» Grant Identification and Application Writing:
AES-Montrose provides personalized grant writing and administration assistance to tribal governments, public agencies, and private industry. Recognizing the high-value realized when state and federal agencies award funding on behalf of a project, AES-Montrose offers the following grant planning, procurement, and post-award administrative services:
- Strategic Planning for Grant and other Funding Vehicles
- Grant Funding Research and Grant Viability Assessment
- Organizational Infrastructure Assessment for Grant Readiness and Assistance
- Grant-Funded Project Design Assistance
- Grant Proposal Writing and Application Construction
- Grant Writing Assistance including Editing and/or Mentoring
- Post-Award Grant Administration Assistance including Reporting and Project/Budget Modifications
With grant writing and award experience specific to the Departments of Energy, Transportation, Commerce, Justice, Homeland Security, and Health & Human Services, as well as with HUD, NPS, EPA, USDA, FEMA, ANA, SAMHSA, CDC, and numerous private foundations including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, our grant writing team has an overall 79.2% funding rate and a combined award history of $73 million to-date.
» Grant-Funded Project Compliance Services:
AES-Montrose routinely assists its clients with environmental review and administration of various state and federal grant applications and awards, including those that support natural resource management, housing, economic and community development, utilities, transportation, and emergency preparedness projects. AES-Montrose assists clients with environmental review required when obtaining various grants as well as implementing work plans associated with the grant-funded project.
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Julie Watt
Grants Manager
*EXPERIENCED FEDERAL & STATE GRANT WRITER/GRANT ADMINISTRATOR*
CERTIFIED GRANT WRITER / GRANT SOURCING / PROJECT MANAGEMENT / RFP RESPONSE
Dedicated and driven performer who thrives on challenge and the opportunity to exceed expectations in sourcing, research, communication, technical writing, project management and reporting.
Strong grant project development with effective planning and communication skills that consistently deliver results on time and within expectations. Passionate grant writer and researcher who is constantly engaged in sourcing funds for the best return on effort.
Specific grant writing and award experience with the Departments of Energy, Education, Commerce, Health & Human Services (including SAMHSA, HRSA and the CDC), HUD, NPS, DoT, IMLS, EPA, USDA, NEA, DHS, FEMA and numerous private foundations including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation–with an overall 78.88% funding rate. March 2020 to Present: Significant writing and management of federal and state grants in response to COVID-19 funding via the CARES Act and other sources.
Member of the Grant Professionals Association and multiple state chapters of the GPA.
Bachelor of Arts graduate of the University of North Dakota (Summa cum laude graduate in Social Science) where I also completed the University’s Model Grant Writing Program. Awarded the Grant Professional Certification from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in April 2013.
Specialties: Demonstrated grant writing and RFP response acumen. Extensive experience in writing for social service, education and renewable energy solutions. Experienced and successful in Tribal grant writing. Committed technology advocate; rocks on all Microsoft applications.
It has been my pleasure to write persuasive grant applications on a professional and volunteer basis since 1998. These efforts yielded multi-million dollar program awards from governmental agencies and private foundations.
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