Grants 101 - Continued Grant Professional Development and Career Path Opportunities

For some people, grant writing is just a job. For others, it is a passion. In this course, Julie Assel, GPC presents information to individuals about career choices and professional credentialing opportunities.

The participant will learn:

  • Educational and professional opportunities for grant professionals
  • The avenues for credentialing for grant professionals
  • Why strong grant professionals are more than “just” writers, and why being valued as a professional matters


GPCI Competencies and Skills: 7.1, 7.2

The trainers for these sessions are all credentialed grant professionals (GPCs) through the Grant Professional Certification Institute and Approved Trainers with the Grant Professionals Association. 

Length: 60 minutes


GRANTS 101 SERIES

Grants are about so much more than just grant writing. This series of grant trainings will guide you through:

1) Researching opportunities
2) Building relationships with funders
3) Designing high-quality programs
4) Organizational readiness
5) Writing grant proposals
6) Managing grants

In addition, to guide your continued learning, we have a training to help you decide where you want to grow next based on the career path options available to you.

These sessions are designed to give basic knowledge to a nonprofit professional who is just starting to learn about grants or who has had no formal training in grants. This program breaks the concepts down into manageable pieces that can be learned over time. 

Session 1: Researching Grant Opportunities

Session 2: Relationships with Grant Funders

Session 3: Organizational Readiness

Session 4: Describing the Need

Session 5: Describing the Key Components of Your Program 

Session 6: Evaluating Your Program and Presenting this Evaluation using Logic Models

Session 7: Grant Budgets

Session 8: Sustainability

Session 9: Common Attachments

Session 10: Grant Ethics

Session 11: Basic Grant Management

Session 12: Continued Grant Professional Development and Career Path Opportunities

Grants 101 Series

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome: Let's Get Started

    2. Video: Grants 101 - Continued Grant Professional Development and Career Path Opportunities

    3. Session Evaluation

About this course

  • $25.00
  • 3 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content