Welcome to Lane Azure Consulting!
Helping Tribal Nations, Colleges, and Nonprofits Secure Funding & Demonstrate Impact
Securing Funding, Strengthening Programs, Demonstrating Impact
What I Do
Federal and foundation proposals tailored to your mission. From concept to submission, I help ensure compliance, clarity, and competitiveness.
Experienced in both formative and summative evaluation for federal, state, and tribal programs. I use both quantitative and qualitative methods to measure outcomes and strengthen future funding.
Support with program design, logic models, performance reporting, and capacity building.
Why Choose Me
- Nearly 30 years of experience in higher education, with extensive work in tribal colleges, mainstream universities, and federal grant programs.
- Lead author of multi-million-dollar awards, including NSF, USDA/NIFA, CDC, and RSA-funded projects.
- Independent evaluator for ongoing grants in education, public health, and vocational rehabilitation.
- Peer-reviewer for the Higher Learning Commission, completing comprehensive reviews.
- Served as a National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant Reviewer, bringing insider perspective on how proposals are evaluated.
- Deep commitment to diversity, equity, and tribal sovereignty in program development.
Selected Successes
- $2.5M NSF Tribal Colleges & Universities Program (ICE-TI) (2014–2019).
- $3.3M Vocational Rehabilitation Project (Spirit Lake Nation).
- CDC TPWIC (Nagi Ecipishkde Program) — Cultural health and wellness.
- NSF S-STEM (NDSCS) — Ongoing external evaluation of STEM scholarships.
Testimonials
“Working with Lane transformed our ability to secure federal funding. His evaluation reports are not just numbers — they tell our story.”
— Director, Spirit Lake Nation
“Dr. Azure was able to analyze our numbers and need and turn it into an award-winning grant proposal — he works well with our consumer advisory board and staff.”
— Program Director
“Dr. Azure, I have good news to report regarding the project. The Year 2 annual report was approved, and we will continue with the program in 2025-26. Thank you for your help and patience with writing the evaluator report.
I would be grateful if you would be willing to continue as the evaluator for the project and write the Year 3 evaluator report. Your work and feedback were essential in reengaging the project. We look forward to continuing our collaboration to further the project’s success and sustainability.” — NSF Grant PI
About Me
My career spans nearly three decades working with Tribal Colleges, universities, and community organizations to strengthen capacity through federal grants and program evaluation. I hold a Ph.D. in Education and have authored, reviewed, and evaluated grants across multiple federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, USDA/NIFA, CDC, and the U.S. Department of Education.
Contact
If you are interested in discussing grant opportunities, program evaluation, or consulting, please reach out:
- Email: lane.azure@gmail.com
- Location: Devils Lake, North Dakota 58301
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