evan@policegrantwriting.com
Course dates and registration information
| Course Date | Time (EST) | Location |
| February 6-7, 2023 | 0800 x 1600 | Live via zoom |
| March 13-14, 2023 | 0800 x 1600 | Live via zoom |
| March 16-17, 2023 | 0800 x 1500 | Pilot Point, Texas |
Course description
Could a grant for equipment, personnel, or training help to make your budget ends meet? Do you want to apply for the millions in law enforcement grants offered each year, but are unsure where to start? Start your grant writing journey with Police Grant Writing’s introductory course on law enforcement grant writing. In this two-day course we will walk you through each aspect of the grant writing process, from the planning phase, data collection and analysis phase, writing phase, review phase, and finally, what to do when you have received a grant award. Our experienced instructor will reveal what it is like to be a federal grant reviewer to help you understand how to tailor your application to a request for proposals, and tips and tricks to improve your application and make it stand out.
Instructor
Evan T. Sorg, Ph.D.
Evan is a former New York City Police Officer and Grant Reviewer for the Department of Homeland Security, owner of Police Grant Writing, and an Associate Professor of Law and Justice Studies at Rowan University where he teaches courses on policing, grant writing, crime analysis, and crime mapping. Read his full bio here.
Cost
| Regular Registration | $449/participant |
| Groups of 5 or more participants | $399/participant |
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Day 1
| Topic | Start Time | End Time | Skills/Knowledge Learned |
| Introductions | 0800 | 0900 | Get to know the instructor and your peers |
| Grant Writing Terminology | 0900 | 1000 | Learn common language used in grant solicitations and in grant writing |
| Morning Break | 1000 | 1030 | — |
| Funding Agencies | 1030 | 1100 | Learn the difference between state, federal, and private grantors and how they differ |
| Funding for Law Enforcement Grants | 1100 | 1200 | Learn about potential federal, state, and private grantors and where to find grant announcements |
| Lunch | 1200 | 1300 | — |
| Registering requirements for federal and state grants | 1300 | 1345 | Learn about grant portals, eligibility, assurances and disclosures |
| Afternoon Break | 1345 | 1400 | — |
| Grant proposal identification and initial research | 1400 | 1500 | Example proposal evaluation and initial research checklist covered |
| Understanding Grant Scoring | 1500 | 1600 | Examine how your application will be scored to tailor application construction |
Day 2
| Topic | Start Time | End Time | Skills/Knowledge Learned |
| Dissecting a Proposal | 0800 | 1000 | Construct a table with individual grant requirements/questions, how you will respond, and data to support your response |
| Morning Break | 1000 | 1015 | — |
| Reviewing the literature | 1015 | 1045 | Learn to conduct a literature review on the topic and past awards for the topic |
| Writing Skill Check | 1045 | 1200 | Grant writing: tips, tricks, and good and bad examples |
| Lunch | 1200 | 1300 | — |
| Compelling Grant Narratives | 1200 | 1300 | Grant narratives: Tips, tricks, and good and bad examples |
| Budgeting | 1300 | 1400 | Budgeting, costs, estimates and quotes, overestimating cost and underestimating cost |
| Evaluation plans | 1400 | 1500 | Understanding data collection, evaluation and reporting requirements. Creating data collection instruments |
| Pulling it all together | 1500 | 1600 | Submission day: timing, reviewing, triple checking, and overall summary. Q&A. |