HLTH 553 Grant Acquisition and Management
Course Description
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Course Guide
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Rationale
Many employers, especially those in public health and healthcare delivery systems, rely to some degree upon philanthropy. The purpose of this course is to teach basic “grantmanship” terminology and skills as well as organizational grant management principles.
Course Assignment
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Course Requirements Checklist
After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.
Discussions (2)
Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, there are 2 graded discussions throughout the course (one video and one text-based). The student will post a thread in the assigned Module: Week of the discussion topic, and then reply to at least 2 classmates’ threads in the same Module: Week.
For the Video Discussion: Tax Exemption Status, the student will post one 3–5-minute video in which the student responds to the provided prompt, with at least 3 scholarly citations. The student must then post written replies to 2 different classmates of at least 150 words, with least 2 scholarly citations.
For the Discussion: Dealing with Grant Improprieties, the student will post one thread of at least 500-600 words, with at least 3 scholarly citations. The student must then post 2 replies of at least 200-250 words, with at least 2 scholarly citations.
(CLOs: A, E, F, G, H)
Case Study: Firming the Foundation Assignment
The student will develop a paper based on grant management case studies and will have the opportunity to display personal ethics and the ability to write professionally. This assignment must be between 1500-2000 words, exclusive of a title page and references. (CLOs: B, C, E, F, H)
Grant Proposal Assignments (8)
The student will write a grant proposal for a fictitious non-profit organization. The proposal is broken into 8 manageable items. (CLOs: A, B, C, D, F, H)
- Grant Proposal: Topic Assignment (This assignment should be no less than 2 pages double-spaced.)
- Grant Proposal: Statement of Need Assignment (This assignment should be one page of content in length, exclusive of title page and references.)
- Grant Proposal: Goals & Objectives Assignment
- Grant Proposal: Program Description Assignment
- Grant Proposal: Evaluation Plan Assignment (The main content for this assignment should be more than one page but less than three pages, excluding the title page, references, and any appendices.)
- Grant Proposal: Program Budget Assignment (For this assignment, the budget table must not exceed one page and the narrative should not exceed two pages.)
- Grant Proposal: Potential Funders Assignment (While there is no specific page length for this assignment, a narrative less than one page will not be accepted for justifying the student’s grant maker ranking.)
- Grant Proposal: Cover Letter & Executive Summary Assignment (For this assignment, both the executive summary and the cover letter should be limited to one page each.)
Quiz: Grant Management
This quiz will cover the Learn material for the assigned modules: weeks. This quiz will be open-book/open-notes, contain 25 true/false questions, and will have a 30-minute time limit. (CLOs: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H)
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