Mastering the Phases of the Pre-Award & Post-Award Grant Lifecycle

This double-session will help participants better understand the complex aspects of working in the continuum of the Pre-Award and Post-Award grant phases. Emphasis will be on the importance of accurate program preparations including creating a learning organization, measuring program impact, deconstructing the evaluation process, facilitating SMARTIE objectives and logic model development, accurate program and financial reporting, and understanding that positive relationships among the program department, finance department, and the grant professional are paramount to properly facilitating any grant.