Strategic Grants Office

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

• August 2026 – National Science Foundation, $2,350,372
• February 2026 – U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, $875,000
• 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, $2,231465

Grant awards by fiscal year

For SSC employees

To access additional grant information and reports as well as disclosure and approval forms, go to mySSC.