Any Lynn employee wishing to apply for a grant should first discuss it with, and get approval from, their dean or director. Then, they should contact Lisa Miller with the University Advancement Office for more information. They can call, text, or email Lisa. Her contact information is: LMiller@lynn.edu, 561-237-7745 (office), 561-866-0428 (cell). Lisa will review the grant information, request more information if necessary, then will email the grant committee for their approval. Responses from the grant committee tend to take 2-3 days.
The grant review committee considers the following items, all of which should be answered thoroughly:
The university is not set up to handle large grants that require any special accounting systems or additional staff for grant reports. The committee is more likely to approve grants that are affiliated with companies, foundations, or grantors that are appropriate partners for Lynn University. Organizations associated with any fraudulent practices or poor employee treatment are not appropriate partners. The committee is more likely to approve grants that do not require sharing the entire university budget, do not require the University to hire people to be paid by the grant, and grants that do allow for overhead costs in the budget.
The University Advancement Office will help keep track of due dates for reports. They will collect some information required for a grant, as it is being written, and during the grant period.
The Advancement department officially considers overhead costs to be 25%, for the purpose of grant applications.
