A Practical Online Course on Successful Grant Proposal Writing – Apply Now!

The course will be interesting for artists and cultural Professionals aiming to broaden their activities, collaborate with national and international partners, and secure financial support for their projects through grants. Participants will gain the fundamental knowledge, as well as practical know-how, for crafting successful grant proposals aiming to enhance the cultural landscape of their respective countries.

EU4Culture aims to foster culture as an engine for growth and social development across six countries of the European Union’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. It will help to enhance the role of the cultural sector as a driver of economic development.  It also promotes intercultural dialogue and knowledge exchange between artists and cultural professionals from these countries. The project places culture, creative industries and cultural sites at its core, which all carry a great potential for broad and sustainable economic and social development.

The course covers the following topics: types of grants, the significance of grants for the culture and creative sector; grant writing essentials; techniques for finding national and international project partners; budget preparation strategies; legal requirements; effective communication with donors; project narrative and financial reporting. The course will be offered online on case media platform. A team of Ukrainian experts will provide insights and up-to-date information on the topics. The personal account on the platform allows follow each learning topic including results and other additional materials included in the course. Additionally, the online course chat will provide the platform for support, experience sharing, networking and establishing collaborations. Following the lectures, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions to the experts and receive clarifications on the course topics.

The online course follows a “pyramid” structure. Each topic is up to 60 minutes and breaks down into segments. These segments include subtopics covered up to 15 minutes each. Following the presentation of each learning topic, participants undergo a brief test comprising five questions, with multiple-choice options (a, b, c, and d), to test their understanding of the learned topics.

After successfully completing the online course, participants will receive a course completion certificate.

Themes

• Within the framework of this online course, artists and cultural professionals from the following indicative list of cultural and creative sectors are eligible to apply:
  • Advertising and Marketing (PR & communication activities, Advertising)
  • Architecture (Architectural activities)
  • Creative gaming industry
  • Creative or cultural education and/or research, Creative hubs
  • Creative or traditional crafts
  • Design, e.g. product, graphic and fashion design
  • Film and video e.g. movie and video production, TV, radio, broadcasting
  • Fine Arts e.g. photography, painting, new media art
  • Gastronomy and traditional culinary industry
  • IT, Software and computer service creative software development as well as culture and creative computer-based services
  • Literature and Publishing (translation and interpretation activities)
  • Museums, archives, galleries, and libraries
  • Music, performing and visual arts (Sound recording & music publishing activities, cultural education, Performing arts, Artistic creation, Festivals)

Program Topics

• In the framework of the online course, you will be able to get familiar with the following topics on grant’s proposal writing:
  • Topic 1. Types of grants and their significance
  • Topic 2. Basics of grant proposal writing
  • Topic 3. Techniques of looking for international and national partners for your project
  • Topic 4. Budget preparation strategies
  • Topic 5. Legal documentation and communication with the donor
  • Topic 6. Narrative and financial report – grant implementation

Eligibility Criteria

• You are eligible to apply, if you are:
  • At least 18 years old on the day of the applications deadline and
  • An artist or cultural professional and
  • Citizen of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, or Ukraine and
  • Have less than three years of experience of working with grants.
  • You may only submit one application in response to this open call: if you submit several applications for the same call, only the last submitted application will be considered. Any conflict of interests must be avoided at all times.
• This course is for you, if you want to:
  • Become familiar with EU-funded grant opportunities.
  • Apply for EU grants available in your country and internationally.
  • Engage with grant projects in the future.
  • Make informed steps for your future endeavours.

For more information, visit EU4Culture.