Are you thinking about taking the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI) exam? Already have your GPCI credential and need to renew? Now is the perfect time to encourage your chapter to participate in the GPCI Get Certified Sweepstakes.

There are lots of ways to win! Learn more: GPC Sweepstakes

Sweepstakes Awards

• First Place: 2 vouchers of $539 each for chapter members to take the GPCI exam
• Second Place: 1 voucher of $539 for a chapter member to take the GPCI exam
• Third Place: 1 voucher of $180 for one GPA member’s Certificate Maintenance Program (CMP) fee

Bonus Sweepstakes Prize

Form a study group, select an examination test date, and take the exam jointly for a chance to win:

1. a $259 voucher for one chapter member to take the exam by July 31, 2016, or
2. a $180 voucher for one chapter member’s CMP fee.

Appoint a Chapter chairperson, return the commitment form, and encourage your members to take the GPC examination and receive their certification. Return the 2014 Enrollment Get Certified Sweepstakes Form to:

Kent Dale Hornberger, GPC

GPCI Marketing Committee

kenthornberger@gmail.com

The Grant Professionals Foundation is delighted to announce its fall 2014 GPA Membership Scholarship winners.

1. Rachel S. Higgins/Bella Vista, Arkansas – Chapter Leader Membership Scholarship
2. Robert Kirkpatrick/Tucson, Arizona – New Membership Scholarship
3. Debra R. Morrett/Tucson, Arizona – New Membership Scholarship

These scholarships support new and experienced grant professionals. All Membership Scholarship winners receive a one‐year GPA national membership valued at $239 and a one‐year local GPA Chapter Membership ranging from $25 to $75 in value. Join us in congratulating the most recent scholarship winners!

The next scholarship application deadline is March 31^st for the spring round. Apply online at https://grantprofessionalsfoundation.org/membership-scholarships-application.

The Open Membership Scholarship Program is the main way the Grant Professionals Foundation supports chapter capacity building and leadership development. The Foundation awarded its first membership scholarships in 2013 but has awarded other scholarships to scores of professionals since 2007. The generous donations of GPA members and other donors through campaigns like the Every Chapter Challenge are the Foundation’s sole means of supporting scholarships. Your gifts make each of us a better grant professional, and better grant professionals mean more funding to our local communities. Thank you for making a difference in so many lives!

Scholarships are powerful catalytic agents for positive change. Support the continued development of our profession and colleagues by making a gift to the Grant Professionals Foundation. Visit us online today at https://grantprofessionalsfoundation.org/ and click on Give Now!

The Grant Professionals Foundation invites you to… Take our questionnaire!

Please help us by completing our short Grant Professionals Impact Survey. Your feedback is important to us, and this survey is intended to help us measure the vital impact grant professionals make each year. Your comments will help us to better understand the grant profession and share the results of our work. This survey is collecting 2013-14 fiscal year data to compare against our previous surveys.

Your responses to all questions will be kept in a secure manner. The information gathered will be used for general evaluation purposes only. We anticipate this year’s survey will take you approximately 10 minutes to complete.

Take our Survey ~ Share How You Make an Impact!

Follow the link here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014GrantImpactSurvey.

We understand how important your time is – by completing the survey you can choose to enter our drawing for a $100 Visa gift card!

Contact us at info@grantprofessionalsfoundation.org with questions or your feedback!

Thank you!

Thinking about sitting for the Grant Professional Certified™ (GPC) Exam? You could not have chosen a better year.

Thanks to donations from individuals, the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI), and the Grant Professionals Foundation, scholarship funding is available for individuals interested in taking the electronic exam. Any individual interested in the scholarship is welcome to apply starting Friday, August 1, 2014. The deadline to apply is Monday, September 1, 2014, 5:00pm, EST. Scholarship recipients will be announced at the Grant Professionals Association National Conference in Portland, Oregon, October 15-18.

All individuals awarded a 2014 GPC Scholarship must submit their eligibility packet to GPCI by March 1, 2015, and if approved to sit for the exam, take it by September 30, 2015.

The cost for sitting for the GPC Exam is $539 for Grant Professional Association members and $739 for non-members. If awarded a scholarship, it will be in the form of a credit directly to GPCI for all or a portion of the GPC exam cost. Each individual is responsible for covering any additional expenses, including transportation costs to the exam site.

Scholarship applicants are responsible for registering for the exam in addition to filling out the scholarship application. To learn more about this process, visit the Grant Professionals Certification Institute website at www.grantcredential.org.

To submit a scholarship application or learn additional information about the scholarship application and requirements, please visit the Grant Professionals Foundation website at www.grantprofessionalsfoundation.org.

The direct link to the application is: https://grantprofessionalsfoundation.org/gpc-scholarships/2014-gpc-scholarships/