Thank you for attending the 15th Annual Governor's Grants Conference​ on October 21, 2019 in College Park, Maryland at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center.

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The objective of the conference was to bring together 600 + statewide grant professionals for affordable, targeted professional development to increase capacity for grant awards and compliance.sessions​. 

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Learning Objectives:

• Gain knowledge on the full grants lifecycle.
• Identify existing and emerging requirements impacting the field of grants management.
• Apply best practices in grants management.
• Analyze new concepts and strategies for improving compliance and organizational efficiencies in the field of grants management.

Suggested Session topics (specify beginners or advanced; and preferred sector audience):

• Federal and State trends that impact grants management
• Grant writing training, tips and epic failures
• What gets funded and why?
• Current and Emerging grant availability and technical assistance for completing specific federal, state, foundation grant applications and processes
• Using grants.gov and grants.maryland.gov
• President’s Cross Agency Management Goal 8
• Focused exploration and application of Uniform Guidance (pre award, post award, closeout)
• Cost principles
• Time and effort reporting
• Subrecipent v. Contractor determination
• Subrecipient Risk Assessment
• Working with Researchers
• Subrecipient Monitoring
• Single Audit
• Developing Indirect cost proposals and cost allocation plans
• Foundation funding
• Corporate funding
• Community Foundation
• NGMA Membership, certification and GMBok Guide

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