Introduction to Successful Grant Writing

This course will give you expert training in the process of writing effective and successful grant applications.

Created by: Professor James Smith, PhD
Professor, Funding Professional, Founder Long Leaf Learning

What Will I Learn?

• Target the most appropriate funder for your grant
• Understand exactly what it is they want to fund
• Create a compelling case for funding
• Understand how to set achievable and measurable aims and goals
• Use real world information and data to make your application effective
• Communicate your ideas effectively to people with a wide range of backgrounds

Requirements

• No prior grant writing experience is necessary. You will learn all you need to know.

Target audience

• You want to learn how to write successful grants and are at the first step in your grant writing journey
• You are an academic or Lecturer or Assistant Professor who wants to secure grant funding but is just starting out
• You are grant writing for a 501.C3, a non-profit or a small/medium sized enterprise
• You want to learn about what a grant funder and decision panel is looking for in different grant sections, and how to construct a grant that aligns to this
• You are undertaking fundraising