Grant Writing for Education

Course details

Learn how to write a grant proposal. Explore the process of finding, applying for, and being successful in seeking grant money for educational causes. This course covers the basics of grant writing, including understanding a Request for Proposal (RFP) or grant solicitation; finding grants that are relevant to your project from governments, foundations, and even corporations; and writing proposals in a way that shares the educational need and story. Educator and experienced grant writer Karl Kapp also reviews the most common grant-writing mistakes, and provides worksheets and examples of winning grants in the exercise files.

Learning objectives
Finding a private or governmental funding agency
Locating collaborators
Understanding an RFP
Dissecting the anatomy of a grant proposal: front matter to appendices
Avoiding common grant-writing mistakes

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome

1. Before You Start Writing

02 - Why write grants
03 - Define your project
04 - Finding your funding agency - Government
05 - Finding your funding agency - Private
06 - Preliminary work
07 - Finding collaborators

2. Understanding the Request for Proposal (RFP) Solicitation

08 - Understanding the funding agency
09 - Parts of the RFP
10 - Creating a requirements matrix
11 - The one-page solution document

3. Anatomy of a Grant Proposal

12 - Front matter
13 - Summary
14 - Narrative
15 - Timeline
16 - Budget
17 - Evaluation plan
18 - Dissemination plan
19 - Sustainability
20 - Appendices

4. Common Mistakes

21 - Writing mistakes
22 - Scope mistakes
23 - Budget mistakes
24 - Agency mistakes

Conclusion

25 - Next steps