Meet your instructor

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Meet your instructor ✳

DR CHLOE SHARP

Author of “Make Products That Matter”, exited co-founder of SnapOut - an innovation consultancy providing UX and grant writing services and ex-GrantTree, personally raised over £10m in funding for startups and SME. She’s headed up grant teams in grant consultancies where millions of pounds of grant funding were won for clients.

Grant Funding Fundamentals

Get everything together and prepared before applying for a grant, so when the right opportunity comes up, you're ready to go!

This course will show you what 'good' looks like when you're right your own grant application or working with a grant writer to write the grant with you. 

You'll have a grant strategy and roadmap to use grants strategically to maximise their benefit, to factor into your overall fundraising plans.

In this online course, you’ll:

  • Get an understanding of grant funding opportunities and how to keep up-to-date on new competitions

  • Have the relevant materials ready for grant opportunities when they arise in the future, so you can focus on the application rather than the thinking and documentation that sits around it

  • Consider how to align the business’s objectives with grant projects and take a strategic approach to grant funding and innovation

  • Decipher grant language and the requirements for grants to help you understand the grant opportunities in more detail and whether your business is eligible

  • Understand eligible costs and how to assess your business's readiness to apply for funding and the right size of projects that are manageable for your team

  • Prepare the right stakeholders and conversations ahead of time so there is no rushing and panic toward grant deadlines

  • Know what 'good' looks like when working with a grant consultancy or grant writer when commissioning grant services for your business

The live cohorts will give you access to a grant expert, in-depth knowledge of the competition and what assessors are looking for and a case study to deep dive the information on this online course to show you how it's applied.

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  • "With no prior experience in grant writing myself, Chloe's course teaches with ease the tips and tricks needed to ensure success!"

    Anon

  • "I found the tips in the Grant Funding Fundamentals online course and workshops to be incredibly practical. The guidance was immediately applicable, helping me feel far more prepared to build a grant strategy. I now have a clear understanding of what is needed for opportunities like the Smart Grant, which had previously felt overwhelming. I highly recommend this workshop to anyone looking to strengthen their approach to grant writing and boost their confidence in navigating funding applications."

    Ana Silva, Replica Biomaterials

  • "Grant Funding Fundamentals was a game-changer for me. The course offered clear, actionable insights that took the mystery out of the grant application process. Each session was packed with practical advice, examples, and resources that made the complex world of grant writing feel accessible and manageable. I left feeling confident and equipped with the tools needed to approach grant funding strategically. I highly recommend this course to anyone looking to improve their grant writing skills and maximise their chances of success!"

    Saba Riaz, LeafyColl

  • "Well worth attending; great ideas, insights and resources"

    Aver Hemden, MTRIAD

  • "As an academic, this course really opened my eyes to the importance of reviewing and strategising my grants and applications from a new, more commercial perspective. It helped me see what I could improve and how to do it!"

    Iva Chianella, Cranfield University

  • "This course helped me organise everything to know about grants and added some great new ideas for innovative grant projects. It was engaging, informative, and really fun!"

    Stephen Fulton, Flexsr

  • “The quality and quantity of information was incredible, backed up with practical templates to follow along with and implement ourselves – this made the whole workshop very engaging and very very useful!”

    Benn Klewpatinond, Inond

What you’ll learn

  • Get a comprehensive overview on how grants work and where to find them and get a headstart on creating a grant funding roadmap for your grant projects and business

  • You’ll get access to key materials that you need to plan out your grant projects such as sales forecast to ROI forecast to quantify your answers.

  • Learn about competition analysis to market analysis where typical applications are weak. Get access to key tips for writing compelling grant applications.