and realistic budgets
9. Demonstrate that one’s proposal merits excellence and innovation
10. Package professional grant submissions

Our ultimate goal is for each participant to walk away with a product specific to their interests that includes the grant design, abstract and budget.
Thus, the opportunity to influence the future of your work and ideas is within your reach. Understanding this reality, institutions are willing to minimally invest in the training of their staff to make this happen.

*Space is limited, and since this class fills-up quickly, it is on a first-come, first-serve basis.*
Workshop Fee: $595.00 (including tuition, materials, certificate of completion, and continental breakfast)
Rebate of $50.00 per person is given for two or more registrants from the same organization.
To Register:
Please visit our website,
Or call us toll free at (866)-704-7268 or (571) 257-8864

Can't make it?
Join us on Monday, Septmeber 19, 2011 - from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. EST for our
"Fundamentals of Proposal Writing" Online Webinar
To register click here and then on the Webinar from the workshop list.

“The George Washington University is not endorsing or sponsoring the activities conducted by The Grant Training Center on the George Washington University - Foggy Bottom Campus. The relationship between the George Washington University and The Grant Training Center is solely that of licensor and licensee.”

Green Corps opportunity for graduating students

Hello! My name is Jessica Rose, and I work with Green Corps, the non-profit Field School for Environmental Organizing.

I am looking to get the word out to graduating seniors at American University about our paid training program for environmental organizing.

We’ve just opened our 2012-2013 applications. I was hoping you could send an email out to your students to let them know about the program.

Jessica Rose

Green Corps Outreach intern

Jobs@greencorps.org

617 747 4302

www.greencorps.org

Celebrating 20 Years: Green Corps, Field School for Environmental Organizing

** Applications due October 15^th 2011 – apply online today at http://www.greencorps.org**

Green Corps 2012-2013 Field School for Environmental Organizing

Green Corps is looking for college graduates who are ready to take on the biggest environmental challenges of our day.

In Green Corps’ year-long paid program, you’ll get intensive training in the skills you’ll need to make a difference in the world. You’ll get hands-on experience fighting to solve urgent environmental problems — global warming, deforestation, water pollution and many others — with groups such as Sierra Club and Food and Water Watch. And, when you graduate from Green Corps, we’ll help you find a career with one of the nation’s leading environmental and social change groups.

For more information, read below or visit our web site: www.greencorps.org.

In your year with Green Corps:
You’ll get great training with some of the most experienced organizers in the field: Green Corps organizers take part in trainings with leading figures in the environmental and social change movements: people such as Adam Ruben, political director of MoveOn.org, and Bill McKibben, author and organizer of the “350.org” rallies for climate action.

You’ll get amazing experience working on environmental issues across the country: Green Corps sends organizers to jumpstart campaigns for groups such as Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Food and Water Watch and Environment America in San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and dozens of other places in between.

You’ll have a real impact on some of the biggest environmental problems we’re facing today: Green Corps organizers have built the campaigns that helped keep the Arctic safe from drilling, that led to new laws that support clean, renewable energy, that convinced major corporations to stop dumping in our oceans and much, much more.

You’ll even get paid: Green Corps Organizers earn a salary of $23,750. Organizers also have a chance to opt into our health care program with a pre-tax monthly salary deferral. We offer paid sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation and a student loan repayment program for those who qualify.

And when you graduate from the program, you’ll be ready for what comes next: Green Corps will help connect you to environmental and progressive groups that are looking for full-time staff to build their organizations and help them create social change and protect our environment.

In the next few months, we‘ll invite 35 college graduates to join Green Corps in 2012-2013. We’re looking for people who are serious about saving the planet, people who have taken initiative on their campus or community, and people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and work for change over the long haul.

If you think you’re one of those people, visit http://www.greencorps.org/apply to submit your application to join the 2012-2013 class of Green Corps’ Field School for Environmental Organizing.

Green Corps’ year-long program begins in August 2012 with Introductory Classroom Training in Boston, and continues with field placements in multiple locations across the U.S. Candidates must be willing to relocate.

For more information, visit http://www.greencorps.org or contact Aaron Myran, Green Corps Field Organizer, at aaron@greencorps.org or (802) 734-7680.

Jane Goodall: A Conversation on Peace - Sunday, September 18th

Building Resilience to Climate Change - Wednesday, September 14

Global Adaptation Index^TM (“GaIn^TM”): mobilizing policymakers and the private sector to build resilience to climate change

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 4:00 pm–5:30 pm
followed by a reception

The German Marshall Fund of the United States
1744 R Street NW
Washington DC, 20009

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Opening remarks:	Kenneth A. Hersh, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Global Adaptation Institute and CEO of NGP Energy Capital Management Dr. Juan Jose Daboub, Founding Chief Executive Officer, Global Adaptation Institute
Presentation:	Dr. Ian Noble, Chief Scientist, Global Adaptation Institute
Respondents:	Stephen Seidel, Vice President Policy Analysis, Pew Center on Global Climate Change Bruce M. Kahn, PhD, Senior Investment Analyst, Deutsche Bank Asset Management
Moderator:	Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, Senior Director for Policy Programs, GMF

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Adaptation to the effects of climate change — from rising sea levels to extreme weather events to damaged or even collapsed ecosystems — will be one of the great challenges of the coming decades. The effects of climate change that are already being felt around the globe will worsen even if ambitious measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are implemented to prevent the worst consequences of a warming planet. Adaptation to climate change will require hundreds of billions of dollars per year in investments over the coming decades to help vulnerable countries adapt. Governments and donors cannot implement the required changes alone: for adaptation to work, the private sector must be part of the solution.

On September 14, the Global Adaptation Institute will release its Global Adaptation Index^TM (“GaIn^TM”). The index is a transparent and credible source of information that is the first tool of its kind to help facilitate private-sector investment in climate change adaptation. It will provide the information necessary to inform policy and to guide scarce private resources to vulnerable countries that are ready to build their resilience to climate change.

The German Marshall Fund is delighted to invite you to this presentation of GaIn, which will be followed by a roundtable discussion of the index and its potential as a tool to guide investment decisions that will help countries adapt to climate change.

This is an invitation-only event. To learn more about this event please contact Tessa Paganini at tpaganini@gmfus.org or 202-683-2636.

Building Sustainability: Frontiers of Architecture & Policy Wed, Sept. 21

Panel Discussion:

Building Sustainability

Frontiers of Architecture & Policy

When: Wednesday, September 21, 2011

5:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Where: American University

School of International Service

Washington, DC 20016

The discussion will be held at the Atrium of the School of International Service Building.

Introductory Remarks:

· Manuel Sager, Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States of America

· James Goldgeier, Dean, School of International Service, American University

· Mary Fitch, AICP, Executive Director, Washington Chapter, American Institute of Architecture

Keynote Address:

· Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO), Co-Chair, High Performance Building Congressional Caucus

Speakers:

· Paul Wapner, Professor and Director of the Global Environmental Politics Program, School of International Service, American University

· Stephan Tanner, AIA, Principal Intep LLC

· David Bell, AIA, LEEDAP, Principal Bell Architects

· Victoria Kiechel, AIA, Leed AP+, The Cadmus Group, Inc., SIS adjunct faculty member

Moderator:

· James Goldgeier, Dean, School of International Service, American University

RSVP: To register, please send an email to was.events@eda.admin.ch.

David Hunter: An Introduction to International Environmental Law

David Hunter: An Introduction to International Environmental Law

Tuesday, September 13, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., SIS Founders Room

David Hunter is professor and director of the Program on International and Comparative Environmental Law and the International Legal Studies Program at WCL. Hunter is also the director of the Washington Summer Session on Environmental Law and currently serves on the boards of directors of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide-U.S., EarthRights International, the Project on Government Oversight, the Bank Information Center, and Greenpeace-U.S.

Sponsor: Global Environmental Politics Program (SIS)

Contact: gep@american.edu

Internships Available with Chesapeake Climate Action Network

Wondering how you’ll make a difference this fall while Congressional action to halt climate change is floundering? Work with the Chesapeake region’s leading climate change advocacy group!

The Chesapeake Climate Action Network is the first grassroots, nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to fighting global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Our mission is to educate and mobilize citizens of this region in a way that fosters a rapid societal switch to clean energy and energy-efficient products, thus joining similar efforts worldwide to halt the dangerous trend of global warming.

We have openings for grassroots organizing, communications, special events, and research. Check out our website for descriptions and how to apply.

Note - the Research Fellowship is much more politically-oriented than science-oriented