Funding public health activities is challenging, and having a team in place ready to respond to funding opportunities from government agencies and foundations is critical for success. Planning for Financial Success is designed to help you pull together the key elements needed for responding to funding opportunities. In this course, we will walk you through the process of preparing grant proposals with case examples, interactive exercises, and additional resources. This course will empower you to consider a more thorough process and funding strategy for the growth and sustainability of your agency, organization, or program team.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this training, you should be able to:
- Describe the role grant writing plays in achieving your agency's mission
- Develop a strategic approach to streamline funding requests for long-term sustainability
- Construct a clear and concise funding request
- Recognize how your proposal will be reviewed using the grant guidelines
- Review an unsuccessful submission for future funding opportunities
Target Audience
- Public health professionals interested obtaining funding for public health projects and programs
- Department heads, project and program managers, and other leaders of public health agencies and organizations
Format
Web-based course; includes interactive questions and quizzes. This course should take about 1.25 hours to complete.
Course Instructors
Luann D'Ambrosio, MEd
Associate Director
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
Janell Blackmer
Center Operations Manager
Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
Technical Requirements
This module was designed to work in most browsers, operating systems, and platforms.
To view some of the toolkit documents, you will need Microsoft Word or the free Adobe Reader installed on your computer. See our Technical Requirements page to download the Adobe Reader plugin.
Accessibility
This online training course is text-based and is designed for accessibility. If you have any difficulties in accessing the information given in any of our documents or need further assistance, please contact nwcphp@uw.edu.
