Partner with us
We are a team of higher education practitioners with nearly 100 years of combined experience in two- and four-year public and private institutions
WRD Consulting Group understands that historic underfunding, funding inequities, and declining public investments in higher education in recent years have broad-sweeping implications for students, teachers, and administrators alike. We also understand mounting pressure to find and secure grant funding pulls you away from your day-to-day work with and for students.
Grant programs
Our accomplished team specializes in supporting Hispanic-Serving Institutions and brings extensive experience in the following grant programs:
U.S. Department OF eDUCATION
Title III, Part A: Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP)
Title V, Part A: Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program (DHSI)
Title V, Part B: Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for Hispanic Americans Program (PPOHA)
Title III, Part F: Hispanic-Serving Institutions – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and Articulation Program (HSI STEM)
Gaining Early Awareness & Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)
TRIO Student Support Services (SSS)
Mental Health Service Professional (MHSP) Grant Program
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program (Hawkins)
nATIONAL sCIENCE foUNDATION
Advanced Technological Education (ATE)
Scholarships in STEM (S-STEM)
Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program (IUSE:HSI)
Innovation in Two-Year College STEM Education (IUSE:ITYC)
Our commitment
WRD Consulting Group is committed not only to providing services but to fostering a longstanding partnership that will elevate your institution's capacity to find, secure, implement, and utilize grant funding to meet your institutional goals and support your students.
With WRD's support, you can take your time back while we work to develop the resources that empower you to do your best, most impactful work.
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Resource Development Capacity Building
We will help you grow your internal capacity to better leverage grant funding in service of your mission, vision, and strategic plan. WRD's institutional grants capacity building services include:
Develop and facilitate professional development workshops in grants development and leadership
Provide quarterly grants review/outlook reports to your administration; facilitate a grant feasibility analysis with senior leadership
Create and maintain a language and data library conducive to crafting competitive grant proposals
Grant Sourcing & Development
We will identify mission-aligned grant opportunities and author complete and highly competitive proposal packages. WRD's grant sourcing and development services include:
Identify and communicate with you about viable grant opportunities for which your institution will be a competitive applicant
Conduct a complete analysis of grant requirements, priorities, and selection criteria
Lead the grant proposal and budget development process in alignment with funding agency requirements
Author full grant proposal packages, incorporating your feedback to ensure the proposal reflects your institutional strengths, needs, and goals
Project Implementation Consulting
We provide post-award implementation support, including trainings for grant personnel and unlimited one-on-one consultation time. WRD's grant implementation services include:
Provide orientations to key personnel on grant strategies, activities, priorities, and objectives to ensure you get a strong start on grant implementation
Train key personnel on best practices in grant leadership and implementation
Consult with Project Directors regarding challenges and opportunities to improve implementation activities
Grant Compliance & Reporting
We will help you understand and navigate funding agency regulations to ensure you maintain compliance, navigate reviews and audits with ease, and submit high-quality performance reports. WRD's grant compliance and reporting services include:
Consult with Project Directors regarding grant compliance issues
Review and provide feedback on interim, annual, and final performance reports
Train institutional personnel, including grant project staff, accounting personnel, and administrators on federal grant regulations
Support the institution in the event of a desk review, site visit, or audit; provide guidance, technical assistance, and ongoing consultation
Project & Program Evaluation
We will facilitate a comprehensive evaluation of your grant efforts to promote data-informed institutional improvement. WRD's grant evaluation and continuous improvement services include:
Lead evaluation planning processes
Analyze quantitative data; develop data visualizations to facilitate broad access and utilization across your institution
Develop methodologies for qualitative data collection and analysis, including survey design, focus group questions, and focus group facilitation protocols
Communicate data findings to key institutional leaders to support continuous improvement
Resource Development Capacity Building
Grant Sourcing & Development
Project Implementation Consulting
Grant Compliance & Reporting
Project & Program Evaluation
While we provide comprehensive grant development, management, and evaluation services, we also understand every institution has unique strengths, needs, and opportunities.
In line with our commitment to equity, WRD works with each client individually to build a customized agreement. Schedule a no-strings-attached consultation with us so we can get to know more about your college or university, and discuss how we might partner to advance your goals.
