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I Applied for a GPC Exam Scholarship – You Should Too!

Grant Professionals Association

When I joined the Arizona Founding Chapter of GPA nearly 15 years ago, I was a young, eager, and highly motivated grant writer with only a couple years of experience. I admired and looked up to fellow chapter members who were grant writing veterans, many of whom had their GPC. Second, the GPCI and GPA communities are amazing.

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Building World-Class Grant Teams: The GPC Advantage for Employers

Grant Professionals Association

Because credentials must be anchored to rigorous and relevant standards, as well as require ongoing education and recertification, they can quickly and accurately help employers identify and hire qualified grant professionals. The GPC credential signals precisely the expertise and ethical rigor employees need when managing grant funding.

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What’s In a Name? Job Codes and the Quest to Codify Grant Professional

Grant Professionals Association

There are multiple gateways to the grants industry, and each is important for creating thriving communities. Grant professionals are researchers, writers, administrators, coordinators, evaluators, and educators. These classifications have the power to transform the grants profession and level the playing field.

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Certifications for the Grant Professional By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

If you were to ask grant professionals how they arrived at their current position/role, most would laugh and relate a roundabout journey. Grant Professional is not at the top of the list of jobs to which children, youth, and teens aspire. As a result, there are many professional certifications that benefit the grants profession.

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Advancing Knowledge: Knowing your “Why” by Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

Have you ever stopped to consider the reasons why you sign up for webinars, attain or continue to maintain your grant professional certification (GPC), or set out to learn an entirely new skill set (like project management)? The Post Award Grant Management and Compliance pathway is available now, with more in development.

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GrantSummit: Building Your Community and Professional Know-How

Grant Professionals Association

GrantSummit’s power is that it provides grant professionals with two critical opportunities – finding our people and high-quality professional development! More than 1,200 grant professionals will be in person for the three-plus days of learning, sharing, and community! Registration opens June 1st. I’m forever grateful.

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Cheers to Twenty Years by Megan Campbell, MPA, GPC

Assel Grant Services

When the email from the Grant Professionals Association (GPA) came at the beginning of 2024 congratulating me on twenty years of membership, I called one of my fellow Gen-X colleagues and joked, “I don’t know whether to feel exuberant about a career milestone or join the AARP.” And that’s when I became a grants professional.

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