WHY WRITE GRANTS?

Mission Statement: The Mission of the Butte-Glenn Community College District College Grants Program is to secure external funding from government, corporate and private foundation grants for faculty and staff.

Why Write Grants? Writing a proposal is an investment of your time and energy. Why should you bother? What's in it for you?

Proposal writing is a process through which you can develop professionally in ways that are otherwise unavailable to you at Butte-Glenn Community College District. External funding brings you in contact with professionals from outside your department and often from across the nation. It allows you to develop a broader network of colleagues and brings about a real sense of collegiality. Building a network increases your chances of future funding, as the trend is to fund collaborative projects.

Equally important, but less quantifiable, are the satisfaction, professional recognition, and revitalization gained by opportunities provided by external funding.

Grant Benefits to the College:

• Expand programs
• Supplement resources
• Secure additional equipment and supplies for grant projects
• Attract new faculty and students
• Increase status of faculty and the college
• Involve student assistants to help with grant activities
• Bring prestige to the campus
• Enhance connection to community

Grant Benefits to You:

• Expand your program
• Increase your income
• Create or experiment with new curriculum, instructional methodology, or technology
• Reach-out to students and future students
• Enhance personnel and professional development and opportunities
• Remain active and current in your field
• Travel to conferences and project directors meetings to exchange ideas
• Pursue research and scholarly activities with students or colleagues from our campus or from other institutions
• Make and maintain academic contacts at other institutions and in the community
• Provide experiences for your students that would be otherwise unavailable to them