Internal Capacity Building and Training
Build internal capacity for organizations that have a desire to eventually become self-sufficient in obtaining external funding
A validated training structure will be employed to train organizational staff on best practices for developing and managing grants and awards. This process will entail the following activities:
Meeting with the training group pre-training to ascertain their goals and determine a baseline of capabilities with grants and grants management.
Structuring and coordination of meetings in a timescale that works with the organization’s schedule (i.e. weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly).
Develop and provide templates and tools that trainees may use throughout the training and in the future.
Structure and deliver training sessions on the following topics:
Finding funding
Working with program officers and funders
Developing abstracts and summaries
Developing project narratives
Graphical elements
Data inclusion and management
Proposal narratives
Budgets and budget justifications
Working in teams and on large grant-funded projects
Review and submission of proposals
Conduct evaluation and assessment of the efficacy of training and need for re-training or future training.