About

In This Program

This non-credit certificate program covers the basics of grant seeking and writing, enabling anyone with an interest in getting started on the grant writing process. Participants will learn how to write grants more confidently and improve their grant-writing outcomes. This program will give all participants a chance to learn and practice skills in developing successful proposals to obtain external funding.

Who Should Enroll?

This course will be valuable to those individuals involved in or overseeing the grant writing process. It can help experienced academic researchers, for-profit or nonprofit organizations, and freelance writers to improve their grant writing skills.

Course Outline

Modules

• Module 1: Foundations in Grant Writing
• Module 2: Searching for Grants
• Module 3: Telling Your Story: Basic Elements of Your Proposal Narrative
• Module 4: Building a Program Design & Using Logic Models
• Module 5: Evaluation Planning
• Module 6: Putting it All Together

Assignments

Participants will be asked to complete weekly exercises to meet the learning outcomes and practice the grant writing process. The final assignment will include completing a grant application in response to a grantor’s Request for Proposal or published application guidelines for a proposal. Instructors will provide feedback to individuals on each assignment.

Learner Outcomes

After completing the modules, participants will be able to:

1. Apply an understanding of the grant writing and seeking process to your organizational context.
2. Outline the basic elements of grants and grant writing to include a needs statement, target population, and proposed program.
3. Determine organizational capacity through the development of SMART goals and a logic model.
4. Analyze elements of a budget and recognize grant sources.
5. Categorize evaluation methods and approaches and compose an evaluation plan.
6. Design and develop an effective grant application.
7. Summarize ethical standards of grant developers and identify strategies to avoid conflict of interest.

Certificates Requirements

1. Sign into Zoom Meetings with microphone on and camera on and positioned so the instructor can see your face on-screen.
2. Attend and participate in all six live-virtual classes.
3. Complete the required assignments for the six modules by the due dates. This includes a final project: completing a grant application in response to either a grantor’s Request for Proposal or their published application guidelines for a proposal.
4. Failure to meet these expectations may impact the issuance of the certificate of completion.

Upon Completion

Students will be issued a digital certificate of completion and a digital badge.

CFRE Continuing Education Points:

Temple University Harrisburg’s Grant Writing Certificate Program is recognized by CFRE International (Certified Fund Raising Executive) as qualifying for CFRE Education credits. Upon successful completion of this program, 15 CFRE points will be granted by CFRE International. Certificates of training documenting CFRE points will be issued by TUH. Each participant will receive these points on their certificate of completion.

Continuing Education Units:

This program has been approved for 1.5 CEU's. Certificates of attendance documenting continuing education hours or units will be issued by TUH. Each participant must submit a request for these points to be awarded.

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