Early career members and graduate students will learn about successful approaches to obtaining competitive grant funding. Participants will be taken through the steps in the grant writing process including: 1) idea development, 2) project pre-planning 3) using RFPs/guidelines, 4) budgeting , 5) working with collaborators, and 6) an overview of the review process. This presentation draws from the authors extensive combined experiences in proposal development and service on numerous state and federal proposal review panels.