Grant Writing for Beginners

This highly focused course will will help you to make good choices in terms of which funders you are targeting. It will cover the common parts of a grant application and give you an easy to follow framework and formula for what should be included in them. Most importantly, it will teach you how to get the funding panel on your side from the outset.

A unique aspect of this course is you will learn about how to write a effective grant from an instructor (Professor James Smith) who actually Chairs a number of funding panels and who is actually responsible for making grant funding decisionsYour instructor, Professor James Smith, PhD, is an established and popular instructor on the Udemy platform. Feedback that he has received from Udemy students includes;"Very easy to understand and the instructor spoke slowly enough that I could let the information sink in" - KW"Very informative and thorough. Getting ready to take the next course.

The assignments with the instructor's example following were very helpful" - KR"Very helpful information from a well-qualified Professor. Concisely presented in a format that facilitates easy notetaking" - BDPThis course is ideal for you if;You want to learn how to write successful grants and are at the first step in your grant writing journeyYou are an academic or Lecturer or Assistant Professor who wants to secure grant funding but are just starting outYou are grant writing for a 501. C3, a non-profit or a small/medium sized enterpriseYou 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 thisIn this course you will develop an understanding of how to approach and write a successful grant application.

It will also cover how to tailor your grant application to a specific funder in order to increase your chances of success. Most importantly, we will cover how to approach the different sections of a grant application because I recognise that starting a grant application can be difficult, and having to complete all of the different sections of a grant application can be quite intimidating at first. How will we do this.