What you'll learn
- Address the current aspects of managing donor finances
- Handle pre-award activities, grants costing and proposal review
- Oversee post-award start-up, operation and closeout activities
- Prepare research plans, strategy documents and cases for support
- Apply strong negotiation skills
- Ensure donor compliance and conduct self-audits
- Prepare narrative reports and track deliverables against costs
- Document and track project risk
Course outline
Overview of Project Awards
- Types of Grants
- Contracts and Subcontracts
- Cooperative Agreements
Lifecycle for Grants
- Pre-Award activities
- Planning and Proposal Submission
- Grant Award
- Post-Award activities
- Project Implementation
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Reporting
- Close out
Grants Application
- Preparation and Planning
- Formulation of Goals and Objectives
- Submitting Grants Application
Budgeting
- Introduction
- Budget Elements
- Budget Development and Management
Accounting for Grants
- Accounting for Multiple Grants/Awards
- Matching Funds Tracking
- In-Kind Contributions
- Account Code Structure
Grants Compliance
- Finance and Procurement Rules
- Grant Contracts
- Contracts Management
- Compliance with Donor Requirements
- Compliance with Relevant Legislation
- Accounting Standards and Practices
- Community Compliance
Managing Grants
- Internal Controls
- Risk Assessment
- Information and Communication
- Project Monitoring
Grants Reporting
- Financial Reports
- Narrative Reports
- Evaluation and Audit