GRANTS

APPLICANT TRAINING&

READER TRAINING

• Multiple applicant trainings and reader trainings are held each semester.

• Before the presentations occur the grant chair must:

– Create a PowerPoint– Create posters and flyers– Communicate to students across campus (Advertise)– Schedule locations – Conduct the meeting in person – Make him/herself available to all students for questions

READER TRAINING

• Once the reader trainings are complete:– The Chair evaluates the sign-in sheet to make sure all the

information is complete– Inputs the data into a specific computer program– The readers are consciously categorized and allocated

specific grant proposals by the chair• Academic perspective• Both applicants and readers

– Constant email updates and reminders– Managing more than 30 grant readers at a time– Constantly replying to emails from the readers,

applicants and prospective applicants– Closely monitoring the readers and the quality of work

they are doing (the comment section is a crucial element)

GRANTS RESPONSIBILITIES

• Creating Resources– Being present in the office for students that have questions

pertaining to the grants and scholarships that we offer– Maintaining the Grants page of the GPSA website– Revising and studying the GPSA Grant’s Bylaws– Always working towards making the process better/more

fair– Constant work that constitutes the need for a paid position– Appeals: over 40 hours of work alone

• Making the Funds Available– Work closely with the President and COS to understand the

funds available for the grant allocations– Providing spread sheets to student accounting – The records need to have applicant ID/UNM ID/Department/

Score and Rank/ Amount that they are seeking