About this course
What you’ll learn
This intensive course is designed to teach you how to follow a step-by-step process that will increase your confidence when writing a grant proposal. As you take the class, you’ll have 24 hours in the virtual classroom to learn systematic strategies for improving your success with writing compelling and exciting proposals that will generate support for your organizations. Cooperative learning is integrated into each course session. (Cooperative learning is a teaching strategy in which small groups [including learners with different ability levels] use a variety of learning activities to improve their understanding of a subject.) You will then apply the learned skills from the interactive group sessions to your individual grant proposal writing time. Most students use the individual writing time towards a grant proposal they are hoping to submit for funding.
Topic areas covered are:
Essential Grant Proposal Writing Skills
- Components of the Grant Proposal
- Characteristics of Fundable Proposals
- Analyzing Request for Proposals
Grant Applications & Program Development
- Letters of Intent & Inquiry
- Program Description & Implementation Plan
- Designing Measurable Goals & Objectives
Grant Proposal Package Elements
- Executive Summary & Abstract
- Evaluation Methods with Outcomes & Impact
- Program Budget Development & Narrative
Interested in National Certification: If you are interested in becoming a nationally certified grant writer, please visit American’s Grant Writers’ Association (Opens in a new window) or Grant Professionals Certification Institute (Opens in a new window).
Who should attend?
- Anyone with little or no grant-writing experience
- Experienced and professional grant writers looking to enhance their skills
- Anyone looking to start a new career or further their existing grant writing career
Continuing Education Information
Successful participants earn a Digital Certificate of Program Completion and awarded 2.4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) from the University of Georgia.
Requirements & policies
Accommodations
The University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education is committed to providing equal access to continuing education programs for students living with permanent or temporary disabilities. Learn more about the program accommodations (Opens in a new window).
Location
University of Georgia Gwinnett Campus
2530 Sever Rd NW
Lawrenceville, GA 30043
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Fees & funding information
Includes materials
Technology
Classroom participants are required to bring a personal laptop/tablet.
Live-online participants are expected to have strong internet service and a laptop/desktop computer with audio and video capabilities to fully interact with the instructor and classmates.
Prerequisites
No prior grant writing experience required.
For both the online and classroom courses, the required assignments will be submitted via the UGA online portal, eLC. Approximately one week before the first session, participants will receive their online access information. You will have a Welcome Assignment to complete before the first session.
Attendance
To receive the Certificate of Program Completion, participants must:
- Attend at least 85% of the online or classroom sessions.
- Participate in all in-class learning activities. Activities include group work, individual writing assignments, and peer review activities.
- Earn 70 points or more on in-class assignments.
Details are subject to change.
People
Instructor
Dr. Diane Rice is currently an instructor at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education. As a part-time consultant, she writes grant proposals, creates grant writing instructional materials for courses, designs grant writing training materials for workshops, teaches grant writing courses, and facilitates grant workshop presentations for nonprofit organizations.
In addition to working as a part-time grants consultant for Grant Writers Quill LLC, she is embarking on her 19th year as a full-time public school teacher in Georgia. As a member of the American Grant Writers Association (AGWA), she has been a Certified Grant Writer® since June 2015. Dr. Rice has panelist experience with AGWA, and she served as the AGWA Special Interest Chair for the PK-12 and Special/Gifted Education groups. Dr. Rice also consults as a grant proposal reviewer at the Foundation and Federal level. As a part-time grants consultant, she has procured thousands of dollars in grant funding.
Dr. Rice holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Anderson University, a Master of Human Resource Development from Clemson University, an Education Specialist degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Piedmont College, and a Doctorate of Education degree from Walden University. She considers herself a lifelong learner and enjoys working as a grants consultant to support outstanding causes.
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See what our students say
“The course was designed to teach a lot of information in a short amount of time, and Dr. Rice kept us engaged by using various modes of learning. I had some grant writing experience before this course, and now I feel even more confident in my skills after completing this course. I highly recommend this course to anyone wanting to learn grant writing from a subject mater expert in Dr. Rice!”
Ali Ottman,
Northeast Georgia Health System
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