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The Role of a Mentor: Effective Workplace Mentorship

GrantNews

The mentee and mentor connection is the most valuable professional relationship you can have. There is an array of mutual benefits of mentoring for both the mentee and the mentor. Traditional workplace mentoring relationships involve senior employees helping guide junior colleagues.

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Top 10 Kickstarter Grants for Your Startup Business!

GrantNews

Startup grants, in particular, can be tough to locate, and the application process often feels long and tedious. Upgrade to a MemberPlus+ subscription to view the full grant details, including eligibility criteria and application information. Looking for kickstarter grants to jumpstart your business?

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Middle-Mentoring: You Have What it Takes!

Grant Professionals Association

You have what it takes to be a mentor—even from the middle. So, what is middle mentoring, you ask? Let me share my mentoring experience as an example. I could not imagine what I would have to offer as a mentor. As anyone who has mentored knows, I was also learning from them. What is holding you back?

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Is There Racial Bias in Awarding Federal Grants?

ProposalPRO

NIH studied their records and found several points where the process failed: Black researchers were less likely than White researchers to submit applications. Because not every agency reports the race and gender of grant applicants and awardees. PRO Tip: Get mentored. To the agency’s credit, they began investigating why.

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2023 Mentoring Grants to Support Junior Researchers of Color

WT Grant Foundation

Grant Scholars have been awarded grants to support their development as mentors to junior researchers of color. The awardees will mentor promising doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows in enhancing their methodological skills, publication records, and career networks. Quinn has mentored two Black women doctoral students.

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2024 holiday wish list: nonprofit edition

Candid

Heres what you told us, along with a few articles that offer a deeper dive into each of the items on this nonprofit wish list: #3: Less paperwork for grants (14%) We know nonprofits are often overburdened by long, complicated, customized grant applications and reporting that require hours and hours of staff timeeven for small grant amounts.

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Tips for Proofreading Your Next Grant Application

Grants.gov

Developing a proofreading strategy can greatly improve the quality of your federal grant application. Request that your colleagues or mentors review a first draft of your specific aims early in the process,” advises NIH. Give your application a grade. Rate your own application,” advises the NIH resource.