{"id":46187,"date":"2024-06-25T11:15:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T15:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/?page_id=46187"},"modified":"2026-09-22T10:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T14:44:49","slug":"pd-outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-development\/pd-outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Development\/Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2620b4019c1687d4bd19e8a3c29d7155\" style=\"color:#003263\">Grants 101 and Finding Funding Challenge<br>Open to faculty, staff, and students across UMS (Zoom)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b992e0291158933fc1afc4317a3074d3\" style=\"color:#1b4774;font-size:15px\"><strong>Grants\u00a0101: Seeking, Analyzing, and Proposal Writing Basics <\/strong><br>This workshop will provide information and instruction on how to set-up and use Pivot- a funding opportunity database accessible across UMS- along with general strategies on reading\u00a0funding calls and proposal writing. <strong><em>(Annually-fall and spring)<\/em><\/strong><br><strong>October 20th; 12-1:30pm<\/strong> **<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/maine.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/4VWuEFhBTZiGQmZmUZAHvg\">Click Here to Register<\/a> <\/strong><br><strong>March 16th; 12-1:30pm  <\/strong>**<a href=\"https:\/\/maine.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/_xf5GfDuQ7Sc4DZalJrMLQ\"><strong>Click Here to Register<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d8404ac9a40b88badc715585754fd94c\" style=\"color:#003263;font-size:15px\"><strong>Finding Funding Challenge (asynchronous)<\/strong><br>Each day, for five days, participants will receive an email with short, self-paced tasks designed to build grantsmanship skills. 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