a) Explain the role of grant funding in faculty research
b) Describe faculty funding challenges on which faculty and librarians can work together
c) Use NC A&T's Get Funded program as a way to start exploring potential grant proposal support services for faculty

Greetings Colleagues, I trust you're well. Today I'm celebrating civil rights activist James Meredith. Born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, Meredith was the first African-American student at the University of Mississippi. In 1962, state officials blocked Meredith's entrance, but after large campus riots, Meredith was admitted to the university under the protection of federal marshals. Free Live On-Line Webinar, Thursday, October 29, 2:00 ET Partnering to Support Faculty Research Funding Description About 60% of university research is funded by grants. At any university where faculty must produce original research, there will be concerns about how to secure those grants. This is a high-visibility, high-value area for campuses. Applying for grants is also a constant challenge for faculty. But there are several skills that librarians can use to help faculty to apply for and comply with grants. The NC A&T's F. D. Bluford Library held an 18-week workshop called Get Funded (sponsored by the HBCU Library Alliance) in partnership with our Division of Research and Economic Development. Librarians brought instructional skills, search skills, literature review support, and scholarly communications assistance to the workshop series. In the process we learned several things about how faculty use funding, what support they need, and ways for librarians to help our faculty. This webinar will give an overview of our Get Funded program and our lessons learned, and help interested librarians to think about what skills their library can offer to help support faculty funding. Learning Outcomes By the end of the session, attendees will be able to: a) Explain the role of grant funding in faculty research b) Describe faculty funding challenges on which faculty and librarians can work together c) Use NC A&T's Get Funded program as a way to start exploring potential grant proposal support services for faculty Instructor Nina Exner is an Associate Professor and Reference/Instruction librarian at the F. D. Bluford Library at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T). Among other duties, she serves as the liaison to the NC A&T's Division of Research and Economic Development. In this role she trains graduate students and faculty members on original research concepts and grantwriting skills. Suggested attendance Librarians who are interested in helping faculty and graduate researchers with their research work will find this session helpful. In particular it will help librarians who support faculty in research-focused disciplines like biology and chemistry. Registration Paste this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZW7N7YZ and register no later than Friday, October 23. A registration link will get forwarded on Monday, October 26. Stay tuned! Sandra SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-702-5854 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 200 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.