Certificate Description
This program will help learners advance their knowledge and skills in grant writing and grant management. Build a holistic understanding of grant management from identification of opportunities through obtaining and implementing your project. Learn how to be effective in crafting, constructing, and submitting an effective grant application that can increase your chances of winning. Learn key tips, techniques, and strategies to frame your project, write a convincing case, and enhance your messaging with funders. This program prepares learners to sit for the Grant Professionals Certification offered through the Grant Professionals Certificate Institute.
Key Benefits
- Asynchronous program with opportunity for synchronous collaboration.
- Comprehensive grant writing and management program to help learners develop their skills from entry level to advanced grant management.
- Alignment with Grant Professionals Certification requirements
Learning Modules Include
- GRT5001X – Grant Preparation: Research & Planning
- Understanding the Grant Writing Ecosystems
- Introduction to different types of grants
- Researching and Identifying Grant Opportunities
- Matching Funding Resources with Specific Needs
- Organizational and Individual Readiness
- Preparing to Apply for Grants
- GRT5002X – Grant Writing 101: Designing and Developing Grant Proposals
- Working with Stakeholders and Partner Organizations
- Managing a Grant Proposal
- Key Proposal Components and Best Practices
- Project Design and Logic Models
- Creating Budgets
- Persuasive Grant Writing
- Adhering to the Grant Requirements, Guidelines, and Standards During the Writing Process
- Submitting Your Grant
- Tips and Tricks for successful grant applications
- GRT5003X – Ethics, Cultural Competency, & Professionalism
- Exploring Key Ethical Issues and Considerations
- Identifying and Maintaining Cultural Competency
- Building and Maintaining Professionalism
- GRT5004X – You Won the Grant…Now What? Managing Grants Effectively
- Post Grant Award Grant Management Best Practices
- Cultivating Long-Term Relationships with Funder
- GRT5005X – Comprehensive Grant Management and Readiness
- Overview of the IRB
- IRB and Funded Research
- IRB Application
- Complex Grant Applications
Certificate Learning Outcomes
- Promote andragogical learning strategies through intercultural competence for academic learning environments.?
- Guide ethical conduct and academic performance guidelines.
- Develop academic writing and research competencies, including discipline-oriented terminology and subject-specific content, context, and concepts.
- Foster critical discourse and formal presentation skills.
- Cultivate analytical thinking, problem-solving, ethos, pathos, and logos.
- Stimulate metacognitive, reflective, and higher-order thinking skills.
- Advance receptiveness and empathy on issues related to global connectivity, intercultural communications, and human perspectives.
- Encourage collaboration, interactivities, and peer review/exchange that fosters teamwork, supports diversity and inclusion, and develops personal communication skills.
- Uphold leadership fundamentals, inclusive leadership concepts, and issue-based perspectives.
- Employ technology-based productivity tools, Web-based learning, and multimedia.
Requirements to Enroll
All learners are eligible to enroll in the Grant Writing Certificate. There are no admissions requirements. It is recommended that learners have a high school diploma or GED.
Estimated Time to Completion
The Grant Writing Certificate can be completed in 2 months working approximately 7 hours per week.
Access Time
Learners will have access to their certificate learning modules for up to 2 months from the date of their enrollment.
Certificate of Completion
Learners will be awarded a National University Workforce Education Solutions Professional and Continuing Education Certificate of Completion for each of the 5 courses. After completion of all 5 Grant Writing courses, learners will be awarded an official National University Professional and Continuing Education Certificate of Completion.