Learning Series

Grant Writing

These modules will walk you through the mechanics of preparing and submitting a competitive grant application.

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Learning Modules:

Understanding the Structure of a Funding Opportunity Announcement

Understanding the Grant Review Process 

Organizing Your Grant Writing and Maximizing Your Peer Review Score: Part 1

Organizing Your Grant Writing and Maximizing Your Peer Review Score: Part 2

Your Problem Statement

Show Me the Money: Crafting an Effective Budget and Budget Narrative

Reviewing and Successfully Submitting Your Grant

Understanding the Structure of a Funding Opportunity Announcement

This module will help you identify the major components of every Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).  Please download the FOA in the “Resources” section below so you can follow along with the video.

Understanding the Grant Review Process

This module discusses the grant review process used by the majority of federal agencies. 

Organizing Your Grant Writing and Maximizing Your Peer Review Score: Part 1

This module will discuss how to develop a detailed outline to guide your writing and maximize your peer review score.

Organizing Your Grant Writing and Maximizing Your Peer Review Score: Part 2

In this module we will review how to find the scoring matrix in a solicitation and how to use the scoring matrix to organize your writing. 

Your Problem Statement

The problem statement is typically the first section of your program narrative.  In this module we will discuss how to use data to write a compelling problem statement that supports the rest of your application. 

Show Me the Money: Crafting an Effective Budget and Budget Narrative

This module will introduce you to the key components of the budget and budget narrative that will accompany your program narrative.

Reviewing and Successfully Submitting Your Grant

Below are additional video links to help you better understand how applications are submitted on Grants.gov, and how to create a workspace in Grants.gov