PACES Lunch & Learn Series is back for Spring 2026!

This interactive and engaging series will provide CU faculty, staff and students with the tools they need to use their Office for Public and Community-Engaged Scholarship (PACES) grant as a starting point for funding their public and community-engaged scholarship.  Each workshop will be led by experts on campus who will share practical tools and strategic tips for helping you build and sustain your work.  

Diversifying your funding: private gifts, in-kind donations, etc.
Tues., March 10, Noon - 1:30 p.m. at CASE E390

Hosted by:

Margot Neufeld, Associate Vice Chancellor, Office of Advancement 

Topics covered: 

• Learn how to find your Advancement partners 
• Building an Advancement plan for your project
• How to engage project alumni and community partners
• Tips for seeking private gifts and donations  

CU Boulder supports for grant seeking and grant writing
April 14, Noon - 1:30 p.m. at CASE E390

Hosted by:

Donna Axel, Associate Director of Research Development, Research and Innovation Office

Diane Carillo, Proposal Writer, Research and Innovation Office

Kelly Dell, Managing Senior Director Industry & Foundation Relations

Topics covered: 

• Create searches in philanthropic databases (thru CU--Pivot, SPIN, Dimensions, Foundation Directory Online, Philanthropy News Digest, thru Boulder Library—Colorado Grants Guide, free Impala)
• Research and Innovation Office support: writing grant proposals, creating one- pagers, preparing budgets, submissions and grant tracking
• Industry and Foundation Relations: tracking open RFPs, preparing proposals, identifying funders, building relationships that lead to invited proposals. 
• How to seek in-kind donations from Industry