The Strategic Grants Office performs the following functions:

• Interpret the goals, objectives, and intent of various grant opportunities
• Set a timeline for grant proposal completion and submission
• Form a grant proposal development team with the Program Manager/Principal Investigator and other project-relevant staff and faculty members
• Assist faculty, staff, and administrators in translating a creative idea into a workable plan
• Provide guidance related to budget development
• Assist with the collection of relevant data to support the need for the proposed project
• Help write, revise, edit, and/or critique the proposal to conform to the requirements of the funding organization/agency
• Complete all institutional assurance and other forms, obtain required signatures, and prepare resolutions for board approval, as necessary
• Coordinate internal review, approval, and submission of grant proposals
• Maintain official grant files and other appropriate records.

Recent significant grant awards

• July 2025 – U.S. Department of Education, TRIO Student Support Services, $1,430,545
• September 2024 – U.S. Department of Labor, Strengthening Community Colleges Evaluation, $2,231,465
• August 2024 – National Science Foundation, Advanced Technological Education, $613,759
• April 2024 – U.S. Department of Labor, Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grant, $1,749,974

Grant awards by fiscal year