AZ/TUC/Grants for Educators/University of Arizona Grant Information Facilitation and Training Center

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http://www.uafoundation.org/gift/index.html - The Grant Information, Facilitation and Training (GIFT) Center is a service of the UA Foundation that offers UA faculty, staff and development personnel support with their non-governmental charitable grantseeking activities.

The GIFT Center provides:

Prospect research coordination and proposal preparation assistance that will increase the likelihood of proposals being funded
Immediate access to commonly requested and often required UA Foundation proposal attachments
A clearinghouse for UA Foundation activities ensuring request coordination and good donor stewardship with our foundation partners
A centralized resource center at the "Swede" Johnson Building (1111 N. Cherry), where faculty/staff grantseekers and development personnel can access philanthropic grant information and services to support unit priorities

The mission of the GIFT Center is to provide access to research, facilitation, training, review and editing services to support and enhance the priority efforts of UA community members in obtaining foundation and other non-governmental grants.

The GIFT Center provides expert advice on preparing high-quality proposals.

GIFT Center Services

The GIFT Center and its staff offer grant-seeking resources including:

A clear roadmap to UA/UA Foundation philanthropic grant application process
Expert advice on program planning, proposal preparation, prospect research, guideline review and other areas related to preparing high-quality proposals
Tools (tip sheets, planning documents, useful Web links, etc.) to assist university community members who are seeking support for priority project
Proposal review and editing services
The opportunity to search for foundations whose priorities match your program/project efforts through accessing key prospect research databases

(These databases are a limited subscription service and are not accessible remotely. Please see Helpful Links for many free grant-seeking resources, though some resources are restricted to UA-linked computers)