Preparing Successful Grant Proposals - Introductory

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Preparing Successful Grant Proposals

This course is designed for participants who want to learn how to write a winning grant proposal or refresh their proposal writing skills.

While participants can work on given assignments at any time, day or night, there will be specific deadlines for completion. Plan about one hour for each session, on-line reading and responding to the work of other participants and another two hours each week to complete assignments to be posted for review. In addition there will be three hours of scheduled phone instruction.

A member of The Fund Raising School faculty will serve as on-line instructor leading group discussions, monitoring the public forums and offering individualized email feedback if requested.

Participants must be proficient in word processing and web browsing and must have an Internet connection.

You'll learn how to:

Understand the basic principles of fundraising that are vital for requesting funds by means of proposal writing
Learn how to make the right match between the request and the funder
Learn how to develop and formulate an idea into an organized project and proposal based on the universal components of a strong project and proposal
Understand and respond to the proposal review process
Consider the ethical and administrative issues of proposal preparation and grant administration
Understand the grantmakers’ perspective on receiving a proposal and making a funding decision
Learn to review proposals and proposal sections and understand the importance of multiple factors that influence success, especially when faced with reviewing numerous proposals and proposal sections.

As part of this course you will:

Receive full 3 week online instruction
Become part of online peer network on proposal development
Receive a downloadable TFRS binder on grantsmanship
Receive downloadable handbook on proposal and project development
Receive 3 hours of phone seminar instruction
Receive a complete downloadable learning resource book which consists of comprehensive sample proposals complete with expert review comments, reworked sections and recommendations.