News from the Grant Professionals Foundations

GPC Scholarships Available in 2013, Apply Now!

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

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 new electronic exam.  Any individual interested in the scholarship is welcome to apply starting Tuesday, September 3, 2013.  The deadline to apply is Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 5:00pm, EST.  Scholarship recipients will be announced at the GPA National Conference in November.

All individuals awarded a 2013 GPC Scholarship must submit their eligibility packet to GPCI by March 1, 2014, and if approved to sit for the exam, take it by September 30, 2014.

The exact number of scholarships has not been announced.  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 http://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 https://grantprofessionalsfoundation.org

 

Grant Professionals Impact Survey – Open Now!

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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 2012 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!  ■ Support the Grant Profession! ■ Tell us Your Opinion! ■ Share your Impact!

Upon completion, survey takers are invited to download our White Paper, “Results of the Grant Professionals Impact Survey: A look at the 2011 – 2012 Surveys”.

Take our survey!  Follow the link here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2013CommunityImpactSurvey

Thank you!  We understand how important your time is – by completing the survey you will enter our drawing for a free conference registration to the Grant Professionals Association’s 15th Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD November 13-16, 2013 – a $575 value!

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

Awarded! 2013 Conference Scholarships

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The Board of Directors of the Grant Professionals Foundation is proud to announce the awarding of nine scholarships to the 2013 Grant Professionals Association Annual Conference in November. The following awards have been made to:

Debbie Everly – Arkansas Chapter Scholarship sponsored by The Kester Group and the Arkansas Chapter of GPA

Heather Patel – Arizona Chapter Scholarship sponsored by the Arizona GPA Chapter

Barbara Roberts – Bernard Turner Consulting Scholarship sponsored by Bernard Turner Consulting

Melissa Draut – Chuck Howard Legacy Scholarship provided by gifts from the Oregon/Southwest Washington Chapter and friends throughout the grants profession

Ericka Kurtz – Susan Kemp Memorial Scholarship provided by gifts from friends and admirers of Susan Kemp founded by Dr. Beverly Browning

Patricia Sheppard – Peach State Scholarship provided by the Georgia Chapter of GPA

Sara Lowry, Sandra Norvell & Jodi Teal – Grant Professionals Foundation Scholarships provided through the gifts of members and friends across the nation and throughout the industry

We are deeply grateful to our supporters for making these gifts possible, and we ask all members of the Grant Professionals Association to join us in congratulating this year’s GPF Scholars on their awards. You will hear more about our scholars in the coming months and have the opportunity to meet them at the Annual Conference in Baltimore.

Congratulations to all the 2013 GPF Scholars!

2013 Conference Scholarship Application!!

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The Grant Professionals Foundation is pleased to offer you this opportunity to apply for a scholarship to attend the 2013 Grant Professionals Association Annual Conference to be held in Baltimore, MD on November 13-16, 2013.

First Open Membership Scholarship Awarded!

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The Foundation recently awarded our first Open Membership Chapter Leader Scholarship for 2013!

Dorcas Perez, Grants Administrator with the Town of Miami Lakes Florida, was selected by the Foundation’s Scholarship Selection Committee for this exciting honor. This scholarship is the direct result of listening to Chapter leaders who told us about the challenges of retaining great members due to the economy. A portion of the funds we collected through the 2012 Every Chapter Challenge was set aside to fund the new Open Membership Scholarship.

Read more:  2013 PRESS RELEASE First Open Membership Chapter Leader Scholarship Awarded

2013 Conference Scholarships – due June 30th

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The Board of Directors of the Grant Professionals Foundation is proud to announce the 2013 conference scholarships program. Through the support of grant professionals across the country, scholarship recipients will be able to attend the 15th annual Grant Professionals Association National Conference in Baltimore, MD on November 13-16, 2013. As always, the Foundation provides support for professional development for the people who bring funding to our local communities to address the needs of our most vulnerable constituencies.

The Scholarship Committee uses a fair and objective methodology to evaluate and select recipients based on their application responses and a published scoring criteria. The Foundation encourages everyone eager to improve their skills and knowledge in grantsmanship to apply for a scholarship to attend the national conference. The deadline to apply is June 30, 2013 at midnight CST (Central Standard Time).

Conference scholarships are made possible through contributions from the Grant Professionals Association, the Grant Professionals Certification Institute, the Grant Professionals Foundation, members of local GPA Chapters, GPA members, individual donors, corporate sponsors and friends of the Foundation.

 

2013 Every Chapter Challenge – PRESS RELEASE

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New Press Release!

2013 PRESS RELEASE_GPF Every Chapter Challenge 2013

2013 Open Membership Scholarships – PRESS RELEASE

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PRESS RELEASE GPF Open Membership Scholarships

Open Membership Scholarships – Apply Online now!

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The Grant Professionals Foundation is pleased to offer GPA Membership and Chapter Membership Scholarships to applicants on a continuous basis. GPF’s Open Membership Scholarship Program will accept membership scholarship applications via the online portal through-out the year and award decisions will be made by the GPF Board during regularly scheduled meetings. The scholarship application cut-off dates are as follows:

  • October – March; application period ends March 31st
  • April – September; application period ends September 30th

The membership scholarship applications are accepted until midnight (CDT) of the application period end date. Award decisions are expected to be made and announced after the next regular Foundation Board meeting.

Apply today!  The application form starts at the bottom of the page. https://grantprofessionalsfoundation.org/membership-scholarships-application/

 

2012 GPC™ Scholarships!

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The Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI) is pleased to present the 2012 GPC™ Scholarship recipients.  The Grant Professionals Foundation is proud to partner with GPCI to provide scholarship support for the Grant Professionals Certification Exam. The GPC™ Scholarship recipients for 2012 are:

  • Susan Cruze – scholarship made possible thanks to generous individuals and organizations donating funds to GPCI, specifically for the scholarship program
  • Tyler Winklker – scholarship made possible thanks to generous individuals and organizations donating funds to GPCI, specifically for the scholarship program
  • Tracey Diefenbach – scholarship made possible thanks to generous individuals and organizations donating funds to GPCI, specifically for the scholarship program
  • Emily Peterson – Grant Professionals Foundation’s GPC™ Scholarship

2012 marks the first year the GPC™ Exam is available through electronic testing at nearly 500 testing centers in over 80 countries.  Individuals interested in taking the GPC™ have the opportunity to sit for the exam at a date and location of their choosing.  Current scholarship recipients have until September 30, 2013, to take the exam.

The Board of Directors would like to thank all the applicants who took the initiative to apply for scholarship funding.  The 2012 recipients were selected based on their application responses using the published scoring criteria.  We encourage those not selected to apply again next year.