The Office of Grants Facilitation (OGF) is a unit of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Office of Research. The OGF provides support to faculty in the pursuit of securing and maintaining grant funding. Through a combination of outreach and education endeavors, the office is able to help faculty take full advantage of all funding opportunities. The OGF also works in conjunction with NJAES Office of Capacity Funding to develop broader impact statements derived from capacity and competitive funded projects.
What We Do
- Focused search for potential funding sources
- Develop funding plans to help build program/project capacity
- Help establish and build connections to funders, collaborators and partnering organizations
- Serve as a liaison to funding agencies and organizations, including cultivation activities
- Deliver educational programming on compliance regulations
- Create tools to educate faculty and their staff to be responsive to funders
- Assistance with budget development
- Responsible for reviewing and interpreting request for proposal and grant guidelines
- Work with faculty to review and edit proposal drafts
- Review proposals for completeness before final submission to ensure compliance with funding guidelines