When: Available on-demand!
Cost: $600 for the entire six-session course (valued at $800)
Who Should Attend: Nonprofit professionals who have never written a federal grant and want to be prepared to navigate the federal grant pre-award and post-award process with confidence.

Most people consider federal grant training to be a more advanced form of grant writing and management. At Assel Grant Services, we believe that federal grants share many characteristics with significant foundation grants. However, there are numerous nuances unique to federal grants. This professional development series is designed to help you step through the federal grant process for the first time with confidence. 

You learn how to:

  • Identify and pursue suitable federal funding opportunities
  • Build key relationships and navigate federal grant systems
  • Develop compelling proposals with evidence-based programming
  • Create compliant budgets and manage federal grants effectively
  • Work with evaluators and potentially become a grant reviewer


Presented by: 
Charlie Sagona, GPC
Tracey Diefenbach, GPC
Julie Assel, GPC, CGMS

Course curriculum

    1. About this Course

    2. Participant Survey

    1. Session One: Slides and Handouts

    2. Video: Navigating the Federal Funding Landscape - Part One

    3. Video: Navigating the Federal Funding Landscape - Part Two

    4. Quiz: Part One - Pursuing Federal Grants

    5. Quiz: Part Two - Federal Find & Fit

    1. Session Two: Slides and Handouts

    2. Video: Relationships with Program Officers and Legislators

    3. Video: Federal Grant Registrations and Portals

    4. Quiz: Relationships with Program Officers and Legislators

    5. QUIZ: Federal Grant Registrations and Portals

    1. Session Three: Slides and Handouts

    2. Video: Managing the Development of a Federal Grant Proposal

    3. Video: Evidence-Based Programming

    4. Quiz: Managing the Development of a Federal Grant Proposal

    5. Quiz: Federal Grants - Evidence-Based Programming

    1. Session Four: Slides and Handouts

    2. Video: Federal Budget Forms

    3. Video: Federal Budget Justifications

    4. Quiz: Standard Federal Budget Forms

    5. Quiz: Federal Budget Justifications

    6. Quiz: Federal Research Grant Budget Justifications

    1. Session Five: Slides

    2. Video: Federal Grant Management Financial Requirements

    3. Video: Federal Grant Management Non-Financial Requirements

    4. Quiz: Federal Grant Management Financial Requirements

    5. Quiz: Federal Grant Management - Non-Financial Requirements

About this course

  • $600.00
  • Six 2-Hour Sessions

The trainers for these sessions are all credentialed grant professionals (GPCs) through the Grant Professional Certification Institute, Approved Trainers with the Grant Professionals Association, and/or credentialed Certified Grant Management Specialists (CGMS) through the National Grant Management Association. All of the trainings in this series align with the CGMS exam classification system and the Grant Professionals Certification Institute’s competencies and skills, and are approved for Continuing Education Units (CEU) by GPCI and CFRE International.