American Grant Writers association

This comprehensive course teaches students the finer points of grant writing enabling proposals and applications to be more competitive. Students will design a program/project, practice pre-writing exercises, learn how to research grant opportunities, gather statistics and write the Problem Statement, Project Narrative, Letter of Inquiry, as well as prepare budgets for Foundation Grants and Non-Construction Government Project Grants. The emphasis is on program / project support and general operating grants. Construction grants, research grants, scholarships and fellowships are outside the scope of this course.

This online course is individual study and self-paced. Students who learn by reading are well-suited for this online course.

Students receive Course Materials and Assignments as an e-mail attachment from the online instructor. If a student has any questions about the section's reading material, or the section assignment, then he/she may e-mail the instructor with questions.

Most students spend at least 50 hours over 4-6 weeks to complete all the course assignments. Students are strongly encouraged to thoroughly read the section material before beginning to work on a section assignment. The writing assignments may need to be rewritten one or more times in order to meet the "competency-based standard".  Budget assignments may need to be resubmitted until the budget is correct. If a student needs to resubmit writing assignments and budget assignments multiple times, then the student will spend more than 6 weeks to complete the assignments. Therefore, we strongly recommend students begin working on assignments shortly after purchasing the course.

Students have 90 days to complete all of the online assignments. The 90 days begins on the date of purchase. A 90-day extension is available by online purchase only when students need additional time (for any and all reasons). An extension may be purchased up to one year after the original purchase.  A student may purchase two extensions, if needed.

Students receive course materials and assignments one section at a time.  Assignments must be completed in one section before proceeding to the next section. One section must be completed before the student will receive the next section's course materials and assignments.

For the online course, the student will need the following:

• · a computer (with any operating system) that has internet access. Software needed is MS Word, Excel, and Adobe Reader. Students must use a computer, not a phone, when submitting assignments.
• · Student's E-mail Account: Students may use any e-mail provider. Note that the student's e-mail account must be capable of accepting 8mg attachments

PDPW Course Syllabus

•  Section 1: Grantseeking and Exempt Organizations
• Section 2: Program Development, Researching Grant Opportunities from U.S. Grantmakers, and Online Resources for Grantseekers
• Section 3: Proposal Writing for Foundation and Corporate Grants (2 assignments)
• Section 4: Preparing Government Grant Applications for Non-Construction Projects
• Section 5: Professional Standards and Code of Ethics
• Section 6:  Part I: Preparing the Budget for a Foundation Grant and Budget Narrative
• Section 6:  Part II: Preparing the Federal Non-Construction Budget for a Project Grant  and Budget Narrative

Prerequisites:

• No prior grant writing experience is needed.
• No prior budgeting experience is needed.
• The student who learns from reading is well suited for this course.

Computer and E-mail Requirements:

• A computer with any operating system and internet service is required.  A phone does not meet this standard.
• A working e-mail a
• ccount is needed
• Software needed is MS Word, Excel, and Adobe Reader

A Certificate of Completion documenting contact hours is awarded after the successful completiion of all assignments. 

Copyright

Program Development and Proposal Writing online course is copyrighted by American Grant Writers Association.  All rights reserved.