Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Contractor shall provide the University of South Carolina Upstate with a comprehensive service focused on obtaining federal grants and private foundation funding. The federal grants and foundations team will work closely with the University to support and expand our existing grant and foundation efforts. The Contractor shall conduct an organizational analysis that examines the University’s strengths, and then locate grant and foundation funding opportunities based on the analysis. The Contractor will present the funding opportunities in a 12-month opportunity matrix. The Contractor shall be responsible for conducting research on all grants for eligibility and probability for the USC Upstate. The results shall be placed in a 12-month matrix that will give USC Upstate a focused grant strategy. The Contractor shall assist USC Upstate with conducting development workshops on obtaining and writing grants on campus to faculty and administration. These workshops will help foster strategic grant concepts and create a more robust grants culture at USC Upstate.