Grant Resources
If you’re seeking external funding opportunities from charitable organizations, our website is an excellent starting point for securing grants to support your research, projects, or programs. The CFR team offers a wide range of services to facilitate a seamless development process, from prospect research and proposal drafting to final submission and donor stewardship.
Project Concepting
Discuss and refine ideas for potential projects and campus programs.
Prospect Research
Identify pertinent opportunities for funding from private corporations and foundations.
Proposal Development
Assist with writing the narrative around your initiative and positioning it for success.
Proposal Review
Edit proposal drafts and help prepare them for submission to likely funders.
Application Guidance
Support you and your department through the entire grant cycle, from start to finish.
Stewardship
Develop and maintain relationships with funders to maximize revenue from grants.
Navigating the resources at Meharry Medical College can be intricate, which is why our office is here to simplify the process for you. Working in close collaboration with faculty, staff, senior administrators, and gift officers across the College’s departments, schools, and academic units, the CFR staff helps raise funds for high-priority projects by guiding you through the administrative processes and procedures associated with private funding opportunities. If you’re a faculty member or program director interested in partnering with CFR, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. Keeping our team in the loop about your funding needs ensures that we’re able to proactively advocate on your behalf when communicating with donors. In other words, more money in your department’s pocket.
The Grant Lifecycle
Before reaching out to any corporation or foundation independently, it’s important to consult with the Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations for further guidance, to avoid resoliciting donors, as certain organizations maintain preexisting relationships with Meharry.
- Here’s a shortlist of organizations, with which Meharry is currently partnered: Bill and Melina Gates Foundation
- Ford Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Lilly Endowment
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- Bloomberg Philanthropies
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- MacArther Foundation
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Walton Family Foundation
- Kresge Foundation
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Simons Foundation
- John Templeton Foundation
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Henry Luce Foundation
- William Randolph Hearst Foundation
- Gill Foundation
- Marcus Foundation
- Hersh Foundation
- Turner Foundation
- Oak Foundation
Funding Opportunities
Identify
Identify pertinent opportunities for funding from private corporations and foundations.
Distribute
Disseminate Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and other funding opportunities from corporations and foundations.
Facilitate
Facilitate connections between faculty investigators and appropriate foundation program officers.
Proposal Development
Enhance
Enhance the creation of support programs and improve alignment between foundation interests and project goals.
Examine
Examine proposal documents and offer or facilitate assistance as needed.
Connect
Establish connections with potential project partners or utilize Meharry resources, as appropriate.
Proposal Submission
Deliver
Deliver institutional documents as needed.
Assist
Assist in resolving inquiries regarding procedures and policies.
Collaborate
Collaborate with unit fiscal officers and the Office of Prospect Research to facilitate the submission of proposals.
Award & Stewardship
Compose Letters
Compose stewardship letters in collaboration with the Stewardship Office to acknowledge and express gratitude to funders.
Report Management
Support with crafting report narratives, addressing and other inquiries related to grant management.