Grant Writers
Central Missouri | Western Missouri | Northeast Missouri | Other
Central Missouri (Columbia)
Name: Cynthia Haydon
Email: chaydon@mchsi.com
Phone: (573) 441-1036
Background/Experience:
For the past 5 years, I have worked as a freelance grant writer. I work primarily with Mary Licklider and Susan Hazelwood in the MU Office of Research, and am employed as often as their workload requires. I assist, as needed, in the preparation of external grant proposals for a variety of schools and colleges at MU, including, School of Medicine, College of Engineering, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, and College of Arts and Science. Depending on the project, I may serve as head grant writer for a proposal, or as secondary grant writer.
My duties can include acting as principle contact with the faculty investigators, developing a timetable for work, division work, outlining and editing proposal text, developing budget, preparing supporting documents, etc. Previously I worked full-time as a grant writer in the MU School of Medicine. There, I Supported and encouraged faculty in the School of Medicine with the process of identifying, pursuing and securing extramural research funding. I managed the preparation of external grant proposals, particularly large interdisciplinary proposals that lead to integrated research.
While I have worked on many different kinds of grant proposals, I haven't submitted an SBIR grant. I did, however work with a faculty member in the School of Nursing during the planning stages of a proposal using the NIH SBIR mechanism.
Name: Bob Glidewell
Email: GlidewellB@missouri.edu
Phone: (573) 882-7331
Background/Experience:
Bob Glidewell is a grant writer for the Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business at the University of Missouri. He works closely with the Associate Dean for Graduate Research and Studies, college faculty, the Missouri Training Institute, and the Missouri Innovation Center to research possible program sponsors and to develop grant proposals. This includes interdisciplinary partnerships with other schools and colleges within the MU campus, especially in projects that seek Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding from federal and state agencies. In 2008, at the invitation of the National Science Foundation, he applied for and was accepted as a potential SBIR/STTR Phase l and ll proposal reviewer.
Bob began his grant writing career in 1996 and has assisted various non-profit organizations in Texas, Oklahoma and Missouri. He is a member of the Association of Grant Writing Professionals. His publications include newspaper, magazine, and journal articles as well as training manuals for both corporate and government clients. He serves as the co-editor for a small book publishing firm in New Mexico and as a member of its board. Bob has a BA in political science from Southwest Oklahoma State University and a BA in English-creative writing non-fiction from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Name: Bryce Oates
Email: bryce_crispies@yahoo.com
Phone: (573) 639-9117
Background/Experience:
Some experience writing SBIR grants.
Name: Margaret (Peggy) Baum
Email: mabaum@centurytel.net
Phone: (573) 442-2990
Background/Experience:
A member of the University of Missouri Grant Writer Network since 2006, Margaret (Peggy) Baum coordinates grant research and interdisciplinary collaboration; as well as proposal development, writing and submission for the MU Center on Religion and Professions (CORP). She also accepts freelance consulting work, specializing in interdisciplinary collaborations and proposals connecting higher education to the community; for example, a recent SBIR proposal from a local health-care business in collaboration with MU School of Medicine faculty.
Baum regularly assists the MU Office of Research with grant writing work on a freelance basis. Previously, she served as program coordinator for the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University; worked in community resources development for Youth and Shelter Services Inc., a youth service nonprofit; edited scientific journal articles for the College of Agriculture at Iowa State University; and practiced nursing. She earned a B.A. in American studies from Grinnell College, an M.A. in American studies from the University of Minnesota, and a B.S. in nursing from the University of Minnesota. She especially enjoys grant-writing because it allows her to meet a variety of people and to work on a variety of ideas and projects in a variety of disciplines.
Western Missouri (Kansas City)
Name: Julie Assel, Assel Consulting
Email: jassel03@yahoo.com
Phone: (913) 908-4150
Background/Experience:
Julie Assel is owner of Assel Consulting and a Grant Writer for Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Julie Assel started Assel Consulting after teaching in rural Wisconsin and the inner city in Kansas and Missouri. There she realized just how much schools struggled to find money for basic program much less additional money for "non core" programs like music, physical education, and technology. As a grant writer and the grant manager for the Kansas City, Missouri School District, she had the opportunity to see how small grants could affect individual classrooms in a big way and how big grants, if not managed well, only made people wonder where all the money went. She has a passion for writing grants to help classrooms, schools, curriculum departments, districts and higher education institutions improve public education.
As a grant writer for Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies, she writes grants for the National Institute of Health for Parent Program RO1 grants and Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants as well as proposals to the medical imaging community. These grants using go to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, or the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Name: Suman Saripalli
Email: ssk320@yahoo.com
Phone: (785) 979-1116
Background/Experience:
Suman Saripalli is a grant writer focused on SBIR and STTRs. He has written almost 150 SBIR and STTR proposals since 1992, and has raised more than $17 million for several small businesses through these programs, from the Department of Defense, NASA, the National Science Foundation, NIH, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Education. He has won the SBA's Tibbetts Award twice for excellence in the SBIR program.
He conducts several SBIR workshops through the University of Missouri, and the Kauffman Foundation's Fast Trac Tech program. He holds a Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering, and an MBA. He has mentored several companies through the SBIR proposal process, and also provides post-award advice in the areas of federal grant and contract accounting, rules interpretation, commercialization strategy, etc. He is available as a consultant to firms that are seeking help with SBIR proposals and projects.
Name: Tom Chapman
Email: tomc@creativebiotech.com
Phone: (913) 381-2636
Background/Experience:
Tom Chapman is the owner of Creative Biotech, a technical writing and documentation firm located in the Kansas City Metropolitan area.
This four-year-old firm engages the talents of freelance writers and software documentation experts from around the country to support the needs of organizations working in biotechnology, drug and device development, information technology, venture capital / private equity investment and more.
Creative Biotech has recently been chosen to support virtually all of the software documentation and SBIR / STTR proposal development needs of an established West coast marketing and communications firm, whose clients include government, non-profit, academic, corporate and international scientific and technological organizations.
More of Tom Chapman's background and activities can be found on "LinkedIn," and you are invited to visit the Web site at www.creativebiotech.com.
Name: Thomas Stroud
Email: twstroud@affinex.biz
Phone: (913) 685-8116
Background/Experience:
Mr. Stroud has spent the last ten years involved in hybrid structural composite, industrial bi-product / agricultural fertilizer and medical device startups. Management duties have included financial, marketing and economic analysis along with procurement, logistics and general project oversight. Raising funds included successfully securing DARPA and CEC (California Energy Commission) Grants as well as soliciting private equity. Most recently, he secured land and rezoning and tax, economic development and railroad incentives to develop a fertilizer terminal in Hesston, Kansas. He has prepared and given presentations before customers, various regulatory bodies and investor groups. This includes successfully defending against claims by OSHA and the IRS.
Mr. Stroud has a BA from Occidental College and an MCRP from Harvard. He has had articles on economics, foreign trade and political issues published in the Kansas City Star. He applies real world experience to grant writing and business planning.
Northeast Missouri (Hannibal)
Name: Amy Meyer
Email: amyleahmeyer@yahoo.com
Phone: (573) 470-1494
Background/Experience:
Amy Meyer is the Administrator of the Family Farm Opportunity Center, a cooperative and business development resource. She also serves part-time as the communications and outreach coordinator for Missouri Farmers Union, and has served in that capacity since January of 2005.
Amy was raised on a diversified family farm in Bowling Green, Missouri and continues to operate an Angus and commercial cow-calf operation with her brother. She also assists her husband in managing his families' diversified crop and livestock farm near Hannibal, Missouri. She is a graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness Management and previously served as the Director of Membership and Education for Rocky Mountain Farmers Union in Denver, Colorado.
She has significant experience in grant administration and preparation particularly in agriculture, youth programs and rural development. She has managed grants from both federal/state government entities and private foundations. She currently resides in Northeast Missouri, and is interested in assisting in any grant administration clients and/or preparation.
Other Locations
Name: Kay C. Peck, CFRE
Email: FlyingPigs@aol.com
Phone: (505) 454-0060
Background/Experience:
Kay C. Peck, CFRE, has more than 18 years experience as a fundraiser and program development professional serving nonprofit organizations. During her tenure as a director on the Association of Fundraising Professionals International Board of Directors (2004-2007), she was a key decision maker for programs serving 27,000 fundraising professionals world-wide. As the AFP International Diversity Chair in 2004-2005, she led the way to creating initiatives such as AFP’s Diverse Communities Project based on the premise that individuals need not give up affinity with their own diverse communities in order to be part of a mainstream organization.
As a fundraiser, she has raised nearly $20 million for a wide variety or organizations, and as a program development consultant she has been key to creating, implementing and sustaining a wide range of programs including but not limited to: community organizing for farm laborers; supporting region-wide health and educational initiatives; providing training for Croatian non-governmental organizations striving to transition from public to private support; providing guidance in nurturing economic and social development for rural communities and more.
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