Certificate in Preparing Funding Proposals
(Level 6 – 10 Credits)
 

The Certificate in Preparing Funding Proposals is 10-credit qualification and is equivalent to a 10- credit level 6 course. This course helps learners to develop the knowledge, understanding and skills required to prepare winning proposals for private and public funding bodies. Learners will become proficient in preparing all core sections of funding proposals, which are currently used by most funding organizations. Learners will discover tools and efficient ways to gather and present data and information, develop their proposals, and gain a thorough understanding of the criteria funding organization utilize to assess candidate proposals. In order to achieve this certificate, learners will need to prepare a research proposal on their chosen area that will comply with the principles presented during the course.

Total Qualification Time: 120 Hours

Total Guided Learning Hours: 40

Total Credit Value: 10

Preparing Winning Funding Proposals

The aim of this unit is to help students develop the knowledge, understanding and skills required to prepare winning funding proposals. The learners will:

• Understand the procedures, principles and prerequisites of bid writing.
• Be able to prepare all core sections of a funding application.
• Understand and incorporate the funders point of view, comply with requirements and needs of the call.
• Be able to prepare the necessary funding proposal attachments and support documents adhering to high quality standards

Indicative Content

1. Understand the procedures, principles and prerequisites of bid writing.

• Prepare for success, the proposal process
• Build your consortium and kick off meetings
• Developing the proposal idea
• Tips for successful proposals
• Identify tools and strategies to support project preparation

2. Be able to prepare all core sections of a funding application.

• Prepare the proposal summary
• Define suitable aims and objectives for your project
• Identify and describe a suitable method/research methodology to address the project challenge
• Organization and project team background
• Develop an effective project management strategy and project plan
• Identify risks associated to project
• Identify and quantify impact
• Develop tailored dissemination and financial sustainability strategy
• Prepare project budget
• Assess and review your proposal before submission

3. Understand and incorporate the funders point of view, comply with requirements and needs of the call.

• Search and select a suitable funding organization
• Exploit reviewers’ feedback and revise proposal for resubmission in case of failure.
• Identify funding requirements
• Prepare presentation for the project funders

4. Be able to prepare the necessary funding proposal attachments and support documents adhering to high quality standards

• ODA and Logic Models
• Gantt Charts
• Useful graphs and Statistics
• Team and Resources appendix
• Financial Projection
• Risk registers
• Letter of support