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All the gifts my first boss gave me.

The Fundraiser Coach

I was intrigued by what fundraisers were doing when I was working at the University of Washington within the College of Engineering in a secretarial role. Gift #7 – he was a willing mentor. There were many ways that he guided and mentored that I never realized until many years later.

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Even a Small Business Can Have a Large Impact in Their Community

GrantNews

Elevon, “How do small businesses help the economy ” (sic) In conclusion, consider small businesses the engines of economic growth that help our communities grow and thrive. The opportunity is to connect innovative health-tech startups with the capital, mentoring, and connections they need to build and grow their businesses.

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Unique Challenges Addressed When Parenting Gifted Children

GrantNews

Eligible applicants are K-12 private, charter, and public school teachers, homeschooling cooperatives, and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) coordinators. In addition, grants to eligible IHEs and research institutions for collaborative scientific research between mentors and high school teachers.

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Celebrating Women in Tech: An Interview with Qgiv’s Female Leaders

Qgiv

I had family members who were electrical engineers that encouraged me to follow the engineering path. I ended up choosing software engineering over electrical because of my interest in computers. Qgiv: What advice would you give to a young woman interested in software engineering?

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How to Apply Critical Thinking Skills to Nonprofit Startups

GrantNews

Eligible training includes both online and in-person workshops, job shadowing and coaching, mentoring, and informal apprenticeships and internships, or a combination of (these) training opportunities. Funding supports commercially potential scalable engineering or science-based innovations. Grants for Economic Development Projects!

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Ocean Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

iGrantWriters

commercial organizations, especially small businesses with strong capabilities in scientific or engineering research or education. Non-profit, Non-academic organizations -Independentmuseums, observatories,research laboratories, professional societies and similar organizations located in the U.S. For-profit research organizations – U.S.

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Upwardly Global: Bridging the Opportunity Gap for Skilled Immigrants

Tech Soup

are unemployed or considerably underemployed despite having worked as engineers, doctors, scientists, accountants, and nonprofit professionals in their home countries. Although that plant was considered a model employer for refugees at the time, Jane met employees who included a former engineer from Iraq and a surgeon from Bosnia.