Poorly written grant proposals that don’t meet a funder’s requirements won’t make it through the first stage of review. Ensure that your organization remains competitive by learning to meet the challenges of grant writing for funding and government contracting in this two-day course. Explore the steps involved in finding funding opportunities, writing narrative sections and editing effectively. In this interactive, student-centered course, you will gain the skills to tackle each stage of the proposal writing process, including contracting opportunities and scheduling tasks to writing and editing effective proposals. During each class session, you will spend time learning about and practicing research, planning and writing strategies.
Course Outline
Course Objectives
- Understand the funding and contracting application process
- Knowledge of researching grant and government-contracting opportunities using databases such as the Foundation Career website and grants.gov
- Decipher and respond effectivity to Requests for Proposal (RFPs)
- Schedule and manage the proposal writing process
- Organize proposal content and create sections and headings
- Draft proposals
- Use language that communicates clearly and persuasively
- Effectively edit and proofread proposals
- Locate resources for further study
What You Learn
- Overview of the funding and government contracting process
- Research strategies to find funding and contracting opportunities
- Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
- Scheduling and managing the proposal writing process
- Organizing and formatting proposal content
- Proposal drafts
- Writing clear, concise, persuasive business prose
- Editing proposals
How You Learn
- Interactive, student-centered workshops
- Lectures
- Models
- Exercises
Is This Course Right for Me?
This class focuses on foundation giving to Bay Area nonprofit organizations and is structured for the beginning grant writer or someone seeking a refresher course.