Developing and Writing Successful Grant Proposals

Learning Objectives:

Participants will:

• Review steps to prepare their organization for funding opportunities before the writing even begins
• Identify potential sources of funding and recognize the importance of matching a potential project with the appropriate funding source
• Analyze application guidelines and rules for local, state and federal grants
• Examine grant proposal elements including needs statements, goal statements, objectives, evaluation plans, timelines, sustainability and dissemination plans
• Practice formulating needs statements, goals, objectives, evaluation strategies, budgets and dissemination plans
• Review elements of writing to give the proposal the competitive advantage
• Receive valuable feedback from both the trainer and their peers

Outcomes:

Skills learned include: identifying community collaborators, finding appropriate funding sources, deciphering funding application rules and formulating grant proposal elements.