Specializing in Science, Art & Education

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Madge Morningstar brings over a decade of higher education and non-profit experience to her work as a grants consultant and coach.  She is passionate about supporting educators, scientists, artists and non-profit leaders to acquire grantsmanship skills, build institutional capacity and successfully navigate the grants-cycle from prospecting & pre-award to post-award & close-out.

Formerly the Executive Director for Sponsored Programs at a primarily undergraduate emerging research institution (PUI/ERI), Madge built a successful, full-service grants office from the ground up.  She developed effective policies and procedures which supported staff and faculty while ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations. She created an accessible yet challenging training curriculum for staff and faculty from diverse departments and with varying levels of experience. Working with the president, provost, vice presidents, and deans, she spearheaded a funding strategy that tripled the total value of the grants portfolio and delivered millions in new congressionally directed spending. 

Madge has worked with a wide variety of funders at the local, regional, and national levels including these federal agencies: the Department of Health and Human Services (HSS), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Parks Service (NPS), the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Department of Agriculture (USDA), the US Forest Service (USFS), the Health Resources Service Administration (HRSA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the US Department of Education (ED).