Administering Grants—The Good, the Bad, and the Beauty of Having Funding

Today, grants are an inevitable requirement of being an academic, whether you teach, do research, or are involved in extension education.  Successful grant writing of course is the front end of the process, but perhaps more importantly, successful management of a grant will help ensure the intended results and impacts of the project. This requires different skills than we are typically taught in graduate school. Very often, you are thrust into the arcane world of administering money, people, and perhaps most importantly—your time. Navigating through this process can be daunting at first, but there are a few basic techniques that will help you do this.  We will explore and discuss these during this presentation.