IHE Grant Series - When Worlds Collide: A University Collaborative Model
Session 3 of the IHE Starting an Office of Sponsored Research Series

Participants will learn to navigate between the competing assumptions of, “My university has a grant writer,” and “The grant writer is the expert” when working in an Institution of Higher Education. Pros and cons of collaborative grantsmanship as perceived by academic teaching faculty and the advancement (fundraising) department will be discussed.

What you will learn:

  • Identification of non-collaborative and collaborative perspectives on grantsmanship at an IHE
  • Identification of changes necessary to creating a more collaborative grantsmanship culture
  • Identification of ROI, strengths, and challenges of a collaborative grantsmanship model


The trainers for these sessions are all credentialed grant professionals (GPCs) who agree to adhere to the Grant Professionals Association (GPA) Code of Ethics and are GPA Approved Trainers. All of the trainings in this series align with the Grant Professionals Certification Institute's competencies and skills

GPCI Competencies and Skills: 2.1 , 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8

Length: 60 minutes

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome: Let's Get Started

    2. Video: When Worlds Collide: A University Collaborative Model

    3. Session Evaluation

    4. Quiz: When Worlds Collide: A University Collaborative Model

About this course

  • $25.00
  • 4 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content