Grantcasts

The rise in cyberattacks against critical infrastructure affects consumers, government agencies, and institutions. Compromised critical infrastructure can risk public safety and service availability for citizens. Risks such as public transit service outages, contaminated water supplies, disabled emergency communication systems, and even life-threatening power outages can lead to societal chaos and even potential loss of life.

As public services modernize, more internet-of-things (IoT) devices connect to the network improving efficiency while also broadening the attack surface increasing the risk of cyberattack. Keeping citizen services available and safe from attack requires funding to improve cybersecurity. How do you prioritize security among other competing initiatives?

Grant funding is the answer. There are several traditional grants and stimulus funds available to protect critical infrastructure. As smart cities become more prevalent and systems become interconnected, these investments are necessary across all sectors. Whether you operate transit systems, ports, energy grids, 911 and public safety communications, or public water facilities, you can leverage grants to make necessary investments in cybersecurity.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Fortinet to learn about funding resources for critical infrastructure. Our panel of grant and cyber security experts will share best grant options and tips to secure funding, as well as best practices around implementing these projects. If your organization operates or accesses critical infrastructure systems, you will not want to miss this information event!

Writing a winning grant proposal can be challenging, even for veteran grant seekers. You believe in your project and understand the needs of your organization, your goal is to now make a potential funder believe in your project too. A successful application begins and ends with confidence. With over 20 years in the grant industry, we know experience breeds confidence. We also know it’s wise to collaborate with the industry’s best to ensure success, so we’ve invited three outside grant experts, all with a varying perspective of the grant writing process, to share their own advice and offer several tips on how to make your application stand out from the pack.

No matter where you are in the grant application process, you won’t want to miss this informative discussion. Register today.

First responders must be agile and quick, as does the technology that supports them. Learn how to stay adaptive in your public safety response with Grants Office, Ingram Micro Cloud, and additional guest speakers. Discover ways to fund these initiatives through grant programs by the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, state grantmakers, and more.

Sign up to gain expert insights on:

• The latest public safety technology that can keep first responders on top of their game
• Examples of grant programs that you can apply for
• How to effectively justify the inclusion of equipment in a grant proposal

If you’re interested in leveraging grant funds to purchase public safety technology solutions, you won’t want to miss this informative event!

Over the next three years an estimated $21 trillion USD in grant funding will available to grant seeking organisations. Further, over half of that amount will be expended across 3 regions and in 15 key countries. These dollars will be available to public and private sector organisations, providing ample opportunities to advance their missions, dramatically increase their capacity, and positively impact the communities they serve.

Grants Office LLC, the global leader in grants intelligence, has recently completed a survey of the global grant funding outlook for 2023-2025.

This first of its kind analysis provides business, government, and institutional leaders with the knowledge they need to solve problems, collaborate among stakeholders, and realize their goals through accessing expert grants intelligence and forecasting information.

Join us to learn what this grant funding looks like for Asia Pacific, specifically. By attending this webinar, you’ll learn:

• What countries hold the greatest opportunity for grantseekers?
• What is the source of these grant dollars in each country?
• What types of organizations are receiving and spending these grant dollars?
• What types of projects are prioritized for grant funding?

Whether you are an executive at a technology company that sells into the public and private sector, or a decision maker at an organization looking to leverage grant funding, you won’t want to miss this informative event!

Over the next three years an estimated $21 trillion USD in grant funding will available to grant seeking organisations. Further, over half of that amount will be expended across 3 regions and in 15 key countries. These dollars will be available to public and private sector organisations, providing ample opportunities to advance their missions, dramatically increase their capacity, and positively impact the communities they serve.

Grants Office LLC, the global leader in grants intelligence, has recently completed a survey of the global grant funding outlook for 2023-2025.

This first of its kind analysis provides business, government, and institutional leaders with the knowledge they need to solve problems, collaborate among stakeholders, and realize their goals through accessing expert grants intelligence and forecasting information.

Join us to learn what this grant funding looks like for Europe, specifically. By attending this webinar, you’ll learn:

• What countries hold the greatest opportunity for grantseekers?
• What is the source of these grant dollars in each country?
• What types of organizations are receiving and spending these grant dollars?
• What types of projects are prioritized for grant funding?

Whether you are an executive at a technology company that sells into the public and private sector, or a decision maker at an organization looking to leverage grant funding, you won’t want to miss this informative event!

Over the next three years an estimated $21 trillion USD in grant funding will available to grant seeking organisations. Further, over half of that amount will be expended across 3 regions and in 15 key countries. These dollars will be available to public and private sector organisations, providing ample opportunities to advance their missions, dramatically increase their capacity, and positively impact the communities they serve.

Grants Office LLC, the global leader in grants intelligence, has recently completed a survey of the global grant funding outlook for 2023-2025.

This first of its kind analysis provides business, government, and institutional leaders with the knowledge they need to solve problems, collaborate among stakeholders, and realize their goals through accessing expert grants intelligence and forecasting information.

Join us to learn what this grant funding looks like for the Americas, specifically. By attending this webinar, you’ll learn:

• What countries hold the greatest opportunity for grantseekers?
• What is the source of these grant dollars in each country?
• What types of organizations are receiving and spending these grant dollars?
• What types of projects are prioritized for grant funding?

Whether you are an executive at a technology company that sells into the public and private sector, or a decision maker at an organization looking to leverage grant funding, you won’t want to miss this informative event!

As the COVID-19 Pandemic wanes and the world returns to in-person settings, public sector organizations struggle to revert to an enterprise orientation that maintains the capability to work-from-anywhere while the demand for digital networks, devices, and applications continues to grow exponentially. Whether you are a state agency, local government, K-12 school district, or institution of higher education, you must secure an ever-expanding network without the needed funding to obtain the essential equipment, software, and personnel necessary to achieve and maintain an adequate security posture.

The good news is that grants are available to help you take the next step in the evolution of cybersecurity architecture. The Federal Government is making historic levels of investment in cybersecurity, including $1 Billion in grants from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA) that will provide states and localities with significant funding over the next several years. This new money can be leveraged alongside remaining stimulus funds and other annual grant programs that address cybersecurity.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Fortinet to learn about the grants landscape for cybersecurity projects. Find the funding you need while discovering best practices and tips to justify cybersecurity purchases within grant applications.

Don’t let funding stop you from implementing a security fabric that seamlessly converges with your network to provide system-wide visibility and control while simplifying your ability to scale your operational footprint as demand dictates. If you are trying to fund any type of cybersecurity initiative, you will not want to miss this event.

The Government of Canada has set a target that all Canadians must have access to high-speed Internet by 2030, regardless of where they live. To reach this target, several approaches have been put in place, and among them, funding. The programs support a wide range of projects from transporting network capacity to cellular expansion projects. During this webinar, we will discuss what grants are available both at the federal and provincial levels.

Join Grants Office on November 21 at 1 p.m. as we go over the opportunities. We will discuss program details, upcoming deadlines, previously awarded projects, and useful tips for securing and funding for your organization.

As travel rebounds from the depths of the pandemic, major transportation hubs (TransHubs) have returned to full operations. TransHubs, such as airports, seaports, rail stations, and bus stations, are both looking to accommodate this increase in passenger travel and develop ways to improve the travel experience for their customers. One key improvement TransHubs are making is shifting to digital operations, which allows them to not only create a frictionless passenger experience, but also improves travelers’ health and safety. But investing in these digital technologies, and the connectivity services that power them, can sometimes be expensive. Fortunately, there are a variety of grant funding opportunities available for TransHubs to invest in these digital technologies, including new funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Join CommScope Ruckus and Grants Office, LLC, as we discuss connectivity funding for TransHubs. We’ll cover available and upcoming grant opportunities, eligible projects, as well as strategies to get “grant ready.” If your TransHub is looking to improve their customers’ digital experience, you won’t want to miss this event!

Grant funding is a fantastic way to obtain the funds needed to launch a successful remote patient monitoring (RPM) and telehealth program. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, state and federal agencies expanded grant opportunities for digital health programs, helping ensuring patients could safely receive the care services needed. But as we enter 2023, how will these sources of funding be impacted?

Join Healthcare Recovery Solutions and Grants Office, LLC for a look at the current and upcoming grants landscape for your patient monitoring and healthcare needs. Now that stimulus funding for COVID is coming to an end, learn what’s next for healthcare funding opportunities.

Data science tools and techniques are critical to many fields and demand for data scientists continues to grow. Schools strive to meet this need through the development of data science modules, courses, and degree programs. At the same time, researchers across many fields also increasingly utilize data science tools to answer critical questions in their fields of interest. Education and research organizations need funding to innovate and meet the needs of their students and researchers.

Join Grants Office, HP, AMD, and Microsoft as we review the funding landscape for data science-rich education and research. We will also discuss ways to justify data science tools as part of a comprehensive project and tips for building a competitive application. If your organization is interested in data science education or facilitating data science-rich research, you won’t want to miss this event!

The $1 billion State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program is the first federal cybersecurity-focused program that provides funds for governments to invest in their cybersecurity infrastructure. This historic funding is an incredible opportunity for states, local governments, and territories to address cybersecurity risks and threats that can disrupt the critical services they provide their communities. States will receive funding from the federal government and must pass at least 80% of their allocation down to local governments to support their cybersecurity projects. In order to optimize your government’s chance of accessing these funds, it’s crucial to begin thinking now about your cybersecurity needs and to know the types of information you’ll need to gather as these funds become available.

Join Grants Office, with special guests Carahsoft, Okta, and Amazon Web Services, as we discuss this exciting new funding opportunity. We’ll provide an overview of the program, discuss the way funds will flow from states to local governments, and explain what next steps you can take to prepare for this program. If your government is looking to find funds for its next cybersecurity project, you won’t want to miss this event!

Building research capacity is a major interest of many institutes of higher education. Most research funding is focused on individual researchers and their specific projects. However, infrastructure and instrumentation needs, such as those for high-performance computing (HPC), often go well beyond a single project. Institutions should focus on meeting these needs to provide opportunities to build their research capacity and provide research-related education opportunities.

Join Lenovo and Grants Office, LLC as we review the funding for HPC and research infrastructure. We’ll cover the most popular funding agencies and grant programs and tips for developing competitive applications. If you are interested in building your institution’s HPC capabilities and its research capacity, you won’t want to miss this event!

As part of the cybersecurity awareness month, we are hosting a series of Grantscasts to discuss cybersecurity grant opportunities across the globe. We will examine current trends and the impact of COVID-19 on cybercrime and resulting cyber funding in four corners of the globe: U.S., Canada, Australia, and Europe.

Join this session to gain further understanding of the government funding opportunities available for infrastructure development, law enforcement, and emergency funding in the U.S. Increase your insight into the types of programs available and the new initiatives the U.S. government is implementing in 2022-23.

If you have been wondering about the availability of cybersecurity funding, you won’t want to miss this session.

The funding landscape for K-12 and higher education covers a variety of topics. Between the Department of Education, Department of Labor, and other federal grant-making agencies, there are an abundance of grant programs for education providers at every level of grant experience to pursue. The following are just a few:

• Early Literacy
• STEM and CTE Instruction
• Student Retention
• Workforce Readiness
• Teacher Professional Development
• Innovative Instructional Practice

With so many grant opportunities out there, it can be difficult to know where to begin. You might wonder which funding opportunities best align with your school's technology needs? Which grants make the most sense to apply to? And how can you best position your institution to compete for desired grant funding?

For answers to these questions and more, join Grants Office, LLC as we discuss the basics of grant-seeking for K-12 and higher education providers. We’ll review funding agency priorities, examples of grant programs within each priority area, and best practices for pursuing these grants.

If you’re looking for a primer (or a refresher) on the education funding landscape, you won’t want to miss this event!

Is your Public Sector agency struggling to go green? The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) includes $550 billion in new spending, with a substantial portion for green infrastructure and sustainability.

Organizations that get a jump on identifying and planning for IIJA sustainability monies are better positioned to get funding. And that's where SHI and Grants Office come in.

Participate in this webcast to learn how to use IIJA funding to get the technology you need to improve your organization’s environmental sustainability. We will cover the best practices for putting together your application proposals to support your green infrastructure projects.

If you are looking for help connecting the dots between new sustainability funding and technology solutions, you won’t want to miss this event!

Faced with allocation deadlines, public sector institutions and not-for-profit healthcare organizations are seeking ways to responsibly invest stimulus dollars to better serve communities. While some deadlines extend into 2024, other stimulus funds must be spent over the next few months. However, many agencies are struggling to decide on the right technology investments, while trying to understand all the spending rules and the various deadlines based on the funding source.

To help guide you through this process, the Grants Office has partnered with Logitech to share best practice use cases on maximizing stimulus funds and establishing a grant funding strategy for K-12, higher education, healthcare, and government IT projects.

This timely and informative session will provide you with the latest deadline information and rules so you can spend your stimulus funding with confidence. Most importantly, discover how you can take advantage of the Logitech Grants Support Program to access grant experts and develop a grant-seeking plan for your immediate and long-term needs.

The federal government enacted the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in November 2021, creating the first federal grant program exclusively aimed at improving the nation’s cybersecurity. That program, the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program, will provide $200 million across the country in federal fiscal year 2022 for state, local, and tribal cybersecurity projects. Institutions of public education and public health may also be eligible in partnership with their state or local government.

This webcast will offer advice to governments interested in applying to the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program. We will cover the basics of this new program, provide the latest updates, and explain how you can best prepare to apply. Additionally, we will go over how K-12 school districts and public colleges and universities can play a role in these cybersecurity projects.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Rubrik to help you use funding from the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program to get the technology you need to secure your government’s data. If you are looking for help connecting the dots between new grant funding and cybersecurity solutions, you won’t want to miss this event!

Private and corporate foundations award millions of dollars in grants each year in the United States. These programs support projects across a variety of needs for school districts, institutes of higher education, and government agencies. Organizations have an opportunity to use these funds to innovate and improve their programming.

Join Grants Office, HP, and AMD as we review the funding landscape and grant maker priorities for foundation funding. We’ll also discuss ways to justify technology needs within proposed projects and grant-seeking best practices when pursuing funding from foundation grant makers. If you’re looking for a primer (or a refresher) on foundation grant-seeking, you won’t want to miss this event!

Research is one of the main goals of any academic, especially within science and engineering fields. Yet, securing sufficient funds to enable research activities may feel like an epic task in its own right. Grants may be the main mechanism for faculty research funding, but even for veteran researchers, the process can be overwhelming.

Join Grants Office as we review the federal funding landscape of research-enabling grants in this webinar sponsored by HP, AMD, and Microsoft. Discover the top federal agencies for research funding and their current priorities. We’ll also provide tips to make your research interests “grant ready” and submit your next grant application as a principal investigator (PI).

As a special thank you, after the event, you’ll receive our exclusive whitepaper which covers the research funding landscape and how you can maximize your competitiveness as a PI.

While issues of digital equity and access are not new, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated disparities throughout the United States. There are digital access grant opportunities available for school districts, institutes of higher education, and government agencies to help bridge the digital divide. These grants can support device lending programs, help address learning loss (particularly for low-income students), and improve connectivity at community anchor institutions.

Join Grants Office, HP, and Microsoft as we review the funding landscape and solutions for connectivity projects. We’ll cover new programs from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, how to utilize remaining stimulus funds, and other federal grants available for education and government applicants. If your digital access project needs funding, you won’t want to miss this event! 

The current funding landscape for state and local governments covers a variety of areas: COVID responses, transportation, security and safety, resilience, and community development, to name just a few. Along with the standard federal funding opportunities we’ve come to expect, the new $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act bill will create an abundance of new grant programs for governments at every level to pursue.

With so many grant opportunities out there, it can be difficult to know where to begin. You might wonder which funding programs will best meet your agency’s technology needs? Which ones make the most sense to apply to? And how can you best position your organization to compete for this funding?

For answers to these questions and more, join Grants Office, LLC as we discuss the basics of grant seeking for state and local governments. We’ll discuss the different funding priorities, sample programs for each priority area, and best practices for pursuing these grants. If you’re looking for a primer (or a refresher) on the state and local government funding landscape, you won’t want to miss this event! Sponsored by HP, AMD, and Microsoft.

Addressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities routinely ranks as one of the top priorities for governments across the country. And one of the major roadblocks to fixing these vulnerabilities is the issue of tight budgets. Luckily, the American Rescue Plan’s $350 billion State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds provide flexible funds for governments to address their cybersecurity needs. Even more importantly, the Treasury recently published the Final Rule – its updated spending guidelines for these funds. As the Final Rule takes effect on April 1, 2022, now is the perfect time to take a deep dive into how these rule changes give your government broader flexibility to spend their Fiscal Recovery Funds on cybersecurity investments.

Join Rubrik and special guests from Grants Office, LLC for a timely workshop on what the Treasury’s new Final Rule means for Fiscal Recovery Fund cybersecurity spending. We’ll discuss the updated cybersecurity spending guidelines, cover the key components necessary to advocate for your project at your government, and examine some sample project proposals. If you’re looking for help connecting the dots between your cybersecurity project and your government’s Fiscal Recovery Funds, you won’t want to miss this workshop!

With the announcement of the new federal budget earlier this month, it’s time to dive into details on the new grants, as well as some old favorites, that are available to your organization in 2022. Learn about these funding opportunities whether you’re in the public or private sector. There are plenty of programs worth learning about, so don’t miss out!

Join Stephanie Cesar and Joseph Phelan, Grants Development Consultant from Grants Office, as we offer insight into where Canada’s government has placed funding priorities in 2022. Along the way, we’ll provide program details, projected deadlines, and useful tips for securing these funds for your organization in the coming months.

Each year the federal government distributes approximately $500 billion in grant funding through 26 grant-making agencies. Further, many of these grant funds can be leveraged by public sector organizations to purchase technologies that will enable their mission-driven efforts. Interested in learning more about what to expect for these technology-friendly monies on the horizon?

Join Grants Office, HP, AMD, and Microsoft as we review the federal funding landscape and current funding trends in 2022. Discover the top federal agencies offering grants for K-12, higher education, and government entities, and what types of projects these funders will prioritize for support. We’ll even provide tips for sorting through the grant funding landscape to determine the best-fit grant for your needs.

As a special thank you, after the event, you’ll receive our exclusive whitepaper covering this year’s funding trends and how you can make the most of available grant opportunities to support your next technology-rich project.

With the government set to announce the federal budget in April, now is the time to start preparing for the new batch of grant opportunities that are soon-to-be released. Join Stephanie and Joseph, Grants Development Consultants from Canada, as they share tips and advice for grantseeking in 2022 and beyond. During this session, they will outline the concrete action steps you can take today to put your best foot forward on future funding.

This informative session is applicable to all grant seekers, regardless of grant experience, organization type, or project readiness. Join us to make sure you are ‘grant ready’ in time for the 2022 budget release.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) makes a historic $1.2 trillion investment in the nation’s infrastructure. Governments that get a jump on identifying and planning for IIJA IT-related monies are better positioned to get funding. And that’s where SHI and Grants Office come in. Join our webinar where we will focus on new IIJA grant opportunities for IT resources such as broadband, networking, data center, cloud, and cybersecurity. We will also cover best practices for preparing your grant proposals and will arm you with actionable information to get ready for upcoming IIJA grants.

If you’re looking to get started early on your IIJA grant-seeking efforts, you won’t want to miss this event!

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also called the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, provides $550 billion in new spending to invest in the nation’s infrastructure. Additionally, the American Rescue Plan continues to supply $350 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds of direct financial aid in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These funding sources offer a huge opportunity for states and local governments to invest in securing sensitive data. Notably, the IIJA includes a new $1 billion grant program called the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program, and the Fiscal Recovery Funds may be used for a variety of projects including transitioning to telework in response to COVID-19 and cybersecurity modernization.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Okta to help you leverage funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and ARPA Fiscal Recovery Funds to purchase identity and access management solutions for your organization. In this webcast, we will cover the basics of these funding opportunities, their eligible expenses, and potential use cases. Additionally, we will cover the best practices for putting together your application proposal to support your cybersecurity project. If you’re looking for help connecting the dots between stimulus and infrastructure-related funding sources and identity and access management, you won’t want to miss this event!

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also called the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, provides $550 billion in new spending to invest in the nation’s infrastructure. Additionally, the American Rescue Plan continues to supply $350 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds of direct financial aid in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These funding sources offer a huge opportunity for states and local governments to invest in securing sensitive data. Notably, the IIJA includes a new $1 billion grant program called the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program, and the Fiscal Recovery Funds may be used for a variety of projects including transitioning to telework in response to COVID-19 and cybersecurity modernization.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Okta to help you leverage funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and ARPA Fiscal Recovery Funds to purchase identity and access management solutions for your organization. In this webcast, we will cover the basics of these funding opportunities, their eligible expenses, and potential use cases. Additionally, we will cover the best practices for putting together your application proposal to support your cybersecurity project. If you’re looking for help connecting the dots between stimulus and infrastructure-related funding sources and identity and access management, you won’t want to miss this event!

The American Rescue Plan Act includes over $162.4 billion dollars in support of Institutions of Higher Education and K-12 as they continue to navigate the Coronavirus Pandemic, but did you know that schools can also collaborate with their state or local government to access monies from the $350 billion available for the Coronavirus State & Local Fiscal Recovery Fund?

With the new Omicron variant and infection rates – once again – on the rise, in order to facilitate rapid and effective response or mitigation efforts, effortless communication and collaboration are pivotal. Public districts, colleges, and universities need now, more than ever, a means to manage their mass-correspondence and share records with collaborating public health agencies and the broader public while maintaining student privacy.

Join Grants Office and special guests from GovQA as we review the latest developments in record management software solutions for K-12 and Higher Education Institutions and outline how these can be funded with available ARPA stimulus monies. We’ll even provide some best practice tips for putting together your stimulus funding proposal in support of your next records project. If you’re looking to justify using stimulus funding for records request management and communications software, you won’t want to miss this event!

Over the past several years, Canada has heightened its focus on green infrastructure – creating several new grant programs with sustainability in mind. Priorities for these programs range from broadband networks and energy systems to job growth and social inclusivity for all Canadians.

Join Joseph Phelan with Grants Office as we discuss funding programs available for your organization’s green infrastructure initiatives. And with the pending arrival of the new federal budget in April, Joseph will also share what to expect in the coming year for grants.

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are quickly becoming popular tools in the education sector for their ability to provide students with immersive, integrative "real-world" experiences. Immersive learning opportunities have been shown to increase student engagement, improve retention of content, and even encourage multisensory learning. While many K-12 schools, colleges, and universities are interested in utilizing AR/VR technologies, funding can be a barrier to implementation. Fortunately, there are many federal funders interested in supporting innovative approaches to education and workforce development.

Join Grants Office, HP, AMD, and Microsoft as we explore the funding landscape and cutting-edge solutions available for your next immersive learning initiative. Whether you’re just starting to think about incorporating AR/VR into your instruction, or are actively engaged in AR/VR research, you don’t want to miss this event!

Cybersecurity is more than the protection of data and equipment from theft. It also ensures the conservation of this data through measures of confidentiality, integrity, availability, authenticity, and nonrepudiation. Yet one of the biggest challenges organizations face when implementing a holistic cybersecurity solution package is a lack of funding.

Join HP, AMD, and Grants Office as we explore the cybersecurity grant funding landscape, offer best practice solutions, and provide tips for justifying cybersecurity within your next grant budget. 

As a thank you for registering, you’ll receive our informative whitepaper which highlights how state and local government agencies and education providers can make the most of available grant funding for your next cybersecurity project.

Interested in knowing what grants are available for public safety in Canada? Then this webinar is for you! Public safety is fundamental because it allows society to advance in other areas. During this webinar, we will review a few programs that can help fund your public safety projects. These programs may be available for public or private sector.

Join Grants Office as we explore various grant programs that will fund your public safety project. In addition, we will share with you 10 tips for writing successful grant proposals.

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Grant funding offered by the European Commission frequently requires partnerships in an effort to drive cohesion and collaboration between member states. The resulting opportunities allow for great synergies between public and private entities across Europe. But those partnerships bring with them a large set of challenges – not least of which being the act of crossing borders (and often languages) to initiate collaboration.

Join Gregory Clare, Grants Office’s lead funding consultant for the Netherlands, to explore the European funding landscape through the lens of partnerships. During this session, we’ll discuss the most common entry points for businesses and public institutions to begin engagement. We’ll also discuss how to highlight the benefits of these new partnerships in your upcoming grant proposal – illustrating to funders that the synergies built between your organizations will take the project to new, previously unimagined heights.

If you’re interested in finding the perfect partner for your next grant application, then you won’t want to miss this collaborative and informative session!

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) are providing significant contributions to scientific research. Having the right research computing system, such as a high performance computing (HPC) system, is critical to furthering these research and research-related activities. However, funding these computing purchases can be challenging. Fortunately, there are several federal research instrumentation grants specifically designed to support building research capacity at HBCUs and MSIs.

Join Dell Technologies, AMD, and Grants Office as we explore research instrumentation grants, provide tips and tricks for applying for these programs, and see how other HBCUs and MSIs have successfully pursued these grant opportunities.

Everyone who registers for this event will also receive a PDF copy of Research Instrumentation Grants for HBCUs and Minority-Serving Institutions, containing information about grant opportunities for these schools and an overview of how to utilize these programs and HPC technologies to meet your institution’s research goals.

The global pandemic has greatly accelerated the need for digitalized processes in Spain. Reflecting this major shift, the country’s Recovery and Resilience Plan includes a large number of funds to enable digitalization in Spanish companies -particularly SMEs and startups- to achieve an inclusive and sustainable transformation. But funding is flowing fast, and only those companies ready to respond to these historic opportunities in grant funding will be able to maximize all they are eligible for.

Join Vanessa Sanchez, Grants Office’s lead funding consultant for Spain, to explore this funding. During this session, we will examine five new grant opportunities that support SME digitalization -- including hardware and software solutions, employee training, and resource management systems that enable marketing, sales, and innovation. We’ll also discuss funding available to help your company leverage key technologies for digitization, such as cloud, big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cybersecurity systems to develop new products.

If your company is looking towards digitization to improve its competitiveness and expand into new markets, you won't want to miss this session!

La actual pandemia mundial ha acelerado enormemente la necesidad de digitalizar los procesos en España. Como reflejo de este gran cambio, el Plan de Recuperación y Resiliencia del país incluye un gran número de fondos para posibilitar la digitalización en las empresas españolas -sobre todo pymes y startups- para lograr una transformación inclusiva y sostenible. Pero la financiación está fluyendo rápidamente, y sólo aquellas empresas que estén preparadas para responder a estas oportunidades históricas en la financiación de subvenciones podrán maximizar todo lo que pueden obtener.

Únase con la consultora principal de la Oficina de Subvenciones para España para explorar esta financiación. Durante esta sesión, examinaremos cinco nuevas oportunidades de subvención que apoyan la digitalización de las PYMES, incluyendo soluciones de hardware y software, formación de empleados y sistemas de gestión de recursos que permiten el marketing, las ventas y la innovación. También hablaremos de la financiación disponible para ayudar a su empresa a aprovechar las tecnologías clave para la digitalización, como la nube, el big data, la inteligencia artificial, el blockchain y los sistemas de ciberseguridad, para desarrollar nuevos productos.

Si su empresa busca la digitalización para mejorar su competitividad y expandirse a nuevos mercados, ¡no querrá perderse esta sesión!

The American Rescue Plan’s $350 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds offers a huge opportunity for states and local governments to invest in public service delivery, to increase government transparency, and to make governments operate more efficiently. One way these flexible stimulus funds can be used is to improve how governments process and respond to public records requests.

Join Grants Office and special guests from GovQA and the National Association of Counties (NACo) to help you leverage ARPA Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to purchase public records management software for your organization. In this webcast, we will cover the broad basics of these funds, their eligible expenses, and discuss some of the sample use cases aligned with the Treasury Department guidelines. Additionally, we will cover the best practices for putting together your stimulus proposal to support your public records project.

If you’re looking for help connecting the dots between stimulus funding and implementing public records management software, you won’t want to miss this event!

Emergencies don’t stop, and public safety remains a priority. Learn how you can stay agile in your police, fire, and EMS response with Samsung solutions and discover ways to fund these initiatives through grant funding from the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, state grantmakers, and others. Sign up to gain expert insights on:

1. The latest public safety mobile technology that can keep first responders safe and better equipped
2. Examples of grant programs that you can apply for
3. How to effectively articulate your grant application

Emergencies don’t stop, and public safety remains a priority. Learn how you can stay agile in your police, fire, and EMS response with Samsung solutions and discover ways to fund these initiatives through grant funding from the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, state grantmakers, and others. Sign up to gain expert insights on:

1. The latest public safety mobile technology that can keep first responders safe and better equipped
2. Examples of grant programs that you can apply for
3. How to effectively articulate your grant application

Esports has a compounded annual growth rate of over 15% and will soon surpass half a billion audience members. With this level of popularity, colleges and universities are building their own esports programs. There are currently more than 180 varsity esports programs and many more club teams and curricular programs. However, the high-performance equipment needed to start esports programs can be expensive, resulting in many schools being unable to find sufficient funding.

Join HP, AMD, and Grants Office as we explore where the funding is (and isn’t) for esports. We examine some of the biggest challenges to finding external funding for collegiate esports initiatives and offer guidance on potential solutions. We’ll also cover how to position your project for success.

If your institution is interested in starting or growing an esports program, you won’t want to miss this session!

Research computing, including high performance computing (HPC) enables advanced research and research-related activities across scientific disciplines and having the right computing system is essential to support your institution’s needs. However, finding the funding to purchase this equipment can be challenging. Fortunately, federal research instrumentation grants, such as the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant from the National Science Foundation, can support HPC-enabled research at institutes of higher education.

Join Grants Office, Intel, and Dell Technologies as we dive into the MRI grant and talk with grant winners from universities that have successfully deployed these technologies to support their researchers.

Everyone who registers for this event will also receive a copy of Facilitating Research: Funding Research Computing with NSF’s Major Research Instrumentation Grant and More, containing information about MRI and other popular upcoming research instrumentation grants and an overview of how to utilize these programs and research computing technologies to meet your institution’s research goals.

Are you a professor, teaching assistant, lab manager or instructor finding it difficult to fund purchases for your postsecondary engineering or science lab? We know budgets are tight, and your organization’s traditional revenue streams may not be enough to help you accomplish everything you’d like in the year ahead, whether it is starting a new initiative or even updating old equipment. If you’re willing to play the long-game though, consider grant-seeking as a means to bring your organization some additional funds! Moreover, there are several steps your organization can take well before a target grant has even be identified to make sure that you’ll be able to hit the ground running once your desired grant opens for application.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Keysight Technologies and TestEquity as we discuss the function of grant funding, what characteristics grant-ready organizations possess, and common proposal elements that you can prepare ahead of time.

If you’re new to grant seeking – or even curious about what it might take for your organization to consider applying for grant funding – you won’t want to miss this fast-paced and informative session!

It would be hard to miss the media attention dedicated to the data breaches and hacking of high-profile businesses in recent years. The most serious offenders left hundreds of millions of consumers worried about the privacy of their personal information stored online.

Local government agencies carry similar levels of concern for the security of their own data. Public health agencies hold confidential information on patients. Public utility companies maintain payment information for individual homes. Law enforcement officers record names, addresses, and statements of survivors, offenders, and witnesses. Each individual trove of data represents a potential target of foreign and/or domestic hackers. And each must – in turn – be protected by layers of cybersecurity.

Join Grants Office, LLC and Dynamic Systems as we discuss technology solutions and grant funding available for cybersecurity initiatives in local government agencies. We’ll outline funding from a variety of state and federal agencies, detailing how to effectively justify the inclusion of data-security software, network upgrades, consulting fees, and other infrastructure improvements into a grant budget.

Invite your project managers, IT staff, and grant writers to attend this fast-paced and informative grantscast so that your government agency will be prepared against the next big cybersecurity threat!

As a sense of normalcy starts to return to many areas of the country, many public sector agencies are still struggling to rebound. Financial constraints stemming from the pandemic continue to put many important government and education services in peril. The true impact is not measured by lost revenue and other financial indicators, but by the residents and students that continue to suffer and ultimately bear the burden of the pandemic.

Fortunately, funding has started to flow from the American Rescue Plan. While these dollars can be used for COVID response efforts, Congress specifically built-in provisions with an eye towards the future. Much of the funding is aimed at helping government agencies overcome budget shortfalls and ensure students can return to schools while retaining the flexibility offered by remote and hybrid learning environments.

Join Grants Office and special guests from SHI as we explore the various funding sources available and ensure you are armed with the funding tools and strategies necessary to implement your technology-enabled projects. Whether you are with a state or local government, healthcare organization, K-12 school, or institution of higher education, this session will help you make the most of the stimulus funding being made available to your organization.

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the need for healthcare providers to adopt new communications and connectivity technology to enhance and expand service delivery and improve sharing of critical patient data. At the same time, though, providers’ budgets have been seriously impacted in the wake of the crisis, making outside funding critical to putting these technologies within reach.

Join Grants Office and L3Harris as we review the landscape of funding opportunities that are available to support healthcare communications and connectivity initiatives, how they relate to the recent stimulus appropriations, and tips for making the most of what’s available to fund this much-needed technology.

If you are looking for ways to maximize your share of the historic levels of healthcare funding that is available this year, you won’t want to miss this event!

Each year over $1 billion in grant funding is distributed by federal, state and foundation grantmakers. In addition to this annual money, the federal government has made over $6 trillion in stimulus funds available over the past 16 months. However, simply knowing that the money exists does not bring you any closer funding your community broadband initiative, securing your hybrid learning environment, advancing your smart transportation project, or accommodating providers and patients through telehealth devices.

Join experts from Grants Office and Insight Public Sector to learn more about the latest technology you will need in a post-Pandemic world, specific grants that will pay for it and how Insight is teaming with Grants Office to make sure you have grant specialists available to you for your grantseeking efforts. This session has something for everyone - we urge you to attend whether you are an institution of higher education, K-12 school, state or local agency, healthcare provider or tribal entity.

High performance computing (HPC) is enabling advanced research and research-related education across disciplines, and having the right HPC system available at your institution to support these needs is essential. However, funding the purchase of this equipment can be challenging.

Fortunately, federal instrumentation grants, such as Campus Cyberinfrastructure, DoD Research & Education Program for HBCUs and MSIs, and others, can support HPC-enabled research and education at institutes of higher education.

Join Grants Office and Dell Technologies as we dive into these important funding sources for university research initiatives and talk with grant winners from universities that have successfully deployed these technologies to support their researchers and students.

Everyone who registers for this event will also receive a PDF copy of Funding High Performance Computing to Empower Faculty and Institutional Research, containing highlights of prominent grant programs and an overview of how to utilize these programs and HPC technologies to meet your institution’s research goals.

With the K12 fiscal year ending later this month, a new round of funding opportunities is on the horizon for FY22. Expected over the next several months are a series of K-12 focused grants covering everything from STEM to teacher professional development – all of which are technology-friendly and could be used to address your district’s needs. Since these application windows are typically only open for 30 days though, planning ahead and getting a jump start on your application can go a long way towards preventing future stress.
 
Join Grants Office and Okta as we discuss these upcoming funding opportunities, innovative solutions for K12 schools from Okta, how to connect your identity management needs to funder priorities, and steps you can take now to get ready to apply!
 
If your district’s FY22 IT budget is looking a little thin, you won’t want to miss out on this fast-paced, informative event!

Over the past year, K-12 districts and charter schools across the country have had to ramp up their digital instruction practice in response to the coronavirus pandemic. With this transition to remote and hybrid learning, many K-12 education providers are also struggling to manage the surge of student and teacher devices as well as the myriad of education-facilitating software applications now utilized to ensure continuity of student learning.

Fortunately, in March, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act which provides an additional $122 billion in funding to K-12 districts and charter schools to address these and other needs. Whether your district is still looking for information on how to best utilize your forthcoming stimulus monies, highlights of the best teacher and student devices, details on how data analytics can help you effectively manage your software subscription and protect student data, or advice on how to transition to or maintain a digital education plan for the long term – our panel of experts is here to answer your questions!

Join Samsung, Grants Office, Catch On, Google, and K20Connect for an interactive panel discussion on digital equity, exciting developments to the accessibility of digital instruction practice, and review the funding landscape for these initiatives. You won’t want to miss this informative and engaging event!

Education Technology has the power to transform K-12 teaching and learning, but budgets cuts can adversely impact a district’s ability to fully realize their vision of technology-enabled classrooms, particularly when it comes to outfitting these classrooms for hybrid learning. Fortunately, the US Department of Education is host to a number of technology-friendly grant programs across a number of content areas that can be leveraged for your hybrid learning classroom equipment and teacher training needs!

Join Grants Office and special guests from Nureva for a rundown of the best Dept. of Ed grants supporting Ed Tech, tips for making your proposal stand out, and examples of some of the classroom technologies available in support of these initiatives. If you’ve been looking for ways to get technology into classrooms across your district, you won’t want to miss this event!

For many institutions of higher education, research is at the heart of the school’s mission. Usually, projects are funded through research grants to individual researchers and their labs. However, sometimes there are infrastructure and instrumentation needs that go well beyond single projects. Meeting these needs helps the institution’s research move forward, allows for opportunities to train up future researchers, and aids in recruiting new researchers to join the school.

Join Grants Office and Okta as we explore the research infrastructure and instrumentation funding landscape and share tips for making the most of these opportunities to meet the needs of your institution’s researchers. If you’re curious about these resources ,or have researchers you want to help with their technology needs, you won’t want to miss this event

Taking your organization’s educational services online has enabled you to continue to provide essential services during the pandemic, but it has also no doubt discovered more than a few new issues along the way – one of which is that you’re collaborating more generating mountains of data than you did in the past. And managing that collaboration and data effectively is not only an IT challenge, it’s also a funding challenge.

Join Grants Office, Tech Data, Microsoft and Veeam as we review the grant opportunities that are available over the next few months to support improved collaboration and data management in response to the COVID crisis across education. We’ll also discuss strategies for accessing these funds and discuss how administrators are solving the problem of data management to improve outcomes and compliance.

If you’re looking for a better way to manage dramatically increasing collaboration and data requirements and to leverage available outside funding to make it happen, you won’t want to miss this event!

Taking your organization’s educational services online has enabled you to continue to provide essential services during the pandemic, but it has also no doubt discovered more than a few new issues along the way – one of which is that you’re collaborating more generating mountains of data than you did in the past. And managing that collaboration and data effectively is not only an IT challenge, it’s also a funding challenge.

Join Grants Office, Tech Data, Microsoft and Veeam as we review the grant opportunities that are available over the next few months to support improved collaboration and data management in response to the COVID crisis across education. We’ll also discuss strategies for accessing these funds and discuss how administrators are solving the problem of data management to improve outcomes and compliance.

If you’re looking for a better way to manage dramatically increasing collaboration and data requirements and to leverage available outside funding to make it happen, you won’t want to miss this event!

The new American Rescue Plan stimulus bill provides a massive $350 billion dollars of direct aid to state and local governments. As funding is beginning to make its way to government agencies and organizations across the country, it comes with a wide range of allowable uses – including training and skill building for underemployed workers, healthcare providers, public health officials, election workers, educators, students, and many others. Of course, all of this training is being delivered online.

Join Grants Office and Cornerstone for a review of the new American Rescue Plan state and local grant funds that can help agencies across the public sector get their teams and constituents the training they need to thrive in 2021 and beyond. During this session, we’ll also review tips for leveraging these programs, and highlights of how organizations are leveraging on-demand learning from Cornerstone to make it all happen.

If you are looking to leverage American Rescue Plan funding to deliver high impact and actionable content to your team and your community, you won’t want to miss this event!

High performance computing (HPC) is enabling advanced research across disciplines, and for those researchers who depend on – and those institutions that share – high-end instrumentation to collect data, high end computing power is essential. But of course, all this technology needs to be funded as well. Federal grants, such as the High End Instrumentation Grant Program, Shared Instrumentation Grant Program, and Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (together providing more than $100 million in funding), support HPC-enabled research as well as broad university capacity.

Join Grants Office and Dell Technologies as we explore the funding landscape for university research initiatives and review some examples of universities that have successfully deployed these technologies as part of campus-wide research empowerment initiative. Everyone who registers for this event will also receive a PDF copy of Funding High Performance Computing to Drive High End Instrumentation-Driven Research, containing highlights of prominent grant programs and an overview of how these technologies are applied in a typical research context.

The new American Rescue Plan includes funding for a broad range of educational initiatives, and as schools prepare to reopen, hybrid learning is on the minds of stakeholders across the educational spectrum. Building on the technology that has been funded through previous rounds of stimulus, schools and institutions of higher education are looking for ways to formalize their hybrid learning offerings, to insure themselves against an uncertain couple of years – and of course, all this comes at a price!
 
Join Grants Office, Samsung, and Cisco as we review the new funding in the American Recue Plan, how it adds to the existing landscape of funding for hybrid learning, and what you need to do to access it. We will also review a new solution for hybrid education developed jointly by Samsung and Cisco that can help educational institutions across the country advance their hybrid learning programs.
 
If you want to be sure you’re not missing any of the new technology-friendly funding that is available to your institution, you won’t want to miss this event!

The latest round of COVID-19 stimulus funding signed into law on December 27th, 2020 provides funding to state and local governments for a variety of activities: vaccine planning and distribution; contact tracing, testing, and surveillance; transportation improvements; and broadband initiatives. However, it can be challenging to figure out how to access these funds, how they can be spent, and how they can fund your technology initiatives. Beyond this stimulus funding, there’s also a variety of other federal, state, and foundation grants that can fund cybersecurity technology solutions.
 
Join Grants Office and Okta for a webinar about the stimulus funding that is available to support technology-rich projects at the state and local government level. If you’re looking to take advantage of the COVID-19 stimulus funding in 2021, you won’t want to miss this event

Computer Science (CS) and Computational Thinking (CT) are increasingly essential skills within students' college and career readiness toolbelt. While a clear pathway to a STEM career may be top of mind for many, CS and CT competencies have non-STEM applications, too – from developing models to analyze political behavior data to sound design and production within a music hall or theater. Yet despite this broad potential for future career pathway relevance, less than half of K12 districts in the United States offer any form of meaningful CS or CT course pathway. Students from rural, low-income, and/or ethnic and racial minorities are especially disadvantaged as their districts often lack the resources to start such programs. Fortunately, over the last 5 years, grant funding support for CS and CT programming has substantially increased. For those who know where to look, these funds can provide the much-needed support to launch a school or district-wide CS and CT initiative.

Join Grants Office and special guests from HP, Microsoft TEALS, DigiGirlz, and Airband as we discuss how your district can leverage the plethora of public grant funding available, figure out which of the grant-fundable HP devices are best suited to your needs, and how you can get these devices connected to facilitate innovative computer science learning within your classrooms.

As a bonus, following the event, all registrants will receive an exclusive white paper featuring grant-seeking tips and tricks for your next technology-enabled computer science project. If your district is interested in starting or expanding its computer science offerings, you won’t want to miss out on this fast-paced and informative event!

Grant funding for corrections mobility projects is widespread and readily available – from the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, State public safety agencies, and others. But sometimes developing a project that can win funding can pose a challenge to law enforcement agency leaders, particularly if they don’t have a great deal of experience with competitive grants.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Samsung as we provide a review of the strategies and tools that can help you confidently develop grant applications for your next mobility project.

Sign up to gain expert insights on:

1. The latest mobile technology that can keep officers safe and better equipped
2. Upcoming mobility-friendly grant programs that you can apply for
3. How to effectively articulate your grant applications

With coronavirus still impacting schools across the country, Congress has passed yet another stimulus bill, allocating an additional $170 billion towards education via the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Approximately $130 billion of this funding will go to K-12 schools to further help them respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and reopen schools.
 
These funds will provide additional allocations to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, first introduced in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March 2020 and expanded with the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act in December 2020. Be aware, though, that the future funds from the American Rescue Plan will have new provisions!
 
Join Grants Office, HP, Intel and Microsoft as we discuss the new appropriations for K-12 education, how they relate to the previous stimulus funding, and provide tips for making the most of what’s available to meet ongoing technology needs. With this large amount of new funding on the way, you won’t want to miss out on learning about these exciting opportunities!

With coronavirus still impacting schools across the country, Congress has passed yet another stimulus bill, allocating an additional $170 billion towards education via the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Approximately $40 billion of this funding will go to higher education institutions to further help them respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and reopen schools.

These funds will provide additional allocations to the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, first introduced in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March 2020 and expanded with the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act in December 2020. Be aware, though, that the future funds from the American Rescue Plan will have new provisions!
 
Join Grants Office, HP, and AMD as we discuss the new appropriations for higher education, how they relate to the previous stimulus funding, and provide tips for making the most of what’s available to meet ongoing technology needs. With this large amount of new funding on the way, you won’t want to miss out on learning about these exciting opportunities!

The coronavirus pandemic brought about and exacerbated challenges for educational organizations, but there are also new opportunities to reimagine teaching and learning. Luckily, the Coronavirus Response & Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act included nearly $82 billion in additional funding for the Education Stabilization Fund! This includes the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) for K-12, the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) for higher education, and the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER) for both K-12 and higher education as well as other education providers. Much of this funding is technology-friendly and can help schools facilitate instruction and support students.
 
Join Grants Office and Lenovo as we review these opportunities, how they relate to the CARES Act funding, and tips for making the most of what’s available to fund much-needed technology. With more than twice the funding for education as we saw in CARES, you won’t want to miss out on learning about these exciting grant opportunities!
 
If you want to be sure you’re not missing any of the new technology-friendly funding that is available to your institution, you won’t want to miss this event!

Le Gouvernement Français a placé les Petites et Moyennes Entreprises et les Entreprises de Taille Intermédiaire au cœur de son Plan de Relance pour faire face à la COVID-19, en déployant des mesures inédites de soutien financier afin d’encourager l'investissement et la modernisation de ses entreprises. Le résultat final se traduit par de nombreuses subventions attrayantes qui peuvent être mobilisées pour les clients de Cisco en 2021 et au-delà. Mais les financements circulent rapidement ! Seuls ceux qui sont prêts à saisir ces opportunités historiques pourront faire avancer leurs projets à vocation technologique grâce à un financement par subvention.

Chers partenaires, joignez-vous aux représentants de Cisco et de Grants Office pour aider vos clients à bénéficier des meilleures opportunités actuellement disponibles dans le large paysage des aides financières en France pour soutenir leurs projets de transformation digitale ! Nous discuterons des programmes de relance adaptés à la technologie, des solutions qui sont en demande et des ressources gratuites de soutien aux subventions que vous pouvez exploiter pour sécuriser vos projets communs avec vos clients et augmenter vos ventes grâce à ces subventions

The Coronavirus Pandemic hit healthcare providers especially hard as they had to simultaneously deal with increased and expensive safety protocols and declining revenue as elective surgeries were canceled and demand for non-COVID health services declined.  The strain was particularly acute for the IT operations at health care facilities as providers had to quickly reorganize to support a remote workforce and deliver care via telemedicine technology.

As part of the federal response, $178 billion in stimulus funds has been allocated to help providers deal with these operating deficits.  The funds can be used to support healthcare-related pandemic expenses as well as to replace lost revenue.  Many providers were reluctant to spend these funds because of changing guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  The good news is that the latest stimulus package signed into law on December 27, 2020 codified many of these regulations and give providers added flexibility in how they can spend these federal dollars.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Okta as we explore the HHS Provider Relief Fund and other sources of funding that can be used to support your pressing IT initiatives.  We will discuss best practices for maximizing these funding opportunities to optimize your IT apparatus to function in an ongoing pandemic and a future healthcare landscape that will be forever changed.

Another round of historic stimulus funding has created yet more new opportunities for local governments to leverage technology to transform the way they deliver services to citizens in the wake of the pandemic and beyond.

Join Grants Office and special guests from SHI for a look at the latest stimulus funding bill, how these appropriations expand and enhance both past stimulus programs and the annual funding being distributed in the current fiscal year. We’ll also be discussing how technology can help make your agency more efficient and effective, and how the SHI Grants Support Program can help you get it done.

If you’re feeling like there’s a lot of funding flying around and you want to make sure you capture every dollar you can, you won't want to miss this event!

The COVID pandemic has dramatically increased the demand for technology across the country, and COVID-related stimulus funding has added hundreds of billions of dollars to what was already a robust funding landscape for local government, education, healthcare innovation, and small business development. But funding is flowing quickly, and only those who are ready to respond to these historic opportunities in tech-friendly grant funding will be able to maximize all they are eligible for.

Join Grants Development Consultants from Grants Office and partner leaders from Ingram Micro and Cisco for a look at the tech-friendly stimulus and annual funding that is available in 2021, solutions that are in-demand, and free grants support resources that you can leverage today to drive more grant-enabled sales with your customers. 

If you’ve been looking for ways to help your customer leverage funding for the technology they need to help them solve the challenges the coronavirus has created in their municipalities, provinces, and institutions, you won’t want to miss this event!

The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act has added significantly to the historic funding amount that was already available for higher education institutions through the CARES Act, and this funding will enable colleges and universities across the country to further address the new requirements that the COVID crisis has precipitated - including a need for broader and more decentralized access to school resources by students, faculty, and staff.

Join Grants Office and special guests for Okta for a look at the landscape of higher education funding in 2021, the technologies that are enabling institutions to extend their technologies beyond the campus, and tips for maximizing all the funding streams that are available this year. We will also discuss how you can receive free funder research and consultation through the Okta Grants Support Program.

Every year, we hear in the news that hackers have infiltrated an organization. This demonstrates that we must continue to attach great importance to the way that data is protected and to improve these methods. Whether you are a hospital, business, government, school, or even a nonprofit, the security of your data is something that concerns you. All projects focused on security and innovation in data protection could benefit by applying to the Cybersecurity Cooperation program.

Join representatives from Cisco and Grants Office to learn about $4.2 million in grant funding available right now for cybersecurity projects from the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness of Canada. We’ll discuss available funding streams, highlight examples of previously funded projects, and even offer tips for preparing an application by the February 12, 2021 deadline. If you are struggling to fund a major cybersecurity investment in 2021, you will not want to miss this event! 

Chaque année, on entend dans les nouvelles que des pirates informatiques se sont infiltrés dans une organisation. Cela démontre que nous devons continuer à attacher une grande importance à la manière dont les données sont protégées et à améliorer ces méthodes. Que vous soyez un hôpital, une entreprise, un gouvernement, une école ou même un organisme à but non lucratif, la sécurité de vos données vous préoccupe. Tous les projets axés sur la sécurité et l'innovation dans le domaine de la protection des données pourraient bénéficier d'une candidature au programme de coopération en matière de cybersécurité.

Joignez-vous aux représentants de Cisco et de Grants Office pour en savoir plus sur 4,2 millions de dollars en subventions disponibles actuellement pour des projets de cybersécurité du ministère de la Sécurité publique et de la Protection civile du Canada. Nous discuterons des flux de financement disponibles, des exemples de projets financés précédemment et proposerons même des conseils pour préparer une demande d'ici la date limite du 12 février 2021. Si vous avez du mal à financer un investissement majeur dans la cybersécurité en 2021, vous ne voudrez pas manquer cette session!

Every year, we hear in the news that hackers have infiltrated an organization. This demonstrates that we must continue to attach great importance to the way that data is protected and to improve these methods. Whether you are a hospital, business, government, school, or even a nonprofit, the security of your data is something that concerns you. All projects focused on security and innovation in data protection could benefit by applying to the Cybersecurity Cooperation program.

Join representatives from Cisco and Grants Office to learn about $4.2 million in grant funding available right now for cybersecurity projects from the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness of Canada. We’ll discuss available funding streams, highlight examples of previously funded projects, and even offer tips for preparing an application by the February 12, 2021 deadline. If you are struggling to fund a major cybersecurity investment in 2021, you will not want to miss this event!

Every year, through the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program (21st CCLC), the US Department of Education provides funding to State Education Agencies across the country, which is then regranted to Local Education Agencies. LEAs serving students who attend high-need schools utilize this program’s funding to support the creation and expansion of “community learning centers,” which provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for students. Funding can be used to help students meet state and local standards in core academic subjects, offer students a wide variety of enrichment activities, provide literacy and other educational services to students’ families, as well as a myriad of other supports.

What if we could teach remote students and physically-present students at the same time and achieve quality learning outcomes for both? We can! With the help of Microsoft Teams Meetings and HP, the Susquehanna Township School District in Pennsylvania designed an All Remote Access solution for its five campuses. Over 200 teachers are using this technology. Martin Schwarz from HP will share the Susquehanna case study, what was required to set-up & train teachers, and the results seen thus far.

Join Grants Office and special guests from HP as we dive into the federal 21st CCLC program requirements, discuss ways technology is being leveraged to support innovative, extended learning time practice, and offer tips on proposal development by taking a look at Pennsylvania’s 21st CCLC application process as an example. If you’re interested in pursuing this grant opportunity in your state, you definitely won’t want to miss out on this informative session!

Whether you’re in government, education, or healthcare, your community of stakeholders is increasingly working and engaging with you through a range of online tools and resources. And that means more data than ever is potentially exposed - making your systems vulnerable to intrusion, data corruption, and operational interruption, to put it mildly.  

Join Grants Development Consultants from Grants Office and Cybersecurity Specialists from Rubrik for a review of the grant programs that can help agencies across the public sector secure their systems, tips for leveraging these programs, and highlights of some of the latest information security technologies that are available today.

If your team and your community have been using online tools more than ever, but you needed outside funding to help you fully secure your systems, you won’t want to miss this event!

As government IT leaders look to support a newly distributed/hybrid workforce, while empowering teams with the tools needed to be more effective and productive in any environment, they are being faced with reduced budgets. Fortunately, funding has been allocated to support the nation’s ongoing response to the impact of the global pandemic.

Join Grants Office and Logitech in this high-impact informative session as we unpack:

• NEW funding available in the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act
• Outline updates on the CARES Act
• Share best practices in equipping distributed/hybrid workforces and workplaces to support continuity and improved service delivery to constituents
• This session will be no longer than 30 minutes and cover important questions such as:
• What projects can Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act be used?
• What projects can CARES Act funding be used?
• Who in my organization should I involve?
• What key dates do I need to keep in mind?
• When do I have to obligate funds?
• Can I get reimbursed for technology expenses related to COVID?
• What conferencing and productivity solutions are addressing these challenges?

Free Whitepaper

All registered attendees will receive a copy of the Top 3 Ways to Make the Most of Stimulus Funding: High-Priority Technology Needs in Education, Healthcare and Government whitepaper to learn how investments in video conferencing, communication, and productivity devices can support your program goals and provide long term economic and social benefits.

Faced with financial and other pressures exacerbated by the global pandemic, providers, hospitals, and health systems are turning to telehealth as a method to help limit exposure, respond to the crisis, and provide on-going care in cost effective ways. Fortunately, funding resources are being made available to help healthcare institutions invest in the technology needed for programs that support the health and safety of vulnerable communities.

Join Grants Office and Logitech in this high-impact, informative session as we unpack:

• NEW funding available in the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act
• Outline updates on the CARES Act
• Best practices, use cases, and technology used for telehealth

This session will be no longer than 30 minutes and cover important questions such as:

• What projects can Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act be used?
• What projects can CARES Act funding be used?
• Who in my organization should I involve?
• What key dates do I need to keep in mind?
• When do I have to obligate funds?
• Can I get reimbursed for technology expenses related to COVID?
• What conferencing and productivity solutions are addressing these challenges?

Free Whitepaper

All registered attendees will receive a copy of the Top 3 Ways to Make the Most of Stimulus Funding: High-Priority Technology Needs in Education, Healthcare and Government whitepaper to learn how investments in video conferencing, communication, and productivity devices can support your program goals and provide long term economic and social benefits.

The challenges faced by school districts and higher education institutions in the 2020-2021 academic school year have created an opportunity to reimagine teaching and learning. Equipping schools with the right technology to support on-going learning, communication, and equitable access to services for all students promotes resiliency, but also requires funding. Fortunately, funding has been allocated to support the nation’s on-going response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Join Grants Office and Logitech in this high-impact, informative session as we unpack:

• NEW funding available in the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act
• Outline updates on the CARES Act
• Share best practices transforming remote/hybrid/distance learning

This session will be no longer than 30 minutes and cover important questions such as:

• What projects can Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act be used?
• What projects can CARES Act funding be used?
• Who in my organization should I involve?
• What key dates do I need to keep in mind?
• When do I have to obligate funds?
• Can I get reimbursed for technology expenses related to COVID?
• What conferencing and productivity solutions are addressing these challenges?

Free Whitepaper

All registered attendees will receive a copy of the Top 3 Ways to Make the Most of Stimulus Funding: High-Priority Technology Needs in Education, Healthcare and Government whitepaper to learn how investments in video conferencing, communication, and productivity devices can support your program goals and provide long term economic and social benefits.

The $900 billion Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act includes nearly $82 billion in additional funding for the Education Stabilization Fund! This funding is incredibly technology-friendly and can help schools facilitate instruction and support students. Of particular relevance to higher education institutions are the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEER) and the Governor’s Education Emergency Relief Fund (GEER). Plus, there is a new program from the FCC for HBCUs, TCUs, and other minority-serving institutions. In total, there is more than $27 billion in appropriations relevant to higher education!

Join Grants Office, HP, Microsoft, and AMD as we look at these opportunities, how they relate to the CARES funding, and tips for making the most of what’s available to fund technology. If you’re curious about these new resources, or how it mighthelp with your technology needs, you won’t want to miss this event!

It looks like the coronavirus is here to stay for the duration of 2021. Despite their best efforts and nearly $30.75 billion in previous funding supports, many education providers are still struggling. Fortunately, a timely holiday gift from Congress has arrived! An additional $900 billion in stimulus funding has been allocated to support the nation’s ongoing response to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Within the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, nearly $82 billion has been allocated to the US Department of Education to make supplemental awards under the suite of Education Stabilization Funding programs previously established by the CARES Act. Of relevance to K-12 education providers are two programs in particular, the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) and the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER). There are a few changes of which K-12 education providers should be aware. Most notably, a $2.75 billion set aside exclusively for non-public schools!

Join Grants Office, HP, Microsoft, and AMD as we look at the appropriations for K12 education, how they relate to the CARES funding, and provide tips for making the most of what’s available to fund desperately needed technology solutions. With approximately $58.37 billion in future funding on the way, you won’t want to miss out on exciting grant opportunities!

Every year, the US Department of Education provides funding to the Texas Education Agency to regrant to Local Education Agencies (including independent school districts and open-enrollment charter schools), Education Service Centers, community-based organizations, and more through the Nita M. Lowey 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program (21st CCLC). This program supports the creation and expansion of “community learning centers” that provide academic enrichment opportunities during non-school hours for students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. Funding can be used to help students meet state and local standards in core academic subjects, offer students a wide variety of enrichment activities, as well as provide literacy and other educational services to students’ families. In Texas, the 21st CCLC program is called, "the Texas Afterschool Centers on Education program," or Texas ACE.

What if we could teach remote students and physically-present students at the same time and achieve quality learning outcomes for both? We can! With the help of Microsoft Teams Meetings and HP, the Susquehanna Township School District in Pennsylvania designed an All Remote Access solution for its five campuses. Over 200 teachers are using this technology. Martin Schwarz from HP will share the Susquehanna case study, what was required to set-up & train teachers, and the results seen thus far.

Join Grants Office and special guests from HP as we dive into program requirements, discuss ways technology is being leveraged to support innovative, extended learning time practice, and offer tips on proposal development. The window for applications is open now and proposals are due January 21, 2021. Whether you’re in the midst of preparing an application or just considering getting started, you won’t want to miss out on this fast paced and informative event!

The CARES Act funding in the United States has entered an urgent stage, where it needs to be allocated and spent in the next 3-8 weeks. Large buckets of funding remain available across a variety of grant opportunities in the K-12 education, healthcare, public safety, and state and local government sectors. If you’ve considered Chromebooks, tablets, or smartphones for remote learning, telehealth, social distancing, situational awareness, and working from home, CARES funding can potentially fund these projects. However, it can be challenging to figure out what funding opportunities are available, how to access them, and how they can be used to fund your mobility-enabled projects. Beyond the CARES Act, there’s also a variety of other federal, state, and foundation grants that can support a wide range of mobility-friendly initiatives across the United States, particularly in response to the COVID crisis.

Join grants professionals from Grants Office and special guests from Samsung for a fireside chat about the national funding that is available to support mobility-powered initiatives and updates from the front lines on how this technology is transforming public sector services. 

 If you’re looking to take advantage of CARES funding to develop or expand a mobility project in 2021, you won’t want to miss this event!

Hope springs eternal as the U.S. Government rolls out recently approved vaccinations that will put the Coronavirus nightmare in the rearview mirror. However, lost revenue and budget shortfalls will continue to impact state and local governments, education entities and healthcare providers in the immediate future and well beyond the point that Coronavirus is no longer considered a pandemic.

At this point, public sector agency staff are exhausted as they struggle to fund critical operations that are crucial to serving their constituency. We want to help! Logitech has partnered with Grants Office, LLC to make sure you are armed with up-to-date information on stimulus funds that you can access to support pandemic-induced changes to workflow and operations, such as distance learning in educational settings, remote work for state and local government agencies and telemedicine in the healthcare sector.

In order to maximize the investment of your time, Logitech and Grants Office, LLC will host 3 separate Stimulus Quick Hits sessions on January 13. Each one will be focused on a specific sector and will last 20 minutes. The session will include the latest grants intelligence on stimulus funding as well as a brief overview of Logitech solutions that can help get you through the Pandemic. We look forward to your attendance at one or more of the sessions:

• Stimulus Quick Hits: Maximizing Your Share of COVID Relief Funding for Education Entities; 1PM Eastern
• Stimulus Quick Hits: Maximizing Your Share of COVID Relief Funding for Healthcare Entities; 2PM Eastern
• Stimulus Quick Hits: Maximizing Your Share of COVID Relief Funding for State and Local Government Agencies; 3PM Eastern

The CARES Act funding in South Carolina has entered an urgent stage, where it needs to be allocated and spent in the next 3-8 weeks. Large buckets of funding remain available across a variety of grant opportunities in the K-12 education, healthcare, public safety, and state and local government sectors. If you’ve considered Chromebooks, tablets, or smartphones for remote learning, telehealth, social distancing, situational awareness, and working from home, CARES funding can potentially fund these projects. However, it can be challenging to figure out what funding opportunities are available, how to access them, and how they can be used to fund your mobility-enabled projects. Beyond the CARES Act, there’s also a variety of other federal, state, and foundation grants that can support a wide range of mobility-friendly initiatives across South Carolina, particularly in response to the COVID crisis.   

Join grants professionals from Grants Office and special guests from Samsung for a fireside chat about the South Carolina funding that is available to support mobility-powered initiatives and updates from the front lines on how this technology is transforming public sector services. If you’re looking to take advantage of CARES funding to develop or expand a mobility project in 2021, you won’t want to miss this event!

A limited budget for education technology purchases isn’t anything new. Compounding matters though in the global coronavirus pandemic, whose impact on state and local economies is likely to cause significant loss in revenue for districts in the year ahead. That is why we are here to help your school or district accomplish its vision and make sure that a lack of available funding doesn’t get in the way of your education technology needs. Especially with so many districts now looking towards technology as a means to ensure that students and teachers are able to remain connected while engaged in remote/hybrid learning.

Join us to learn more about how HP, Microsoft, and AMD have teamed up with Grants Office to support Virtucom customers in their grant seeking efforts – from funder prospecting to proposal development – we are here for you. As an added bonus, we’ll even offer some tips for education technology grant seeking success and highlight a few of our favorite education technology funding opportunities.

If you’re looking to supplement your district or school’s IT budget with grant funding, you won’t want to miss this event!

The CARES Act funding in Texas has entered an urgent stage, where it needs to be allocated and spent in the next 3-8 weeks. Large buckets of funding remain available across a variety of grant opportunities in the K-12 education, healthcare, public safety, and state and local government sectors. If you’ve considered Chromebooks, tablets, or smartphones for remote learning, telehealth, social distancing, situational awareness, and working from home, CARES funding can potentially fund these projects. However, it can be challenging to figure out what funding opportunities are available, how to access them, and how they can be used to fund your mobility-enabled projects. Beyond the CARES Act, there’s also a variety of other federal, state, and foundation grants that can support a wide range of mobility-friendly initiatives across Texas, particularly in response to the COVID crisis.

Join grants professionals from Grants Office and special guests from Samsung for a fireside chat about the Texas funding that is available to support mobility-powered initiatives and updates from the front lines on how this technology is transforming public sector services.

If you’re looking to take advantage of CARES funding to develop or expand a mobility project in 2021, you won’t want to miss this event!

More than $400 billion in coronavirus response funding has been made available to education agencies, healthcare providers, and local governments to compensate for tax revenue shortfalls, transition their agency operations to remote work, and rethink how their range of services can be safely delivered going forward. And the deadline to spend many of these funds is quickly approaching!

Join Grants Office and special guests from Logitech for a look at how technology is supporting a public sector transformation in response to COVID, how the Coronavirus Relief Funding is being shaped around the country, and tips for leveraging this and other stimulus funding to help achieve the goals your agency has set for responding to new demands precipitated by the pandemic. We’ll also introduce the Logitech Grants Support program, and detail how education, healthcare, and local government agencies can get free access to funder research and grants consultation provided by Logitech and powered by Grants Office.

Everyone who registers will receive a PDF copy of Championing and Funding Video Collaboration in Your Community, with tips on leading and funding a technology-enabled community transformation.

If you're looking to better understand what this historic funding is all about and how you can make the most of it – all in a tight time frame – you won't want to miss this event!

Body-worn camera technology has revolutionized community policing, and as the technology continues to evolve, public safety agencies are looking for less cumbersome ways to capture digital evidence – and for outside sources to help pay for it! Mobile devices are already available to first responder agencies of all types and sizes across the US, and these devices that they’re already carrying can solve many of the issues associated with deploying local body-worn camera initiatives as well.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Samsung for a look at body-worn camera funding opportunities that will be available in the coming months, and the technologies that can make agency-wide deployment easier and less expensive.

Accessing grant funding takes time, and the earlier you start the process, the more options will be available. So, if you're looking to fund deploy, expand, or upgrade a body-worn camera initiative for your department in 2021, you definitely won't want to miss this event!

Funding innovation in ‘normal’ times at Community Colleges is already hard, and during a pandemic, may seem impossible. In collaboration with HP, AMD and Grants Office, learn how Red Rocks Community College is moving forward to innovate teaching and learning programs that assist students in meeting their ambitious career and educational goals.

During this fast-paced session, we will survey the landscape of innovation-friendly funding available to AACC members, review strategies for planning and articulating innovative projects to grantmakers, and provide resources that can help you lead a grants development initiative for your institution.

If you’re looking for outside funding to help you move forward with plans to innovate your college’s teaching and learning, workforce development, or community education programs, you won’t want to miss this event!

Extended Reality (XR) technology has applications across many different settings, from research to the classroom to workforce development. And while many colleges and universities are interested in utilizing these technologies, funding them can be a barrier to fully realizing the educational benefits of these technologies.

Fortunately, federal funders are interested in supporting innovative approaches to education and workforce development, and we’ve come together to help you navigate the funding waters successfully!

Join Grants Office, HP, Microsoft, and Intel as we explore Extended Reality technology and the upcoming federal grant opportunities that could support these solutions. We’ll also discuss some exciting examples of how educational institutions around the country are harnessing XR inside and outside the classroom to expand access to learning resources and accelerate students’ grasp of even complex subjects.

Whether you’re just starting to think about incorporating Extended Reality into your instruction or research or you’re a seasoned pro, you won’t want to miss this event!

HP/Educause XR members, you are invited to participate in a discussion group call on August 26th at 12:00 Eastern Time. The Grants Office will share highlights of the attached XR Funding Report and how to effectively navigate the grant process. In addition, you will learn how to tap into HP’s – free -- grant support services program to be there for you anytime with expert consulting in grants and technology.

This second annual XR Funding Report includes possible grants and foundations who may be great fits in supporting your university’s XR research, and teaching and learning endeavors. This is a comprehensive list – a full 244 page report!

We encourage anyone to join who is passionate and curious about funding XR projects. This interactive platform has been designed with you in mind. Questions are welcome and feel free to forward & invite others!

More than most, this year has seen changes in how education is delivered, and funders have been working hard to keep up with the size and scope of these new requirements, from relaxing restrictions on how formula funds can be used to creating entirely new competitive technology-friendly grant programs.  

Join Grants Office and special guests from HP for a review of the grants that can help fund education technology needs, strategies for accessing the various types of funding that are available, and highlights of the technologies that are making education in 2020 more effective than ever.

As funding is a real challenge and yet students need laptops to stay connected in remote learning. HP is donating millions of dollars worth of technology to aid education, but together, we can do even more. Join us and learn more about HP Refresh, a program to help communities crowdsource computer donations to schools. You will learn how to organize your community and gather unused computers, safely wipe the data using HP software, and donate them to students in need. 

If you’re rethinking how technology can support your educational service delivery and intent on getting better at accessing outside funding and resources to support your needs, then you won’t want to miss this event!

The federal government has been making historic amounts of grant funding available to state and local governments, through COVID-related stimulus funding like the CARES Act as well as through its slate of annual grant programs, for a wide range of technology-enabled projects. And more now than ever, the agencies that know about these funding streams and can rally the resources to apply will get more of what’s available.

Join Grants Office and special guests from SHI for a look at the stimulus funding that is already making its way to governments and the grant programs that can help support state and local technology initiatives better meet the needs of citizens and fill resource gaps that may have developed in your agency. We’ll also be discussing how technology can help make your agency more efficient and effective, and how the SHI Grants Support Program can help you get it done.

If you’re feeling like there’s a lot of funding flying around and you want to make sure you capture every dollar you can, you won't want to miss this event!

You made it! You got your institution through the school year with the tools you had available. But the fall semester is just around the corner, and as you begin planning around the uncertainty of how higher education and research will be conducted going forward, you’ve undoubtedly also developed contingency plans that leverage new technologies, along with new expenses, that provide more robust and reliable platforms for students, faculty, staff, and researchers.

Join Grants Office, HP and Microsoft for a look at the grants that can help you fund the technologies you need to enable comprehensive research and educational service delivery, and the technologies that can support them - even 3D printing, virtual reality, and student health checks - virtually! Microsoft has partnered with HP to offer the best prices on Windows 10 devices too! 

If you’re looking to bring full functionality to your college or university landscape this year – and get help funding it – you won’t want to miss this event!

This year has been a roller coaster for higher education institutions, and technology has taken on an expanding role in helping educational leaders cope with the changes to classroom dynamics, administrative function, and research support. Not seeing an immediate end to the “new normal” that has emerged, institutions are even now developing long-term plans to offer at least some degree of online instruction, enable staff and faculty to work from home, and keep researchers engaged virtually.

But the cost of the technology that will effectively enable all this online activity is straining, and breaking, the budgets of even the most well-endowed colleges and universities, leaving them to turn to outside sources of funding for support. The good news is that support is available, and funders are moving faster than ever to make grant funding available.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Lenovo for a review of the technology-friendly grant funding that is flowing to higher education through formula grants that were funded as part of the federal government’s coronavirus response legislation, as well as annual programs that can bolster your technology deployment plans.

If you want to be sure you’re not missing any of the technology-friendly funding that is available to your institution, you won’t want to miss this event!

You did it! You guided your school district through an unprecedented year of change and uncertainty. But the next school year is just around the corner, and there is no time like the present to start planning for a year that is certain to be filled with more ambiguity. Now is the time to develop a contingency plan that leverages new technologies to empower more robust and reliable learning opportunities for students in today’s new, remote environment.

Join Grants Office, HP and Microsoft as we examine grants that will help you fund technology that supports comprehensive educational service delivery and enables innovative learning, like 3D printing, virtual reality and even student health checks managed virtually!

Microsoft has partnered with HP to offer the best prices on Windows10 devices, too! If you’re looking to bring full functionality to your school landscape this year – and get help funding it – you can’t afford to miss this event!

The CARES Act significantly increased the funding available to K-12 schools, and with the increased demand for technology to facilitate instruction and support school leaders, educational institutions have been looking for ways to use this funding to supplement their technology budgets. 

Join Grants Office and special guests from NetApp and immixGroup for a look at how these appropriations have changed the landscape of funding for K-12, the technologies that are emerging as essential for the delivery and management of education, and tips for making the most of what’s available to fund technology this year.

If you’re looking to fill gaps in an already stretched technology budget, you won’t want to miss this event!

Join Grants Office and Samsung for an overview of the stimulus funding that has been appropriated over the past few months, and an update on where the funding for Education, Healthcare, and State and Local Governments stands. We'll also plan for a robust Q&A during this one hour session to arm you with the latest information to share with constituents and colleagues.

Join Grants Office and Samsung for an overview of the stimulus funding that has been appropriated over the past few months, and an update on where the funding for Education, Healthcare, and State and Local Governments stands. We'll also plan for a robust Q&A during this one hour session to arm you with the latest information to share with constituents and colleagues.

The CARES Act provides an additional $400 million to the regular annual Help America Vote Act funding to facilitate and secure this year’s election cycle, and the funding has already begun to make its way to local election officials.

State-by-state distribution procedures vary, and the funds can be used for a wide range of election initiatives that include printing and mailing ballots, securing election systems, and disinfecting election facilities, to name just a few examples. 

Join Grants Office and special guests from Carahsoft for a review of the HAVA and CARES Act funding, a discussion of the different elements of election administration and security thee programs will fund, and a look at technology securing election systems around the country. If you’re looking to make the most of all the funding available for local election operations, you won’t want to miss this event!

Campuses across the educational landscape have had to move quickly to support distance learning and and are scrambling to continue their research projects from off campus. The technology required to support these initiatives has been largely defined by what was readily available. But as institutions settle into this new reality, it makes sense to take another look at the technologies that can more robustly support virtual education and research as learners and researchers work both on and off campus.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Rice University, OpenStax, and HP for a look at how machine learning and cognitive science are delivering better online learning outcomes and how HP's new ZCentral remote workstation technology is enabling learning and research from a distance. Also, Grants Office will share a valuable synopsis of grant programs that are available to fund solutions like these on your campus.

If you’re looking to take a more circumspect approach to funding and deploying distance education that advances student learning and research outcomes by leveraging evidence-based technology solutions, you won’t want to miss this event!

Telework gets a lot of attention in the CARES Act, for obvious reasons, and Congress has appropriated billions of dollars through more than a dozen programs that can fund telework for employees of state and local governments, hospitals, schools, and institutions of higher education.

Everyone is deploying some form of telework in their agencies, and knowing which programs can fund telework and how to access the funding can make the difference between covering the excess cost of this technology and straining already tight budgets to accommodate this new reality.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Carahsoft and Palo Alto Networks for a look at how the CARES Act provides for telework operations, approaches for getting telework funded through these programs, and the latest technology that can make your telework initiative more robust and secure. If you’ve been looking for ways to expand and improve the way your teams connect, you won’t want to miss this event!

As the CARES Act healthcare and public health funding makes its way out of the federal government and into the hands of state and local providers and public health officials, a picture of harried proposal development, wish lists, and tallying up forward and backward-looking budgets.

Unusually large and flexible funding distributions have left many in the healthcare and public health fields feeling out of the loop.

Join Grants Office for a comprehensive update on the funding streams that were initiated by the CARES Act, the status of the money, and tips for making sure your share of the funding doesn't pass you by. You won't want to miss this event!

The FCC is open for applications under its $200 million CARES Act COVID-19 Telehealth Program, with a promise to distribute the funds quickly. The program is intended to build the nation’s capacity to deliver robust telehealth services by funding telecommunications and broadband services, information services, and internet-connected devices and services.

But the application process has several steps, and the funding is being awarded on a rolling basis until it’s gone – which means that the teaching hospitals, healthcare providers, and local health department leaders who want to access this one-time opportunity will need to navigate several federal systems, in addition to making a compelling case for funding.

Join Chris LaPage, Manager of Research and Consultation at Grants Office and Dr. Hon Pak, Chief Medical Officer at Samsung, for everything you need to know to apply for and win a telehealth grant and a look at some of the most promising telehealth technologies gaining adoption across the country. If you’ve been looking for a way to take your telehealth initiative to the next level, you won’t want to miss this event!

Grant funding from the three - and potentially four - emergency coronavirus-related appropriations has earmarked billions of dollars to support healthcare providers and public health agencies in their efforts to combat the spread of the disease and treat sick patients.

Join Grants Office for a breakdown of these allocations and the mechanism by which agencies will be able to access the funds they're entitled to.

While the funding is robust, the need is urgent, and the timing is critical. And it's imperative that everyone stay apprised of the processes and the programs that can help make a difference in their communities!

Congress has passed three bills in the past month, appropriating 2.4 trillion dollars to help states and local communities respond to the coronavirus pandemic and alleviate the severe economic distress that has come with it. Among the unemployment insurance benefits and checks to individuals are billions of dollars in grants for healthcare, education, and public safety. And most of these funds are intended to be distributed quickly.

Join the Grants Office team for an (admittedly wonky) analysis of the grant funding included in all three bills. We'll cover the parameters and amounts of new funding that will be available and discuss how these funds will be distributed across the public sector landscape.

As with the stimulus grants of 2008, preparation now can make the difference in getting the funding you need to meet your community's critical needs!

The DOJ Body-Worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program (BWC PIP) is open now, and proposals are due May 5. Since 2016, BWC PIP has been the flagship program for federal funding of BWC equipment and related policy development, officer training, and citizen communication.

Grants Office has worked with law enforcement agencies across the country to win BWC PIP grants from $12,000 to $2.7 million. We’ve learned what works, and we’re going to share what we’ve learned with you on this free webinar!

Join Grants Office and special guests from Connection Public Sector Solutions for:

• A deep dive into the BWC PIP application process, including what’s new in the 2020 program
• Features of past years’ winning projects that made them successful
• Considerations for cameras, policies and procedures, officer training, digital evidence management and public outreach
• Strategies for making your BWC PIP proposal more competitive
• Resources that can help you develop and fund your BWC initiative

We’ll also highlight a few other federal and state BWC-friendly programs you might want to consider along the way. If you’re looking to start or expand a BWC program, you won’t want to miss this event!

Grant funding for public safety mobility projects is widespread and readily available – from the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, State public safety agencies, and others. But sometimes developing a project that can win funding can pose a challenge to law enforcement officials, particularly if they don’t have a great deal of experience with competitive grants.

Is this project fundable and if so, how should we package it to present it to the grant programs we’ve identified?

Join Grants Office and special guests from Samsung for a review of the strategies and tools that can help you confidently answer these questions for your next mobility project, details of upcoming mobility-friendly grant programs that you can direct your grantseeking efforts toward, and highlights of some of the latest mobility products that can keep officers in the communities they serve, more safely and better equipped. If you’ve been scratching your head for ways to articulate and fund a new or expanded mobility initiative, you won’t want to miss this event!

Funding can often be the single biggest barrier to implementing innovative projects that have the potential to significantly improve the impact and effectiveness of state and local government agencies.

* Meaningful technology-enabled projects can improve the safety and economic well-being of citizens, reduce traffic congestion, and foster a more dynamic community, and it’s not unusual to have a backlog of great but unfunded project ideas. Don’t let a lack of funding stand in the way of progress!

* Join Grants Office and special guests from Strictly Tech and HP, as we discuss upcoming federal and state funding for local and state government agencies. In this one-hour webinar, we’ll also provide tips for developing a fundable technology project and discuss best practices for leveraging technology to advance government initiatives.

As a special thank-you, everyone who registers will receive a PDF copy of Technology-friendly Grants for Florida Governments, full of details on grant programs that will be available throughout the coming year. If you have projects, you’re looking to fund this year, you won’t want to miss this fast-paced and informative event!

Rapidly advancing artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI and ML) tools are enabling end-users to make data-informed decisions in real time. One sector that is poised to transform data into actionable insights is academia. AI & ML opens the door for education entities to extract insights from their data silos to drive student performance and realize major breakthroughs in their research portfolios. Whether it is identifying students at-risk of falling out for early intervention, empower content discovery for course design and assessment, or enabling innovative research, the power of AI and ML is only limited by the funding required to procure the technology. The good news is there are many funding opportunities available to acquire AI & ML technology to enable innovative education and groundbreaking research projects.

Join Grants Office, special guests from Penn State, HP and NVIDIA as we explore exciting developments in how Institutions of Higher Education have leveraged AI & ML to enhance education outcomes and research discoveries, and highlight upcoming grant opportunities you may want to pursue. Regardless of what stage your institution is at in terms of acquiring, developing and deploying AI & ML, you won’t want to miss this event!

Join Grants Office for a discussion of what to expect in the coming year from federal and state funders, and highlights of some of the most promising new grant programs. Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock will also be taking a few moments to introduce our new Annual Grants Support Program, aimed at empowering institutions and communities across the country with access to relevant, actionable grants intelligence and support.

Join Grants Office for a discussion of what to expect in the coming year from federal and state funders, and highlights of some of the most promising new grant programs. Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock will also be taking a few moments to introduce our new Annual Grants Support Program, aimed at empowering institutions and communities across the country with access to relevant, actionable grants intelligence and support.

Join Grants Office for a discussion of what to expect in the coming year from federal and state funders, and highlights of some of the most promising new grant programs. Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock will also be taking a few moments to introduce our new Annual Grants Support Program, aimed at empowering institutions and communities across the country with access to relevant, actionable grants intelligence and support.

Join Grants Office for a discussion of what to expect in the coming year from federal and state funders, and highlights of some of the most promising new grant programs. Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock will also be taking a few moments to introduce our new Annual Grants Support Program, aimed at empowering institutions and communities across the country with access to relevant, actionable grants intelligence and support.

Join Grants Office for a discussion of what to expect in the coming year from federal and state funders, and highlights of some of the most promising new grant programs. Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock will also be taking a few moments to introduce our new Annual Grants Support Program, aimed at empowering institutions and communities across the country with access to relevant, actionable grants intelligence and support.

The National Science Foundation’s Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*) program is one of the most prominent grant opportunities for campus-level cyberinfrastructure improvements. This program supports coordinated data, networking, and computing infrastructure, capabilities, and integrated services leading to higher levels of performance, reliability and predictability for science applications and distributed research projects. If your faculty members complain about wanting a bigger, better, faster network for their research activities, CC* is a great way to get you there.

Not a research-intensive institution? That’s okay! Even community colleges and liberal arts institutions can apply under their own “small institutions” category.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Arrow and NetApp as we review the Campus Cyberinfrastructure Grant and other research infrastructure funding opportunities, examples of previously funded projects, relevant technology solutions for your proposal’s budget, and even offer tips for preparing an NSF grant application. Whether you’re already in the process of developing your proposal for CC* or just testing the waters, you won’t want to miss this event!

Whether it’s Virtual, Augmented, or Mixed, there is no denying the appeal of Extended Reality solutions for use in research labs, classrooms, or workforce development settings. And while many colleges, universities, or training providers might be interested in establishing a virtual & augmented reality lab, the most common barrier to implementation is usually funding. Fortunately, there are many federal funders interested in supporting innovative approaches to education and workforce development.

Join Grants Office, special guests from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, HP, and NVIDIA, as we explore exciting developments in the world of blended reality for learning, review how Universities have implemented their Blended Reality learning lab environment, and highlight upcoming federal grant opportunities you may want to pursue. Whether you’re already in the process of integrating extended reality into your instruction and research or just curious about the idea, you won’t want to miss this event!

Video evidence can be extraordinarily useful in investigations and prosecutions. Of course, you have to have the video infrastructure in place before you need it, and that can be difficult to achieve both in terms of funding the equipment and infrastructure that are needed as well as coordinating and communicating with the other jurisdictions, agencies, community groups, and elected officials that have a stake in how multimedia evidence is collected and used. Fortunately, federal and state grants can help offset both the capital expense of the equipment and the additional costs of planning, policy development, public communication, and training, and this grantscast will cover the sources of that funding and strategies for making the most of what’s available.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Unicom and NetApp as we review the landscape of funding for video surveillance and provide tips for developing a comprehensive approach to deployment that will attract more funding and create fewer headaches down the road.

If you’ve been thinking of developing or expanding a video surveillance program and are looking for actionable information to get you moving forward, you won’t want to miss this event!

Finding funding for K-12 technology-enabled projects can be a challenge, especially when the technology is supporting a broader district initiative, like a classroom STEM or school-to-work project. But federal, state, and foundation grants are available to support a wide range of educational initiatives across Florida, Georgia and Tennessee, and many of them are technology-friendly. In fact, many of them are already funding a great deal of technology in these areas.

Join grants professionals from Grants Office and special guests from HP and Arey Jones Educational Solutions for a look at the landscape of funding that is available to support technology-powered initiatives and updates from the front lines on how technology is transforming teaching and learning.

As a special "thank you," every K-12 representative who registers will receive a specially developed Grants Office Funding Opportunity Report, loaded with actionable grants intelligence you can use to get the technology funding your district needs!

Finding funding for K-12 technology-enabled projects can be a challenge, especially when the technology is supporting a broader district initiative, like a classroom STEM or school-to-work project. But federal, state, and foundation grants are available to support a wide range of educational initiatives across the Carolinas, and many of them are technology-friendly. In fact, many of them are already funding a great deal of technology in these areas.

Join grants professionals from Grants Office and special guests from HP and BridgeTek Solutions for a look at the landscape of funding that is available to support technology-powered initiatives and updates from the front lines on how technology is transforming teaching and learning.

As a special "thank you," every K-12 representative who registers will receive a specially developed Grants Office Funding Opportunity Report, loaded with actionable grants intelligence you can use to get the technology funding your district needs!

The Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program will provide more than $200million in funding for Firefighting and EMS needs in 2019. This includes provisions for a variety of robust technology solutions that provide data-rich situational awareness and enhanced dispatch capabilities.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Samsung for a look at how AFG funding can support technology purchases for fire and EMS applications. We’ll also discuss tips and resources available to help make your 2019 AFG application the most competitive, rewarding, and responsive to your community’s needs yet!

The use of mobile devices - including cellphones, in-car computers, radios, and body-worn cameras - has revolutionized the way public safety agencies across the country operate on a day-to-day basis. No longer is crisp, quality communication a luxury limited to large metropolitan details or specialized teams. Today, high-quality mobile devices are available to first responder agencies of all types and sizes across the US.

Despite such wide-spread adoption of mobile-based response efforts, departments struggle to cover the costs of quality technology solutions. Budgets are tight. Staff members are spread thin. When additional funding is available, it is often funneled to overtime salaries, managing backlogs, and replenishing essential supplies. As a result, many first responder agencies struggle to pay for basic mobility programs - let alone fund comprehensive, agency-wide technology initiatives.

Fortunately, there are a wide variety of grant programs available to address funding gaps for public safety technology. Join Grants Office and special guests from Samsung and Verizon as we discuss grant funding for police, fire, EMS, and other first responder agencies. Along the way, we’ll take a look at how mobile technology solutions are simplifying the ways public safety organizations communicate and collaborate over the Verizon Network. If you're looking to fund upgrades or expansions to your organization’s mobile operations in 2020, you definitely won't want to miss this event!

The launch and subsequent expansion of FirstNet in support of public safety has not only provided a robust network that first responders rely on for their day-to-day communications and data sharing needs, but it also helped articulate the unique requirements of the public safety community as a specialized group among communications customers. Now that FirstNet is a reality, and along with it, cutting edge devices that promise to expand the capacity and effectiveness of first responders, you may be wondering: how do I pay for it?

Join TJ Kennedy, former President of FirstNet and co-founder of the Public Safety Network, and Ashley Schultz, Grants Development Consultant at Grants Office, as we discuss trends and best practices in public safety technology that leverage the FirstNet network and public safety-related grants from a variety of federal agencies. We will also discuss how to effectively justify the inclusion of FirstNet-enabled equipment, network upgrades, consulting fees, and other infrastructure improvements into a grant budget. To conclude, we'll offer some general tips for writing a successful grant proposal to increase the likelihood your next project will stand out from the rest.

If you're looking to make your agency’s equipment FirstNet-ready in 2019, you definitely won't want to miss this fast-paced and informative grantscast!

To flourish, K-12 schools must equip staff and students with the right tools and technologies to empower exceptional teaching and learning experiences. This is easier said than done with today’s funding challenges and EdTech obstacles. This webinar will feature industry experts in district IT management, successful grant writing, and education technologies. Highlights will include:

Hurdles, Accelerators, and Tech Enablers with Keith Krueger, CEO of CoSN

Join Keith Krueger, CEO of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), to learn how to overcome EdTech hurdles by leveraging EdTech accelerators at your district. Keith will also outline education megatrends which are likely to foster, hinder, or enable innovation at schools around the world.

New technologies for teaching, learning, and assessment with Google, HP, and AMD

Education experts from Google, HP, and AMD will present new technologies for teaching and learning, including the very latest bespoke education-focus devices and new features within the Google for Education ecosystem.

Successful grant writing strategies with Grants Office

As demand for the latest classroom innovations has increased, funding has stagnated, or even decreased. Hear from the experts at The Grants Office for a preview of available tech-friendly K12 grants, so that you can continue to deliver exceptional teaching and learning experiences.

If you are interested in learning more about the resources and tools to further your district’s technology plan, you won’t want to miss this event!

Communities across the country are looking for funding to deal with the growing opioid epidemic. Through the traditional appropriations process and the recent passage of the SUPPORT Act, the federal government is planning significant investments in fighting the crisis over the next decade. But there are so many components to the problem that organizations are often overwhelmed and often times don't know where to start. Funding can be found across the federal landscape regardless of whether you are a healthcare provider delivering prevention and treatment services, a public health agency conducting surveillance of the problem or first responders and public safety personnel dealing with it on the front lines.

Join Grants Office and special guests from the City of New Orleans Health Department as we review upcoming funding sources for opioid-related projects, offer tips to increase your chances of winning, and discuss technology-solutions that can be used by communities to tackle the opioid crisis!

Whether you’re involved in law enforcement, public health, treatment or prevention efforts – you’ll find something useful for you in this face-paced and informative event!

The landscape of modern law enforcement leverages a wide array of video tools, including video surveillance, in-car and body-worn cameras. The reasons public agencies adopt such video technology are much the same as those that prompted the first runs of videotape-based surveillance in the 1960s – namely, the expansion of monitoring and evidence-collection capabilities. Today, video technology is considered a crucial tool for law enforcement activities – particularly as its availability and list of use-cases continue to expand.

As demand for such video technology increases, law enforcement and other public safety agencies must find a way to pay for upfront and ongoing maintenance costs. A comprehensive program is more than purchasing cameras; it involves the crafting and implementation of policies and procedures, officer training, digital evidence management and public outreach.

Join Grants Office as we explore the Body-worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program from strategy to application to highlights of past years’ winning projects.

The landscape of modern law enforcement leverages a wide array of video tools, including video surveillance, in-car and body-worn cameras. The reasons public agencies adopt such video technology are much the same as those that prompted the first runs of videotape-based surveillance in the 1960s – namely, the expansion of monitoring and evidence-collection capabilities. Today, video technology is considered a crucial tool for law enforcement activities – particularly as its availability and list of use-cases continue to expand.

As demand for such video technology increases, law enforcement and other public safety agencies must find a way to pay for upfront and ongoing maintenance costs. A comprehensive program is more than purchasing cameras; it involves the crafting and implementation of policies and procedures, officer training, digital evidence management and public outreach.

Join Grants Office as we explore the Body-worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program from strategy to application to highlights of past years’ winning projects.

For years, grant funding for K-12 school safety had been largely reactionary - meaning, an incident needed to occur before funds were made available. The tragic loss of life at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in early 2018, and the subsequent March for Our Lives rally in Washington D.C., however, acted as a tipping point. With a nation crying out that "enough is enough" both the US Congress and several state's legislatures have taken action to appropriate grant funding for preventative school safety solutions.

Join Grants Office and special guests from NetApp and Tech Data as we cover state and federal agencies with grant funding specifically for school safety initiatives, including the open School Violence Prevention Program. We'll also review how partnerships with public safety agencies can be leveraged to receive additional state and federal funding, and discuss examples of grant-fundable campus safety technologies.

If your school is in need of technology-enabled safety solutions, especially fixed video surveillance, you won’t want to miss this fast-paced and informative session!

The National Science foundation is one of the largest grant funders for research on effective STEM education in both formal and informal settings. In fact, so many different federal agencies have STEM-related grant programs for K-12 schools, they can be easy to miss. Knowing where to look and how to approach these different funders can help you access the funding you need to make your STEM curriculum and classroom technology vision a reality.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Connection and HP as we explore the federal funding landscape for K-12 STEM education, discuss the benefits of STEM education researcher-practitioner partnerships, as well as review exciting new technology solutions that can be used for STEM-student success.

If you’re interested in learning more about the resources and tools to further your district’s STEM education practice, you won’t want to miss this event!

For any city or county, successfully implementing a major technology initiative demands solid strategy and effective tools to make it happen. Fortunately, your partners at Insight Public Sector and NetApp and have brought together resources and best practices to help make launching your technology project a whole lot easier.

Join a group of leaders from NetApp, Insight Public Sector, and Grants Office for an end-to-end discussion of best practices for developing, funding, procuring, and deploying your next technology project.

We’ll be discussing:

• Developing a 360-degree project plan for your technology project: how Insight Public Sector works with municipal customers like yours to develop winning project plans
• Funding your project from internal and external sources: how the NetApp Grants Support program can help you identify new sources of funding
• Procuring the technology and services when you need them and at the right price: how OMNIA Partners, Public Sector (subsidiaries US Communities and National IPA) enables you to easily and confidently acquire everything you need at the best overall supplier government pricing
• Deploying your technology initiative with fewer snags: how Insight Public Sector and NetApp cut costs, reduce risks, and bring industry-leading experience to all levels of government

If you're looking to streamline your next technology rollout, you won't want to miss this fast-paced and informative webinar!

Several state grant programs funding a wide range of school safety initiatives complement the federal funding that is available for school safety, to present a more robust, if more complex, funding landscape for school safety. And there are a wide range of opportunities across the country that will be available in the coming year for projects in law enforcement, K-12, and higher education.

Join King City Chief of Police Robert Masterson, Grants Office Grants Development Consultant Ashley Schultz, and special guests from NetApp and Arrow for a look at how states have taken on school safety funding, where the federal STOP School Violence Act (which secures school safety funding across the US over the next 10 years) and other federal grants fit in, along with specific strategies for winning these grants.

Whether you’re from California, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, or anywhere else in the country looking for ways to fund your school safety initiatives, you won’t want to miss this event!

The new federal fiscal year has started, and with it, a new catalog of federal grant opportunities dedicated to law enforcement, including a number of technology-friendly grant programs.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Samsung as we preview 2019 funding for law enforcement technology, take a look at how public safety technology is simplifying and empowering law enforcement, and discuss strategies for maximizing your agency’s funding this year.

If you are planning to make the most of available funding in 2019, you won’t want to miss this event!

Because so many different federal agencies have STEM-related grant programs for K-12 schools, they can be easy to miss. In fact, STEM-focused grant opportunities are available from the Departments of Education, Defense, Labor, and Agriculture, as well as other federal grantmakers like the EPA and NSF. You can’t expect to get them all, but knowing where to look and how to approach different funders can help you access the funding you need to make your STEM curriculum and classroom technology vision a reality.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Microsoft and Connection Public Sector Solutions for a fast-paced review of the sources of STEM funding for district classroom technology, curriculum development, and teacher training, as well as strategies for developing competitive proposals to these funders, and technologies that are moving STEM education forward today.

If your district uses E-Rate funding for connectivity and technology infrastructure, you already have all the foundation you need to attract grant dollars that can help transform your educational programs - from 1:1 computing to personalized education and beyond - and make your district's E-Rate connectivity come to life across grade spans and disciplines.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Aruba and Connection Public Sector Solutions as we discuss the grant programs that dovetail with E-Rate, highlight best practices for developing technology-rich projects across your district, and review some of the technology solutions that are working in schools today.

For resources and tools to do more with your district’s E-Rate funding, you won’t want to miss this event!

A good deal of grant funding for K-12 STEM initiatives, especially from the National Science Foundation, involves fostering connections with institutions and resources outside the school itself. The goal being not just to expand students’ horizons and sense of what’s possible through STEM in the future, but also to give the entire educational community access to a broader range of instructional tools and curricula than the district would be able to provide alone.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Intel, Lenovo and Connection Public Sector Solutions as we discuss the NSF grant opportunities and technology solutions that can help you expand your district’s STEM offerings, while also building practical connections with higher education, industry, and STEM leaders around the world.

Don’t miss this chance to learn how NSF funding can bring the world of STEM home to your district’s students and teachers!

An entire subset of federal grant programs provides millions of dollars in support of Tribal projects, and because they are more narrowly focused than most other grants, they may also be less competitive. But in order to tap into these funds for your Tribal initiatives, it’s important to know where to find them and how to structure your application to win.

This is especially true for technology-rich projects, which fit with a number of these grant programs, but only as a means of achieving the educational, healthcare, and public safety objectives of the programs.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from PCMG and Dell for a look at the landscape of Tribal-focused grants and the technology solutions they support. We’ll also discuss steps to developing an impactful technology-rich project that addresses your community’s need and objectives, as well as tips for making your proposal truly competitive.

If you're looking to get a Tribal project funded this year, you won't want to miss this fast-paced and informative webinar!

The recent flurry of federal grant opportunities for K-12 STEM-advancing projects (Innovative Approaches to Literacy and Education Innovation Research, to name two that were open in May alone) have reinvigorated many districts’ plans to leverage educational technology to transform their STEM initiatives. And with the newly minted 2018 federal budget in hand, we can also plan ahead to capture other STEM-friendly grants that will be announced throughout the rest of the year.

Join Elizabeth Evans and Michael Paddock from Grants Office and special guests from DELL EMC for this fast-paced forecast of STEM-friendly grant opportunities that will be available throughout 2018. We will also be discussing strategies and tips for maximizing the available funding and developing winning STEM programs.

If you’re looking for funding to take your district’s STEM offerings to the next level, you won’t want to miss this event!

The US Department of Justice is now accepting applications for the much-anticipated Body-worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program (BWC PIP). Up to $23 million is available for state, municipal, and tribal law enforcement agencies to establish and enhance law enforcement body-worn camera programs across the United States.

Join Michael Paddock (Grants Office CEO) and Ashley Schultz (State & Local Government Grant Development Consultant) to discuss steps you can take to bring your agency’s BWC PIP proposal across the finish line. This presentation will walk through the application process and submission requirements. Along the way, we’ll highlight tips and best practices gathered by our funding team since BWC PIP began in 2014. As a special thanks to all attendees, every law enforcement official who registers for this webinar will receive a Grant Readiness Assessment for your body-worn camera program and a free proposal review by a Grants Development Consultant.

Proposals to the Body-worn Camera Policy and Implementation Program are due May 31st. Be sure to join us this Friday to position your agency for a successful grant submission for this all-important public safety initiative.

Now that the 2018 federal budget is finalized, the workforce development funding landscape has come into clearer focus. Colleges and universities continue to play a key role in integrating emerging technologies to support progressive, deeper learning approaches to prepare students for the workforce.

We’ve assembled Grants Office’s thought leaders Elizabeth Evans, Chris LaPage, and Michael Paddock for a packed hour of program highlights, funding opportunities, and technologies you can leverage in the coming year to take your campus workforce readiness initiative to the next level.

If you're looking for funding to upgrade or expand your college or university's workforce development program in the next 2-3 years, you won't want to miss this event!

Despite the diverse ways that members of the higher education community use university laboratory resources, students, faculty, and researchers across disciplines are encountering strikingly similar challenges in fully accessing the high-performance computing capability, specialized software, and data they need to be successful. Like so many challenges in higher ed, the technology is available and easy to implement, but for a lack of funding to pay for it.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Centralia College, Ednetics, and NetApp as we explore the landscape and application of technology-friendly grants for higher ed, from infrastructure-building opportunities to discipline-specific programs, and review tips for planning and integrating technology into your next campus project.

In applications across the country, video as a tool for public safety and justice has increased officer safety, improved community relations, and supported convictions, and as a result, we see cameras cropping up all over – on buildings, in cruisers, on uniforms, and even on handguns. But adding new cameras, especially rolling out video initiatives across an entire department, can be expensive, and even if you can afford the cameras, the existing IT infrastructure may not support them. This is a common issue that can lead to chicken-and-egg discussions about upgrading infrastructure or buying cameras and can present a serious barrier to deploying the video tools you know will advance your public safety mission.

Fortunately, there are resources available to help make your video deployment possible, without breaking the budget.

Join Grants Office and special guests from the SentiVault team as we discuss a two-pronged approach to solving the budget-infrastructure dilemma. First, Grants Office consultants will show you how to find and access video-friendly grants to fund the purchase and deployment of cameras and the infrastructure they need to run optimally. Second, the SentiVault team will provide guidelines for planning and configuring a video initiative, so that it uses only the bandwidth and storage it needs and keeps operating costs down.

If you’re considering starting or expanding a video initiative this year, you won’t want to miss this event!

Special Note: Everyone who registers for this event will receive a PDF copy of the 2018 Guide to Grants that Fund Law Enforcement Video, full of information on video-friendly grants and tips for getting your video project funded.

The Grants.gov Workspace has finally arrived, and it's a major step forward in electronic grants administration!

Join the Grants Office team for this orientation to what's new with Workspace, including how to manage the people and documents associated with your proposal, and tips for making the most of the tools Workspace offers.

We believe this interface is going to be around for a long time, and developing a good working knowledge of the system will be time well spent. If you're planning to submit a federal grant application in the foreseeable future, you won't want to miss this event!

Technology is playing in increasingly prominent role in literacy initiatives across the nation. While such initiatives are producing promising results, we often see those districts with the greatest literacy challenges experience the greatest struggle in paying for new technology solutions that could aid in improving student literacy. As these districts endeavor to make ends meet, literacy-supporting software and equipment take a back seat to things like curriculum development, teacher training, and classroom supplies. Fortunately, there are grants that can help these high-need districts find the funding they require to make their technology-enhanced literacy program a reality!

The Department of Education’s Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) grant program is expected to open this spring, and supports high-quality programs designed to develop and improve literacy skills for children and students from birth through 12th grade in high-need local educational agencies and schools.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Microsoft and Connection Public Sector Solutions for an in-depth look at this literacy-focused, technology-friendly grant program as well as some of the latest literacy supporting technology on the market. We’ll also discuss tips for making your proposal truly competitive. If you're looking to upgrade your district’s literacy program, you won't want to miss this fast-paced and informative webinar!

For public safety officials in any community, successfully implementing a body-worn camera initiative demands solid strategy and effective tools, as well as sufficient funding to make it happen.

This fast-paced, one-hour webinar will cover:

• Developing a 360-degree project plan for your body-worn camera project: technical specifications and guidance from experts who’ve worked hands-on in dozens of BWC deployments
• Funding your project with grants: an overview of the DOJ’s BWC funding and a host of other potential sources of funding for your project
• Deploying your BWC initiative with fewer snags: tips for avoiding common pitfalls

If you're looking to streamline and fund your BWC rollout, you won't want to miss this informative webinar!

Every year, nearly $50 billion dollars in grant funds are awarded by private and corporate foundations – with many of these dollars going to support education initiatives. For those who have only considered state or federal competitive grant opportunities, this means that you could be missing out on a number of relevant funding sources. Foundation funders are often less constrained in their grant making, and as a result, can be quite technology-friendly as well. Further, foundation grants are a great way for staff at schools or districts with little to no grant-seeking experience to hone their skills.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Microsoft and Connection Public Sector Solutions for a fast-paced review of tips for developing proposals in response to foundation funding opportunities, in addition to some of the most popular education technologies available to districts. Whether you’re looking to fund a few devices for a single classroom or a larger education technology initiative spanning your entire district or school, this session will give you the foundation you need to find and compete for grants from a wide variety of foundation funders!

Knowledge of computing is an integral part of any modern STEM career. Unfortunately, lack of funding can put computing and computational thinking education on the backburner within K-12 schools. To make matters worse, research has found that when computational thinking and computer science IS taught in pre-K-12 classrooms, it is often done without consideration for age-appropriate teaching and learning methods. To address this gap within the pedagogy and to better prepare students to participate in the future STEM workforce, the National Science Foundation provides competitive grant awards though their STEM + Computing Partnerships (STEM+C) program.

This opportunity supports applied research and development efforts related to building an evidence base for effective pedagogy and pedagogical environments that will make the integration of computing within STEM disciplines more age-appropriate and relevant to pre-K-12 STEM education. As such, it is an excellent opportunity for collaborative proposals between k-12 school districts and research faculty at institutions of higher education.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Microsoft, Connection Public Sector Solutions, and Lenovo for a look at innovative computing education technologies, the requirements for application to this program, and general tips for preparing an NSF grant application. If you're thinking about applying to STEM+C in the spring of 2018, you won't want to miss this event!

The National Science Foundation's Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST - Due September 5, 2017) and Advanced Technological Education (ATE - Due October 5, 2017) grant programs provide significant funding to projects that pair higher education institutions with K-12 (ITEST) and industry partners (ATE). Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and Grants Development Consultant Elizabeth Evans for a look at the requirements and potential benefits of these two high-profile NSF programs and the Grants Office resources that are available to help you develop a highly competitive application to one or both programs. If you're thinking about applying to ITEST or ATE this year, you won't want to miss this event!

Data management is a growing challenge for colleges and universities across the country, and consequently, institutions of higher education are looking for ways to consolidate and organize data that is being collected and managed by researchers and instructional faculty, as well as student administration and admissions teams, public safety, and even students and community members themselves.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp as we discuss the grant programs that can fund a private cloud to help you manage fast-paced technology acquisition, while encouraging the community to be more creative and actually accelerate their grantseeking.

From small, rural districts to the largest city schools, technology is revolutionizing education for students with disabilities, and dedicated federal and state grant programs are available to support the special education technology needs of districts and supplement district initiatives that are already being maintained with Title 1 and IDEA funding. For districts that aren't familiar with these programs or comfortable with grantseeking generally, these potentially valuable programs can be elusive.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Microsoft and Connection Public Sector Solutions for a deep dive into the grants that are specifically tailored to support students with disabilities, as well as some broader programs that you may have overlooked. You won’t want to miss this session, full of actionable information and insights for districts looking to enhance their technology capacity in special education.

Government and education applications' increasing consumption of data is leading to an explosion in the number of data centers that store and manage it. And with each data center expansion comes an increase in expenses - both capital (to purchase equipment) and operational (to manage and run the equipment).

Fortunately, advancing technologies, like All-Flash Arrays, have a smaller footprint and are significantly more energy efficient than the outdated and end-of-life technology found in many data centers. In addition to energy savings, several state and local funding sources can help cover the cost of data center modernization. These energy incentives may take the form of grants, rebates, or discounts. To access these potentially transformational programs, you'll need to understand what the programs are, which agencies administer them, and how to apply.

Join Grants Office and other experts as we explore the various types of financial incentives that are available and the key organizations in your state and local communities that offer these programs. In addition to discussing how Flash storage technology pays for itself with energy savings, we will cover specific incentive programs that are available in California, Maryland, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. If you have one or more data centers running in your community, you won't want to miss this opportunity to upgrade, with the help of grant funding!

Grantmakers love innovation, and Charter Schools and Magnet Schools are among the nation’s premier testbeds of novel practices in educational service delivery. In addition to the grant programs specifically developed to support these educational institutions, charter and magnet schools are also well positioned to take the lead on a range of federal and state grant programs that seek to foster and develop promising practices in education. Further, technology often finds its way into funded programs and projects as an enabler and platform for the delivery of classroom instruction and a collection point for valuable data on student and teacher performance.

Join Grants Office and special guests from Microsoft and Connection Public Sector for a fast-paced review of the grants that charter and magnet schools can access, as well as tips for developing more competitive projects and applications in response to these funding opportunities . Whether you’re looking for funding to develop technology applications for your school, work with teachers to integrate technology into their instructional practices, or access technology for your own classroom, this session will give you the foundation you need to find and compete for grants from a wide variety of funders

Funding for classroom technology is a common feature of many grant awards, and the federal government alone makes over $500 billion in grants each year. But how can a school district that hasn’t done a lot of grantseeking and doesn’t have a full time (or even part time) grantwriter get started with grants to support their goals for technology and student achievement?

Join Grants Office and special guests from Microsoft and Connection Public Sector Solutions for a fast-paced introduction to educational technology funding and highlights of the innovative ways technology is empowering students and teachers, personalizing their educational experiences, and expanding their access to the world. Whether you’re looking for funding to develop technology applications for your school, work with teachers to integrate technology into their instructional practices, or access technology for your own classroom, this session will give you the foundation you need to find and compete for grants from a wide variety of funders.

In ways we could only imagine a decade ago, technology is improving the delivery of services across state and local governments. Isolated systems can now work together, we have the capacity to capture and analyze data like never before, and information can be delivered into our hands exactly how and when we need it.

But all this advancement comes at a price, sometimes a steep one, and funding to support innovation can seem elusive. Fortunately, there are a number of federal and state grant programs that have been specifically created to support innovation in specific public sector applications, and learning about them is the first step in accessing them!

Join Grants Office CEO and special guests from NetApp for a fast-paced look at how leading communities have been able to fund innovation and the technologies that have dramatically improved outcomes across government. As a thank you for participating in this event, every government representative who registers will receive a free Grants Office Funding Opportunity Report, developed just for you with information you provide and detailing the grant opportunities that could fund your community’s plans for innovation.

The use of video surveillance in policing has a long and established history. However, recent events involving officers and citizens, fueled by the Internet and proliferation of social media, have converged to catapult body-worn cameras (BWCs) and other video monitoring techniques into the public consciousness. As the numerous benefits associated with BWCs, in-car video and the evidence it provides comes to light, the law enforcement community and the public they serve are reaching a consensus that BWCs and other video applications are a core component of 21st Century policing and beyond.

As the demand for such video technology increases exponentially over the next several years, police departments and other law enforcement agencies must find a way to fund the implementation of BWC programs. A comprehensive BWC program is more than purchasing cameras, it involves the crafting and implementation of policies and procedures, officer training, digital evidence management and public outreach.

Join Grants Office, LLC and WatchGuard Video as we explore various grant programs that will fund BWCs, as well as other solutions such as in-car video. In addition to gaining an understanding of the funding available and tips to secure grants, participants will learn about the latest and greatest video technology available to public safety agencies.

The much-anticipated Body-worn Camera Policy and Implementation Grants are open with a deadline of February 16, 2017. It's competitive, so you'll want to make sure you have every advantage in developing your application!

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from Stone Security and NetApp for a walkthrough of the grant requirements, technology configurations that have been funded by prior years' BWC grants, and strategies for winning an award this year.

It gets better! Every law enforcement official who registers will receive a grant readiness assessment for your body-worn camera program and a free proposal review by a Grants Office Grants Development Consultant.

For any city or county, successfully implementing a major technology initiative demands solid strategy and effective tools to make it happen. Fortunately, your partners at Insight Public Sector and NetApp and have brought together resources and best practices to help make launching your technology project a whole lot easier.

Join a group of leaders from NetApp, Insight Public Sector, and Grants Office for an end-to-end discussion of best practices for developing, funding, procuring, and deploying your next technology project, and we’ll be using an example you may be dealing with yourself: a department-wide law enforcement body-worn camera rollout.

We’ll be discussing:

• Developing a 360-degree project plan for your technology project: how Insight Public Sector works with municipal customers like yours to develop winning project plans
• Funding your project from internal and external sources: how the NetApp Grants Support program can help you identify new sources of funding
• Procuring the technology and services when you need them and at the right price: how the US Communities Government Purchasing Alliance enables you to easily and confidently acquire everything you need at the best overall supplier government pricing
• Deploying your technology initiative with fewer snags: how Insight Public Sector and NetApp cut costs, reduce risks, and bring industry-leading experience to all levels of government

If you're looking to streamline your next technology rollout, especially if you’ve been looking into a body-worn camera initiative, you won't want to miss this fast-paced and informative webinar!

Do you wish you could do more to provide technology-based learning opportunities for students through your after-school and summer programs? In fact, technology is playing an increasingly important role in keeping students connected to school resources and faculty, especially during out-of-school periods, and it’s important to maintain that connection through after school programming as well.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from Microsoft and PCMG as we pull apart the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant Program in several states, to better understand what technology it funds and how that funding works. We’ll also review some of the innovative technologies that are transforming the after school experience for students and keeping them connected to their schools.

Implementing a Body-worn Camera (BWC) initiative is a complex undertaking for a law enforcement organization, and one that is further complicated by a lack of resources to properly research all available options and navigate the procurement and implementation process successfully.

This FREE webinar is the first in a series of informational sessions designed to guide your organization through the process.

Pivot Technology Solutions and their partners have collected best practices from across the country to take you through the process of planning, funding and implementing a body-worn camera initiative that will allow your officers to use the technology confidently and correctly from day one.

Speakers: Experts from Pivot Technology Solutions (a leading provider of data center solutions and services), NetApp (leading video storage company for the public sector) and Grants Office (independent resource for grant intelligence)

What Will Be Covered:
• Policy considerations to evaluate before you deploy
• Funding options to help you pay for the cost of the system
• Building robust and scalable camera, infrastructure and storage configurations

Technology is playing in increasingly prominent role in literacy initiatives across the nation, and although results are promising, districts with the greatest literacy challenges often struggle the most to pay for the hardware and software they need to move the needle on student literacy. Beyond the equipment, there is also a need to complement the technology with faculty training, curriculum development, and student orientation – all of which stretches existing resources even further.

But there are grants that can help strapped districts find the funding they need to make a technology-enhanced literacy program a reality. The Department of Education’s Innovative Approaches to Literacy (IAL) program supports high-quality programs designed to develop and improve literacy skills for children and students from birth through 12th grade in high-need local educational agencies and schools.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from Microsoft and PCMG for an in-depth look at literacy-focused grant programs, including the IAL grants, and the technology solutions they support. We’ll also discuss steps to developing a compelling literacy initiative and tips for making your proposal truly competitive.

If you're looking to upgrade your literacy program, you won't want to miss this fast-paced and informative webinar!

Successful grants don’t just happen. Organizations like the National Science Foundation (NSF) look for comprehensive grant submissions that demonstrate a full understanding of the technical requirements needed to create secure, scalable data storage and network-wide connectivity to accommodate university research programs.

Sponsored by NetApp - a leader in data storage/management for the public sector - this webcast will cover:

• New connectivity and storage technologies that are designed to keep pace with the demands of university researchers.
• Options provided by the Campus Cyberinfrastructure Grants program and tips for incorporating the right technologies in your grant proposal.

Special Guest Speaker Mohamad Qayoom, IT Consultant for Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, will share his experience in utilizing the grants support available through NetApp to pursue NSF cyberinfrastructure funding.

In the coming months, a significant amount of federal and state grant funding will become available to support public safety initiatives, specifically, body-worn cameras (BWC), fixed video surveillance and the storage/management of video evidence.

If your department has been considering implementing these critical public safety initiatives, don't miss this free webcast which is designed to walk you through the important steps in the process.

Sponsored by NetApp - a leader in data storage/management for the public sector - this webcast will cover:

Critical deadlines for all upcoming Federal Grant Submissions for initiatives of this kind, including the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG), as well as more from the Department of Justice and other applicable agencies.

Strategies for Maximizing Your Award to not only cover the purchase of video cameras – whether fixed or body-worn – but also the more complex and costly element which is ongoing management and retention of video surveillance footage and other digital evidence.

Critical factors to consider for the required management of large volumes of video surveillance data that must be quickly accessed when needed and turned into actionable intelligence

Tapping into other available grant sources, including state/local agencies and private foundations to help fund your video surveillance initiative (presented by Michael Paddock, CEO of Grants Office).

The world is changing fast, and K-12 schools are challenged to keep pace in preparing students for success in post-secondary education and future careers. To teach mandatory skills to students growing up in a wired world, schools must make innovative use of technology and facilitate interactive learning — anytime, anywhere.

Educational institutions are quickly discovering that the Cloud holds the key to a host of technology solutions that can accommodate the requirements of online learning, educational portals, standardized testing, BYOD, virtualization and other trends.

In this important Webcast, you'll learn from experts at NetApp - a leader in data management/storage in the public sector - how to structure your organization's cloud strategy to achieve maximum outcomes, while lowering administrative costs and ensuring cyber-security, student safety and privacy.

Plus, we bring in the leading authority on grants intelligence for the education community, Grants Office, to lay out the best game plan to maximize your opportunity to gain federal funding (from the Department of Education, National Science Foundation, Department of Labor or EPA) to support these technology initiatives.

Registration is required. Don’t let the opportunity pass for you to learn on behalf of the community you serve about the fundamentals of cloud computing and data management in the K-12 environment, along with expert guidance on tapping into available federal grants to help pay for it.

Colleges and universities have become great clearinghouses of information exchange – among students, faculty and researchers and their colleagues around the world, as well as among the administrative and public safety teams that help the institution deliver on its educational promises.

As one of the foremost authorities in data storage, management and security for the public sector - including higher education - NetApp has developed technology solutions that are specifically designed to support these important initiatives.

Now, NetApp has teamed up with The Grants Office, a leading resource for grant intelligence for public sector initiatives, to help organizations like yours tap into available funds that can not only support important collaborative technologies, but also the security, management and storage of the information being exchanged.

Join public sector data security experts from NetApp along with Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock for a lively discussion of how collaborative technology-friendly projects create security vulnerabilities and how easy it is to fund the security of these networks as part of a larger grant-funded project.

In communities across the country, educators are looking for effective ways to develop K-12 students' technology skills and prepare them for 21st century careers. Without funding, though, a comprehensive technology program can be difficult to implement, and a piecemeal approach is less likely to produce the results that educators, parents, administrators, board members, and students are seeking.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from PCMG and Adobe for a look at the funding opportunities and technologies that can help you redefine college and career readiness. We'll also provide tips for using free educational resources to make your proposal more competitive.

If you're looking for funding to update your approach to career readiness, you won't want to miss this information-packed event!

Video surveillance is one of the most pressing subjects in public safety today and law enforcement agencies across the country are diligently working to understand the full scope of implementing this much-needed initiative.

Many have come to find that the purchase of video cameras – whether fixed or body-worn – is the most straightforward part of the equation. The more complex element is the ongoing management and retention of video surveillance footage and other digital evidence.

This Webcast is a Definitive Guide…
to help law enforcement officials fully understand all of the critical, must-know issues surrounding Video Surveillance Management and Retention for Public Safety.

Sponsored by NetApp, one of the country’s leading data storage companies for the public sector, this live webcast will cover the following subjects:

• Understanding data storage requirements, including capacity and bandwidth needs, to support data-intensive video-evidence applications, both fixed and body-worn
• Critical factors to consider for the required management of large volumes of video surveillance data that must be quickly accessed when needed and turned into actionable intelligence
• Ensuring data integrity and security, including data back-up and recovery options
• Best practices for building a high-performance, cost-effective and scalable digital evidence management infrastructure
• Tapping into available federal, state, local and private grant sources to help fund your video surveillance initiative (presented by Michael Paddock, CEO of Grants Office)

The use of video surveillance in policing has a long and established history. However, recent events involving officers and citizens, fueled by the Internet and proliferation of social media have converged to catapult body-worn cameras (BWCs) and other video monitoring techniques into the public consciousness. As the numerous benefits associated with BWCs, in-car video and the evidence it provides comes to light, the law enforcement community and the public they serve are reaching a consensus that BWCs and other video applications are a core component of 21st Century policing and beyond.

As the demand for such video increases exponentially over the next several years, police departments and other law enforcement agencies must find a way to fund the implementation of BWC programs. A comprehensive BWC program is more than purchasing cameras, as it involves the crafting and implementation of policies and procedures, officer training, digital evidence management and public outreach.

Join Grants Office, LLC and WatchGuard Video as we explore various grant programs that will fund BWCs, as well as other solutions such as in-car video. In addition to gaining an understanding of the funding available and tips to secure grants, participants will learn about the latest and greatest video technology available to public safety agencies.

There are a myriad of technology solutions that can help facilitate the pilot or expansion of higher education projects – be they research driven, or focused on student support services. But did you know that these same solutions can make your initiative more attractive to funders of research and higher education programming?

Join Grants Office and special guests from NetApp as we cover some tech approaches that have shown promise in higher education and university research, and tips for leveraging these technologies as part of your next project. As an added feature, we’ll also provide tips for involving the right IT team members early in the process and how to engage with them for maximum impact. Whether you’re a program manager, an application developer, a CIO, a faculty researcher, or an office of Sponsored Programs administrator, you’ll find something useful in this free Grantscast!

Healthcare providers currently function in an environment where medical inflation and increased financial risk combine to create razor thin operating margins. In order to survive, it is essential for these providers to understand federal funding priorities and effectively target grant money to fill in the gaps. This is especially true when it comes to the increasing transparency in healthcare that is characterized by a vast amount of data that needs to be securely stored, shared and accessed across a wide array of impacted stakeholders, including researchers, payors, public health officials and providers. Data is essential whether you are researching a cure for cancer, documenting a telemedicine encounter in a remote area, storing lecture content for health professional students, or using analytics to identify patient populations that need comprehensive chronic disease management or are at-risk for hospital readmissions.

Today, stakeholders often start collecting large volumes of data for internal use or a specific purpose. Suddenly, a new state law is passed or a federal regulation is put in place that requires such data to quickly be reported and shared in any number of different ways. In order to thrive in such a fluid regulatory and operational environment, these various stakeholders must find a way to fund and plan for agility in an era that demands flexibility.

Join Grants Office and special guests from NetApp for a look at how project-based grants may be used to increase the agility and flexibility of your healthcare data. The session will include a discussion around specific technology solutions and best-practices for building them into a project that is grant-friendly.

Public safety agencies across the country are swimming in data from an expanding array of sources that might now also include body-worn video and intelligence data from fusion centers. But are you getting what you need from all this data, and how can you get funding to help you mobilize your data for your agency and community?

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp for a look at the issues that the growth in data are creating, tips for accessing and using your data to achieve better policing outcomes faster, and strategies for converting outcomes into funding to help you pay for it.

You may already know that technology solutions can help you get your workforce development program off the ground more quickly and manage it more effectively. But did you know that these same solutions can make your initiative more attractive to workforce development funders?

Join Grants Office and special guests from NetApp as we cover some tech approaches that have proven their worth in real-world workforce development projects and strategies for using these technologies to expand the reach and effectiveness of your program. As an added feature, we’ll also provide tips for involving the right IT team members early in the process and how to engage with them for maximum impact. Whether you’re a workforce development program manager, a CIO, a database administrator, an application developer, or a grants professional, you’ll find something useful for you in this free Grantscast!

Experience has shown that grants open doors, and not just because they create customer budget for technology. In fact, simply proposing a grants discussion to a prospect can make you up to twice as successful at getting an appointment!

Join Grants Office CEO and special guests from NetApp and Avnet as we discuss strategies for using grants support as a lead-in to open doors and break down customer barriers. Whether you’re looking to expand your base or deepen relationships with existing customers, grants support can help you maximize your customer’s long-term value.

From elementary literacy initiatives to college and career readiness programs, grants can enable school districts to transform the technology they use in the classroom, in the office, and even in the home. But in order to get the benefit of all this funding, you have to know where to look and how to effectively pursue the right opportunities for your community. 

Join Grants Office and special guests from NetApp for a discussion of the most technology-friendly grant opportunities in K-12 and tips for bringing the right people together and developing a competitive proposal. If you’ve been considering ramping up your district’s grantseeking, especially for technology, this timely event will leave you with the tools and strategies to help you get started right away! 

Whether you’ve raised millions of dollars for campus technology projects or are completely new to grantseeking at this level, it’s not hard to imagine that most of the projects you’re looking to fund are going to include a technology component. Technology has become an essential factor of even traditionally analog initiatives, like faculty development programs, community-based workforce projects, and laboratory upgrades, for example.

All this technology in all its many forms can leave grantseekers struggling to develop (or follow) campus-wide policies that ensure that new grant-funded equipment works with the existing infrastructure, without stifling the community’s motivation to pursue these lucrative advancement opportunities. 

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp as we discuss the grant programs that can support campus technology and strategies for managing fast-paced technology acquisition while encouraging the community to be more creative and actually accelerate their grantseeking. If you are involved with grants in any way for your institution, you won’t want to miss this event!

WATCH THE REPLAY HERE: Grants that can fund technology in its many forms can also fund measures to secure that technology and the data it contains, but for whatever reason, IT security is often left out of grant budgets and as a result left either to the grant recipient to pay or not integrated at all – either of which can leave the organization vulnerable to security breaches and the liability that goes along with them!

Join Grants Office and special guests from Century Link as we review strategies for building security into your organization’s grant proposals and a look at some of the most technology-friendly grant programs in government and education. We’ll also highlight VMware’s new Disaster Recovery as a Service and other solutions that can help you keep your data safe and available. 

WATCH THE REPLAY HERE: In campuses across the country, data has become a part of everyday life for students, faculty, administrators, and researchers. And how data is stored, accessed, and presented can make a world of difference in how effectively it is used, and ultimately, on the benefit it accrues to the work the campus community is doing. 

Join Grants Office and special guests from VMware and CDW for an overview of grants that can fund campus technology and a look at the solutions that can help campuses get the most out of their data, no matter where or when it is needed. 

Innovative approaches to advancing student achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math are being funded at unprecedented levels, and not all the best funding is STEM-specific or even administered by the Department of Education! 

Join Grants Office and special guests from NetApp for a survey of the best STEM funders, including federal and state agencies and even private foundations, and a discussion of how technology can be funded as a part of these projects. 

Now, more than ever, funders are taking the value proposition seriously when it comes to supporting healthcare projects. In the past, funders tended to focus exclusively on improved population health indicators and effective delivery mechanisms. The proliferation of electronic health records, health information exchange, health insurance marketplaces and rising healthcare costs has created an environment where efficiency and value have become primary considerations when it comes to securing grant funding for projects in the health sector. This new normal in healthcare is characterized by a vast amount of data that needs to be stored, shared and accessed across a wide array of impacted stakeholders, including researchers, payers, public health officials and providers. Data is essential whether you are documenting a telemedicine encounter in a remote area, storing lecture content for health professional students, or using analytics to identify patient populations that need comprehensive chronic disease management or are at-risk for hospital readmissions.

Registrants will receive a funding report entitled "Grant Funding for Data Center Technology in the Health Sector," which will contain valuable information on all the funding options discussed during the presentation. Participants will also learn about specific data center technologies that can help them with their transformative projects. 

Join Grants Office and special guests from NetApp for a look at the grants that can fund data center technology in the health sector, on the basis of how it will be used to achieve the 3-Part Aim of improved health status, better health care delivery and reduced costs.

Technology already serves a pervasive role in university research and administration, but the vast inventory of equipment that supports it is often cobbled together and itself disconnected, with standalone systems supporting the registrar, for example, and dedicated research networks supporting sponsored programs. IT directors talk about the need for a unified solution, but financial and bureaucratic obstacles can stop that conversation before it even begins. 

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp as we discuss the grant programs that can support campus-wide virtualization technology (think of it as a private cloud), for applications that include research, instruction, administration, security, and student connectivity. We will also review some best practices for applying cutting edge networking and storage technology to help ensure your infrastructure is able to satisfy the requirements of your campus community today and well into the future. 

Video technologies, including body-worn, fixed-site and in-car video are transforming the business of policing and prosecution. At the same time, these technologies are also requiring public safety officials to develop new policies and systems to keep the huge amounts of data they are generating secure and accessible when it is needed. Fortunately, a number of grant programs can help justice agencies fund digital evidence management systems, putting information squarely on the side of the good guys. 

Join Grants Office CEO and special guests from NetApp for a look at the grants that can fund digital evidence management and some of the latest technologies that are making it more useful than ever. 

Everyone who registers will also receive a PDF copy of the whitepaper, Grants for Managing Digital Evidence: A Handbook for Law Enforcement, Prosecutors, and Courts, full of information on funding opportunities and tips for making your digital evidence project compelling to funders. 

Access to data where and when it is needed is more than just an IT concern. Increasingly, it is an operational necessity, with implications for response times, situational intelligence, safety of personnel, and overall mission execution. Unfortunately, the technologies that can provide these benefits are outside the normal budget parameters of many public safety and emergency management agencies. 

The good news is that federal and state grant funds can help make up the difference between what you need and what you can afford, and CDW and VMware have teamed up with Grants Office to help you take advantage of these funding opportunities. 

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from VMware and CDW as we review the grant-fundable applications of virtualization in a public safety context. We’ll review funding from the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and state sources as well.

Increasingly, campus officials are seeking to employ video-based security initiatives to improve student safety and reduce crime across their campuses, and led by the Department of Justice’s Grants to Reduce Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, and Stalking on Campus Program, a number of grantmakers are supporting their efforts. 

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp for a look at how video is making campuses safer and what funding sources universities and colleges can access to help them pay for it. We will also cover some strategies for articulating a case for campus security enhancements based on the benefits that they will provide to the institution, it students and faculty, and the wider community.

High performance computing/High throughput computing (HPC/HTC) are increasingly supporting advanced research across disciplines, and these expanded requirements have gotten the attention of executives across the funding landscape. Federal grants, such as the Campus Cyberinfrastructure - Data, Networking, and Innovation Program, in particular support everything from advanced computing research to university HPC/HTC infrastructure development and HPC/HTC implementation as part of discipline-specific research projects. 

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp as we explore the funding landscape for university HPC/HTC initiatives and review some examples of universities that have successfully deployed these technologies. 

Everyone who registers for this event will also receive a PDF copy of Funding High Performance Computing for University Research, containing summaries of grant programs that can fund HPC/HTC and an overview of how the technology is applied in a typical research context.

Virtualization is being funded on campuses across the country. However, because there is no single “virtualization” grant program, universities that wish to obtain funding for the technology are required to articulate it either as an infrastructure project or as a part of a PI-led research project and evaluate prospective funders accordingly. 

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp as we highlight the best funding sources for virtualization projects and discuss what they each will require in order to support them. We will also review best practices for integrating a technology like virtualization into a proposal so that it supports the objectives of the project and strengthens the case for support. 

Federal funding for local law enforcement has been around in one form or other since the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration was established in 1968, but in the years since then, the tools available to public safety agencies and courts have been transformed by technology.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from Panasonic for a look at how both the direct and state pass-through Justice Assistance Grants programs are funding advanced technologies to train, inform, and connect officers in the field with each other, as well as with prosecutors, court officials, victims, and communities.

Even when it’s not making headlines, school safety is on the minds of administrators, teachers, School Board members, parents, and students. And although a wide range of technology-based solutions have the potential to reduce risks to student safety, accelerate emergency response times, and provide critical data to first responders arriving at the scene of an incident, funding these technologies can be a challenge.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp for comprehensive review of the grant programs that can support technology-based school safety initiatives. We will cover both formula and competitive programs at the federal and state levels, along with tips and resources to help you move your project forward.

 Everyone who registers will also receive a copy of the whitepaper, Funding School Safety Technology, full of information on the funding opportunities we discuss in the Webcast, along with helpful tips for developing a fundable school safety proposal.

Despite the diversity that exists across the Research community, researchers across disciplines are encountering strikingly similar challenges in acquiring – as well as funding – the technology tools that will streamline their data collection and extend their analytical capacity.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp as we explore the landscape of technology-friendly research grants, from infrastructure-building opportunities to discipline-specific programs, and review tips for planning and integrating technology into your next research project.

Everyone who registers will also receive a copy of the whitepaper, Funding Technology to Empower University Research, full of information on technology-friendly funding opportunities and tips for making your technology-rich research project compelling to funders.

With thousands of grant programs becoming available each year, it can be a challenge to stay on top of the best opportunities for local schools and municipal agencies, leaving you in a constant state of frenzy to make a deadline or, worse, just having missed a critical window.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock for a look at ten prominent programs that may provide a foundation for your 2015 local grantseeking plans and a review of tips for organizing your community’s grants development efforts. 

The Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program provides funding for a wide range of Firefighting and EMS needs, including robust technology solutions that provide data-rich situational awareness and enhanced dispatch capabilities. 

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from Panasonic for a look at how AFG funds technology for fire and EMS applications and what resources are available to help make your 2014 AFG application competitive, rewarding, and responsive to your community’s needs.

Body-worn video technologies are joining fixed-site and in-car video in the toolkit of law enforcement agencies, all focused on improving officer safety, complementing field reporting, and increasing conviction rates. And research is beginning to support the value of video in the field. Funding these innovative technologies though can be an expensive proposition, especially with already stretched budgets.

Join Grants Office CEO and special guests from NetApp for a look at the grant that can fund video, on the basis of its innovativeness, its applicability to specific law enforcement scenarios, and its value in high crime areas.

Everyone who registers will also receive a copy of the whitepaper, Funding for Video Enhanced Policing, full of information on video-friendly funding opportunities and tips for making your video project compelling to funders.

The Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program is the Department of Justice’s flagship domestic violence enforcement program, and technology is playing an increasing role in helping police departments and courts improve their case management, training, and prosecution in response to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. 

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from Panasonic as we review the application process for this competitive program, introduce technology solutions that support the program’s objectives, and highlight resources that are available from Panasonic and Grants Office to help strengthen your proposal.

The Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program provides funding for a wide range of Firefighting and EMS needs, including robust technology solutions that provide data-rich situational awareness and enhanced dispatch capabilities.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from Panasonic for a look at how AFG funds technology for fire and EMS applications and what resources are available to help make your 2014 AFG application competitive, rewarding, and responsive to your community’s needs.

Whether your community is urban or not, some areas of cities and towns just have more crime than others, and much of a community’s policing, justice, and community support resources are typically spent there. Successful programs and technologies have proven to reduce crime and improve police effectiveness in these hot spots, but they can be prohibitively expensive to implement. However, there are grant programs that can share some of the costs associated with reducing crime – by expanding community programs that work with those at-risk of offending (or re-offending), improving monitoring in particularly active zones, and expanding access to relevant, timely data by law enforcement and court officials.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp for a discussion of the funding sources, technologies, and programs that are helping to reduce crime in communities across the country, and a review of some tips to make your proposal more competitive.

Funding for healthcare technology has been robust since 2009, and even though the competitive funding has gotten more competitive over the years, the federal government is still making big investments in healthcare IT.

Join Chris LaPage, Grants Office’s Manager of Research and Consultation, and special guests from Panasonic for highlights of the health IT-friendly grants and the technologies they support. We will also review several innovative applications that have been winning in recent high-profile grant competitions.

In spite of a number of high-profile incidents of violence in schools, as well as many that are not reported broadly, funding for school safety has been a moving target in recent years. Promising programs like COPS Secure our Schools and the Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools programs have come and gone,  but new programs from the Department of Education this year have the potential to make a significant impact on student health and safety across the country.
 
Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp as we review the requirements and characteristics of these new programs, how they fit with popular approaches to achieving a safe school environment (including several technology-based approaches), and what other existing programs can also support safety in your school.

Although the Affordable Care Act accelerated the move to collect, store, distribute, and analyze healthcare data, the use of health information in clinical settings had already been expanding rapidly for more than a decade. In support of that trend, grant funding, albeit limited before 2009, from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality led the way toward wider adoption of health IT by the provider community. Today, health data is viewed by funders as more than purely informational. It is a tool with the potential to change behaviors and lead to dramatic improvements in the quality of care.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp for a look at some of the data-intensive healthcare projects that are being funded today and the grant programs from HHS and others that could fund your project as well.

Several competitive grant programs, totaling in the billions of dollars annually, support community college workforce development programs and professional development initiatives at hospitals and schools. Beyond just funding new programs, these grants can dramatically enhance the capacity of these institutions to leverage technology to enrich students' experiences and expand their offerings to a wider and more diverse audience.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from Panasonic as we discuss programs that fund technology-rich workforce development and professional training programs and offer tips for making your proposal successful. There's never been a better time to go for your first multi-million dollar grant!

Most communities' workforce and economic development plans are awash in data, from demographic to occupational and even chronological, but if you use a plan like this as the basis for a workforce development grant application, you will inevitably be left wondering, "is this data really telling us what we need to know?"

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp as we discuss how recent workforce development grants have funded projects that collect and use data throughout the life of the project, to better evaluate the impact of the project and to enable project management to make improvements along the way.

The National Science Foundation is one of the most prominent funders of campus level cyberinfrastructure initiatives. These programs pay to expand university computer networks and the applications and devices that use them, and they support of everything from basic research to advancing technology education for high school students and their teachers.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from NetApp as we explore National Science Foundation programs that fund campus technology and review some tips for maximizing these varied opportunities. Whether you're already in the process of developing an application for a program or just testing the waters, you won't want to miss this event!

Technology has been promising to transform teaching and learning for decades, and indeed in some schools, it has. But tight budgets for equipment and insufficient training resources have kept many schools from fully realizing the vision of technology-enabled classrooms.

Join Grants Office CEO Michael Paddock and special guests from Panasonic for a rundown of the best educational technology funders and tips for making your proposal stand out, whichever program you plan to apply to. If you’ve been looking for ways to get technology into classrooms across your district, you won’t want to miss this event!