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How to Win Grants: Preparing a (Grant) Budget and Addressing Project Impact

Use this for: improving your grant applications. In this webinar hosted by the Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, speakers share tips for preparing successful grant applications. This session specifically focuses on two areas commonly found in grant applications that involve significant preparation and attention: first, preparing a comprehensive project budget to meet all funder requirements and second, effectively addressing questions about the impact of a humanities project. Speakers include Adam Courville from Virginia Humanities, the state humanities council for the Commonwealth of Virginia, and Cecily Hill at the National Humanities Alliance, a nonprofit focused on capacity-building and advocacy for humanities organizations. The 75-minute session includes two 25-minute presentations followed by Q-and A. Additional resources from this webinar:

• • Slides: Documenting the Impact of Humanities Programs
  • Slides: Grant Budgeting Essentials: Planning for Impact
  • NHA Toolkit: Documenting the Community Impact of Your Humanities Program: A Toolkit