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Invest in Your Future: Winning a Scholarship for Your Grant Professional Certification

Grant Professionals Association

The Grant Professionals Certification Institutes (GPCI) scholarship program seeks to assist qualified prospective GPCs with funds needed to sit for the exam. Please see the scholarship page for more information: GPC Scholarships GPCI. Set aside time to read through all the materials and ask questions of GPCI.

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Reflections from Grant Summit 2024: A First-Timer’s Perspective by Bobbi Ozanian, MHA, GPC

Assel Grant Services

I felt honored when they invited me to serve as a Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI) Ambassador, which will allow me to encourage and support others on their journey to GPC certification. The day’s highlight was an invite-only reception for GPCs, hosted by GPCI.

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Wrapping up 2024

Grant Professionals Association

Training Plan Review the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI) competencies ( found here: Competencies Tested – GPCI ). Ensure you have grant deadlines and planning timelines, and report due dates in detail on your calendar.

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

Grant Professionals Association

This is the boat I am in; I wrote grants for a decade before GPCI first offered certifications in 2008 (GPA of Lower Hudson, n.d.), Grant Professional Certification Institute The GPCI administers the nationally recognized GPC credential to grant professionals. so I never got around to it. But that's about to change (keep reading!).

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Winning unrestricted funding from general operating-averse funders: The Greatest Needs Approach

Grant Professionals Association

GPCI Competencies: 2: Organizational development as it pertains to grant seeking 4: Crafting, constructing, and submitting an effective grant application 9: Ability to write a convincing case for funding

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Beyond the Award: Why Every Grant Professional Needs Post-Award Management Skills

Grant Professionals Association

The Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI) recently expanded its competency related to post-award grant management to reflect the growing need and importance of post-award work in the grant profession.

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Staying Invisible While Building Impact

Grant Professionals Association

GPCI Competencies: #6: Methods that cultivate and maintain relationships between fund-seeking organizations and funders #7: Nationally recognized standards of ethical practice by grant professionals #8: Practices and services that raise the level of professionalism of grant professionals

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