FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications, (304) 696-7153
 

Three workshops remain in MURC’s fall development series

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Three workshops remain in the Marshall University Research Corporation’s fall 2005 Professional Development Workshop Series including a presentation on writing winning grants by Dr. David Morrison of Grant Writers Seminars and Workshops on Nov. 18-19.

Other workshops scheduled include “Locating Grant Funding,” offered Nov. 1, 4, and 11, and “Budgeting and Cost Sharing” on Dec. 2, 6 and 9.  Morrison’s workshop will run a day and a half and will take place at the Ramada Limited in Huntington.  Separate sessions of the other two workshops will be conducted on the Huntington and South Charleston campuses and at the Medical Education Building, located on the campus of the Huntington VA Medical Center.

Morrison has held peer-reviewed funding continuously throughout his research career and also has spent many years reviewing proposals for a variety of national granting agencies.  The workshop is especially targeted for researchers and staff interested in NIH and NSF funding.  Each registrant will receive a copy of The Grant Application Writer’s Workbook, as well as an extensive handout that contains examples and slides from the seminar.

The Morrison workshop is limited to 100 participants. Marshall faculty can attend free and there is a $125 fee for non-Marshall participants that will include materials and lunch.  Registration for this workshop and all the others may be done on-line at http://www.marshall.edu/murc/Profdev/index.htm, or by calling Lisa Daniels at (304) 696-3368.  Registration for the Morrison workshop must be completed by Nov. 4.

“Locating Grant Funding” is offered from 2 to 3 p.m. Nov. 1 at the South Charleston campus, from noon to 1 p.m. on Nov. 4 at the Medical Education Building, and from noon to 1 p.m. on Nov. 11 in room 138 in the Drinko Library on the Huntington campus. Sessions are free and are open to Marshall researchers and administrative staff as well as community organizations.   Presenters are Martha Mozingo, coordinator of sponsored programs at Marshall University Graduate College, and members of the MURC staff.

“Budgeting and Cost Sharing” is a two-part workshop dealing with the development of a financial plan for a grant proposal.  The first workshop is scheduled at noon Dec. 2 at the Medical Education Building. It will be offered again at 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 6 on the South Charleston campus, and at noon Dec. 9 in room 138 of the Drinko Library.  The workshops will be taught by Ron Schelling, executive director of MURC, and the MURC staff.  Sessions are free and open to Marshall personnel and community organizations. 

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