Grants Department Mission
What We Do
At Seminole State College, the Grants Department's mission is to support our institutional mission while improving the lives of our students, our faculty and our community.
We do this by securing funding to enhancing the effectiveness and impact of Seminole State College's operations and academic programs.
All grant applications must go through the Grants Department. No faculty or staff member should apply for a grant without consulting with us, as outlined in Procedure 1.1900.
The Grants Department will assist you with:
- Pre-award planning, including:
- Grant Writing
- Budget considerations
- Contacting partners across the College
- Sending and tracking the Memorandum for Departmental Grant Notification Form (Note: please return this form to Dr. Jennifer Keefe
- Post-award grant management, including:
- Award acceptance
- Reporting
- Contacting the funding agency
- Budget modifications
- Ongoing guidance and support
- Award closeout
- Document and data retention
- Telling your grant's story
Grants are not intended to be a long-term funding source. Our main goal is to help you find and manage funding that allows for the creation of new initiatives and special projects.
Within our main goal, we:
- Strongly encourage collaboration and communication across the College during the writing process
- Encourage collaboration with agencies outside the College, where appropriate
- Strive to create competitive applications
- Help to ensure compliance with funding agency policies
- Work to minimize risk to the College