Reminder for those of you entertaining wonderfully creative ideas for 2022 Innovation Grants, the deadline is Friday March 25, 2022! Started/almost finished your proposal? Seek out Shelley Lyons, VWCC Administrative Officer for Grants Administration. With her expertise in grant writing, Shelley can provide you with lots of good pointers. Remember, your proposal requires signatures from your supervisor, dean, and VP. You want them each to have sufficient time to read, suggest edits and sign before you submit. So get going!!

The 2022 Bright Ideas Innovation Grant application is found at https://www.virginiawestern.edu/foundation/innovation-grants.

The Virginia Western Greenhouse Blog at https://www.virginiawestern.edu/grants/2021/08/welcome-innovators-the-innovation-grant-lab-opens-sept-1/ has 6 custom pages, each addressing the steps for designing a stand-out Innovation Grant application. Each page contains individual bite-size tools, suggestions and prompts. These resources will get you to a successful submission of your Bright Ideas application!

For help with your application, contact Shelley Lyons at 540-857-6084 or slyons@virginiawestern.edu.

For general Innovation Grant information, contact Carolyn Payne, Scholarship & CCAP Coordinator at 540-857-6371 or cpayne@virginiawestern.edu.