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

Grant Professionals Association

Will 2025 be the year you earn your Grant Professionals Certification (GPC)? For many grant professionals, 2025 has been a year of rapid changes and a testament to our ability to pivot as needed, learn quickly, and help lead our teams. Please see the scholarship page for more information: GPC Scholarships GPCI.

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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. but do not.

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Wrapping up 2024

Grant Professionals Association

Consider the following: How many grants and LOIs did you submit? How did your team respond to changes in the grant profession, such as the new Uniform Guidance for federal funds? Discern what you can from unfunded grant proposals and feedback from grant reviewers or program officers to determine areas of improvement.

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How Can We Use Trying Times to Advance Our Careers –

Grant Professionals Association

Secondly, I worked as a contractor on a federal grant and was the final staff left to close the grant/organization down as a result of the grant ending after three years. Finally, I left a job as a grant coordinator after I was there six months when I saw the “writing on the wall” that the grant would not be renewed.

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Grant Professionals as Advocates

Grant Professionals Association

A recent State of the Sector webinar on Advocacy in Nonprofit Organizations in my community led to reflection on how opportunities to be an advocate present themselves in my career as a grant professional.

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Nurturing Growth: The Heartbeat of Professional Development in Grant Writing

Grant Professionals Association

It's what fuels my curiosity, energizes me, and uplifts me during challenging times in the dynamic realm of grant writing. Amidst this whirlwind, one thing remains constant—the grant writing community. Grant writing isn't a solitary endeavor; it's a collaborative journey with fellow professionals.

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What’s on Your Professional Development Bucket List?

Grant Professionals Association

Or, has your employment changed, and your new employer cannot pay for your Grant Professionals Association (GPA) membership? If these are items on your “grant bucket list,” there is funding available to help cover the costs. This is where the Grant Professionals Foundation (GPF) can help.