Grant Writing: Keys to a Successful Proposal

Brief Summary

This course dives into grant writing, helping you build skills and your resume. In just over two hours, you'll learn to create effective proposals and find funding sources, all from the comfort of your home. Plus, there's a sweet completion certificate waiting for you!

About This Course

Build your resume or freelance, learn grant writing skills and discover creative ways to fund your project or program.

"Used the sample grant as a guide to write a grant proposal. Just found out last week that we won the the grant to the tune of $1.9 million dollars. I am so happy and excited. The sample grant proposals are awesome! I highly recommend this course!" - Sheila Savage

Course Summary

Learning how to write a grant is a great way to build your resume and learn valuable skills. Hiring a grant writer can cost anywhere between $35 to $150 an hour. Regardless if you work for an organization that needs funding or if you are looking to freelance, don't hire someone else when in just over two hours you can learn how to write an effective grant on your own.

The course is self-paced and can be taken from the comfort of your home, office, or on the go. The course consists of a series of short lectures and a quiz, focused on three main learning objectives;

• Grant Writing Basics

• How to Write a Grant Proposal

• Searching for Funding

            The course includes grant writing myths, how to focus on the funder, a simple eight step process for developing your proposal, where to look for funding, how to conduct research and how to keep informed about grant opportunities offered by both foundations and government programs. Certificate of completion available. 

• Learn basic principles of effective grant writing.

• Discover how to use databases and conduct Internet research.

• Learn a simple eight step process for writing an effective grant.