Who this course is for

This course is for first-time government grant applicants, who have applied and got a low score and want to continue applying for grant funding, and those who are interested in getting a broad view of how grants work in the UK. This course is designed to give you context, help you understand some of the jargon used in grant writing and get you to consider what you need to prepare before applying for a grant.

It’s designed to give you a head-start before talking to a grant writer or grant writing agency, who will help you with your application more specifically and also work with you to shape a grant strategy to apply for grants that help you reach your business goals.

If you’re an entrepreneur, business leader, technical leader or business development lead, this course is for you.

This course is not going to help you write a grant application but it will help you prepare for one.

What to expect from this course

By the end of this course, you’ll have:

An understanding of the fragmented grants landscape and where to look for grants
The capability to seek grants and evaluate your project and business's eligibility and fit for it
Materials and conversations to have in preparation for a grant application, so you can focus on writing the application
An outline of a grant strategy to ensure your business is applying intentionally and not opportunistically
Access to key templates to plan your grant applications and to get high-quality responses

We’ll be covering:

Grants: Where to go and how to create a grant strategy
Finances: What eligible costs are for your project and how to calculate them
Project Roadmap: How to plan your project and manage it and devise a roadmap of projects
Commercialisation: Outline your route-to-market and customer segments
Impact: How to uncover impact and benefits of your project outputs
Innovation: Defining innovation and where your project sits to decide its eligibility
Evidencing Claims: How to evidence claims made throughout the application and in the appendices
Problem - Solution: To show how to join the dots between the big problem, and the innovation as a solution
Visual Thinking: Ways to use visual thinking to demonstrate what the project is achieving