A similiar situation recently occured in Delaware....I guess this
organization or similiar ones are really getting around.

Mike McCallister wrote:
> These clowns have done the same thing on my campus.  I disavowed
> knowledge and suggested to our faculty that the price was usurious.
> It's definitely a "big notebook of tools and great information" scam.
>
> Spanky
>
>
> At 04:18 PM 4/21/2005, you wrote:
>
>> Folks . . . one of our faculty received a notification from The Grant
>> Institute for a "Professional Grantwriting Workshop" - June 1 - 3, 2005
>> to be held at another sister l university.  The "To" line lists
>> "Administrator" at that Institute.  The faculty who received the
>> announcement was listed in the "blind copy" line.  He wanted to know if
>> it was legit, since the information did not come from our Sponsored
>> Programs Office.  I called my counterpart at the university where this
>> workshop was to be held, and she knew nothing about it.  As it turns out
>> this company rented the space in the campus student center.  No one on
>> campus is "sponsoring" the event.  My colleague was  surprised that the
>> student center agreed to host it, since her OSP office provides  similar
>> training at no cost to faculty and students.  The Grant Institute is
>> charging $597 tuition which includes all materials and certificates.
>> Anyone heard of The Grant Institute?  They can be found at
>> http://www.thegrantinstitute.com/index.php.
>> <http://www.thegrantinstitute.com/index.php.%A0> The one thing that
>> concerns me is that in the email that went out from this company they
>> list the name of university in the subject line " Professional
>> Grantwriting Workshop - name of institution -  June 2005" which, while
>> it does not say "sponsored by" makes it look like that university is
>> sponsoring the event, which to me, lends credibility to the workshop . .
>> . when in fact, it is just the location for the workshop, with no
>> sponsorship . . . does this strike anyone else as somewhat misleading?
>> Jackie
>>
>>
>> Jacqueline Givens
>> Director, Office of Sponsored Programs
>> Kennesaw State University
>> 1000 Chastain Road, #0111
>> Kennesaw, Georgia 30144-5591
>> PHONE:  (770) 423-6036
>> FAX:  (770) 499-3620
>> WEBSITE:  http://www.kennesaw.edu/osp
>>
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