PDA Event: Library Grant Writing Basics: An Overview

This program will assist participants to:

• identify sources of grant funding from private and public funders;
• highlight the essential elements of grantsmanship;
• complete a grant proposal application package according to a Notice of Funding Opportunity;
• take action on the proposal based on the results of the funder’s decision;
• understand the most common missteps in preparing an application package.

Themes:

• Review of the grant submission process;
• How to avoid common pitfalls;
• Tips to help your application shine.

Objectives: To have a basic understanding of the grant application process and to be a more successful grant author.

Presenter: 

Since July of 2016, Anne Craig has had the privilege of serving as the Senior Director at CARLI, the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois, a unit of the University of Illinois System. CARLI counts 125 academic and research libraries as its members. Anne has also been an instructor for the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign iSchool since 2018, teaching “Grant Writing for Libraries” and “State Libraries and Library Consortia.”

Current grant projects: 

• In August 2024, the University of Illinois System/CARLI was awarded a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian planning grant for $140,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 
• In January 2024, the Secretary of State/Illinois State Library awarded $300,000 to the University of Illinois System/CARLI for programmatic administration of their Open Educational Resources grant program. 
• In September 2021, the University of Illinois System/CARLI was awarded a three-year $2 million grant from the US Department of Education’s Open Textbooks Pilot Program. 

Prior to July 2016, Anne was the Director of the Illinois State Library for 11 years under Secretary of State Jesse White, holding various roles at the ISL since 1989.

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Sponsored by CARLI