FEDERAL GRANTS SERIES: FEDERAL FUNDING TRENDS, OPPORTUNITIES & RELATIONSHIPS

SESSION 1 of the FEDERAL GRANTS SERIES
Cost: $150/session
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These half-day, interactive sessions are designed to support nonprofit professionals before and during their first federal grant.

You’ll learn: 

• How to examine major trends in federal funding and how to find appropriate grant opportunities for your organization as an awardee
  or as a partner agency
• The key similarities and differences between foundation and federal grants
• Learn about whether federal grants are more difficult to manage
• Learn about federal planning approaches and writing styles
• Learn about the factors impacting budgets
• The major trends in federal funding
• How to research federal grants
• How to track your research
• How to read and understand a federal RFP
• How to discuss the opportunities you find with your organization
• How and when to talk with federal legislators and their staff
• Which federal agencies want to hear about your project before you write it
• How to talk with program officers about your project
• How to talk with your program officer after your award

Includes the following sections:

• Pursuing Federal Grants
• Federal Find and Fit
• Relationships with Program Officers and Legislators

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All of our training sessions will be available as on-demand recorded trainings following the live sessions.

Join our new Federal Grants Community of grant professionals who are just like you seeking advice and someone to ask questions when the federal program officers don’t or won’t answer. AGS’ Communities are moderated by credentialed grant professionals who have been awarded millions in federal grant funding. Our grant experts can guide you and your faculty through the entire grant lifecycle, from planning to reporting.

CEUs

This training aligns with the Grant Professional Certification Institute’s Competencies and Skills and is approved for 3.0 Continuing Education Unit (CEU). Full participation in this training is also applicable for 3.0 points in Category 1.B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.

The trainers for these sessions are all credentialed grant professionals (GPCs) through the Grant Professional Certification Institute, Approved Trainers with the Grant Professionals Association, and experts with multiple federal grant departments. All of the trainings in this series align with the Grant Professionals Certification Institute’s competencies and skills and will be approved for Continuing Education Units (CEU) by GPCI and CFRE International.

Cost: $150/session or $600 for the full series of four sessions

The Federal Grants training courses are available as scheduled half-day live, interactive webinars, recorded individual trainings, bundled trainings, and custom scheduled trainings. To register for the complete series or for individual sessions:

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