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​Choosing the right certification: a guide to grant writing credentials for professionals

Grant Professionals Association

There is no degree in grant writing. Typically, grant professionals learn on the job through trial and error, plus there are vast numbers of classes, webinars, and articles to read on writing grants. I'm Allison Jones, the CEO and Founder of Spark the Fire Grant Writing Classes. in Adult Education.

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Grant Decision Making. How do you choose which grants to chase?

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

In 2008, I accepted a position as a Major Gifts Officer at the largest independent nonprofit air and space museum in the world. Remember 2008/2009, the Great Recession? Our organization went through multiple staff reductions, but fortunately I got to stick around and was “asked” to take over the responsibilities as the “Grant Writer.”

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Sabotage: Obstruction or Treason

Grant Professionals Association

Despite our best efforts and knowledge, sometimes sabotage can sneak in to derail progress on a project or proposal. This changed the language in other sections we had spent the previous week working on to align throughout the proposal. The Oxford Dictionary lists some common synonyms for sabotage as to undermine, cripple or impair.

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Leaving Academia With Dr. Julie Ann Ward, Dr. Stephanie Weaver, and Dr. Krista Kurlinkus

Grant Writing Made Easy

I started my PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures at UC Berkeley, in one of the more prestigious programs in my field, in 2008. The difference between the two worlds One of the problems I had with academic writing was actually sustaining interest in my own projects long enough to get all the way through the academic publishing pipeline.

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The 2024 Election: A Grant Writer’s Post Mortem

Seliger + Associates Grant Writing

The most recent election that seemed historically consequential was 2008, but I’m old enough to remember 1980, which was a true watershed. We sat in stunned silence as this dude ticked off the many proposed budget cuts to federal discretionary grant programs (our “mother’s milk”). What happened? To find out, read David A.

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