Together with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), the MCC is offering free grant development and writing workshops to enable communities to tap into federal funds for climate work, primarily through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Below are the 4 types of workshops offered with in-person and virtual options available. Some modules will be recorded and available for viewing and they will be shared here once they are available. As they are scheduled, trainings will be posted here. These programs are available through a grant from the Mosaic Momentum Fund to connect more Midwest communities to federal funds to advance climate action.

Grant Development Modules:

Grant Ready Workshops

(15 participants)–  There will be six offerings of an all day workshop that reviews processes needed to successfully submit federal grants or function as a grant writer.  Topics include, but are not limited to, Creating a Grants.gov Workspace account, obtaining SAMs, UEI and EIN numbers, establishing an LLC or non-profit (501c3) and minority or women certifications.  Content will be provided in a lecture format with an opportunity for participants to apply information covered in the workshop with presenter support.

Thursday, Oct. 10 – Mid-Missouri in-person all-day training

8:30 am – 4:00 pm

Boone Electric Co-Op Community Building
1413 Rangeline Street
Columbia, MO 65201

Grant Processes Overview

(15 participants)–   There will be four offerings of an all day workshop that provides an overview of the elements of a grant cycle, how to locate funding opportunities, how to interpret funding opportunities and how to build a line item budget.  Participants will have time to apply their learning with support from presenters during the workshop.

Thursday, Oct. 10 – Mid-Missouri in-person all-day training

8:30 am – 4:00 pm

Boone Electric Co-Op Community Building
1413 Rangeline Street
Columbia, MO 65201

Grant Management Modules

(15 participants)–  A series of synchronous/asynchronous,  self paced modules will be available to participants to cover elements involved in grant management including, including but not limited to: 1) award vocabulary and use of the Universal Government Guidance (UGG); 2) managing grant budgets; 3) contract development, negotiation and review; 4) compliance issues surrounding federal grants; and 5) handling subawards, closeouts and no-cost extensions.  Ad hoc support will be provided by the instructors and a weekly networking session will be available to participants.

Grant Development

(15 participants)–  A series of 6 synchronous/asynchronous,  self paced modules will be available to participants to cover all elements involved in grant development including: 1) an overview of the external funding process; 2) finding and analyzing various funding opportunities; 3) development of various  proposal elements, including but not limited to developing smart goals, work plans, logic models, data management plans and program evaluations; 4)budget development including line item and modular budgets; and 5) team development strategies.  Participants who complete all modules will have a submission ready proposal from a funding opportunity they selected.  Ad hoc support will be provided by the instructors and a weekly networking session will be available to participants.

Scheduled Trainings

The first two trainings will be in mid-Missouri on Thursday, Oct. 10. These are all day trainings. Childcare stipends are available if needed. Lunch will be provided. There are a limited number of spots so please only sign up for an in-person training if you can commit to the entire day.

Thursday, Oct. 10
8:30 am – 4:00 pm
Boone Electric Co-Op Community Building
1413 Rangeline Street
Columbia, MO 65201

To register for the Grant Ready or Grant Processes training, please click the button below.