This paper outlines the activities of a project that provided proposal development training for educators from three of Virginia's black colleges. The program is described as an attempt to maximize educational research proposal development skills by providing participants with information regarding funding agencies and their priorities, the funding proposal review process, and development of proposal documents. Three phases of the training are discussed: a workshop which emphasized the development, packaging, and targeting of proposals; the establishment of contact between participants and funding agencies; and a simulated proposal submission session. (APM)