This course equips advocates, health professionals, and organizations with practical skills to secure funding, especially in the liver health space. Learners will explore grant writing, budgeting, submission, and peer review processes to strengthen proposals and advance hepatitis prevention, care, and elimination efforts worldwide.
Module 1: Introduction to the Grant Landscape
This module introduces learners to the global funding ecosystem and the essential role grants play in advancing hepatitis and liver cancer prevention, care, and research. Participants will learn what grants are, how they differ from other funding mechanisms, who funds health initiatives worldwide, and why strategic grant-seeking is critical to achieving hepatitis elimination goals.
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Lesson 1.1: What is a Grant? Lesson 1.2: The Global Grantmaking Ecosystem Lesson 1.3: Why Apply for Grants in Hepatitis & Liver Health?Module 2: Finding the Right Opportunities
This module equips learners with practical tools to find, assess, and prioritize grant opportunities in a crowded and competitive funding landscape. Participants will learn where to search for funding – ranging from databases and newsletters to funder websites and informal networks – and how to stay informed without becoming overwhelmed. The module then walks through how to critically read calls for proposals, breaking down eligibility requirements, timelines, and evaluation criteria while identifying early red flags that signal poor fit. Finally, learners will focus on aligning opportunities with their organization’s mission, capacity, and long-term goals, ensuring that pursued grants are not only fundable but also sustainable and scalable within the hepatitis and liver health space.
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Lesson 2.1: Where to Look Lesson 2.2: Reading a Call for ProposalsModule 3: Developing a Proposal
This module equips learners with the practical skills needed to design clear, persuasive, and funder-ready grant proposals. Participants will explore how to articulate compelling problem statements, ground proposals in strong evidence, elevate lived experience and local voices, and build realistic, compliant budgets. Emphasis is placed on aligning narrative, data, and resources to tell a cohesive story that funders can trust and support.
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Lesson 3.1: Anatomy of a Grant Proposal Lesson 3.2: Budget Preparation Essentials Lesson 3.3: The Art of Storytelling for ImpactModule 4: Partnerships and Collaborations
This module explores how strong, equitable partnerships can significantly strengthen grant proposals and amplify impact in hepatitis and liver health work. Learners will examine why funders increasingly prioritize collaboration and multidisciplinary teams, how to identify partners whose expertise and lived experience complement their goals, and how to build relationships grounded in trust and mutual accountability. Special attention is given to navigating power dynamics between high-income and low- and middle-income country partners and applying community-led research principles to ensure partnerships are ethical, inclusive, and sustainable.
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Lesson 4.1: Why Partnerships Matter Lesson 4.2: Finding the Right PartnersModule 5: Submission, Review, and Revision
This module demystifies what happens after your proposal is written, guiding learners through the practical realities of grant submission, review, and revision. Participants will learn how to navigate common application portals, plan backwards from submission deadlines, and manage final compliance checks under real-world time pressure. The module also unpacks how peer review and selection processes work, what reviewers are looking for, and why strong proposals are sometimes rejected. Emphasis is placed on interpreting feedback constructively, identifying red flags, and using rejection as a strategic step toward stronger resubmissions.
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Lesson 5.1: Application Portals and Project Management Lesson 5.2: Peer Review and Selection ProcessModule 6: Grant Management & Sustainability
This module focuses on what it takes to be a strong steward of grant funding after an award is made—and how good stewardship builds long-term opportunity. Learners will be introduced to monitoring and evaluation basics, including how to track deliverables, milestones, and financial reporting requirements in ways that meet funder expectations without overwhelming teams. The module also emphasizes effective, proactive communication with funders, highlighting how to share progress, challenges, and impact using both data and human stories. Finally, participants will explore how to think beyond a single grant by leveraging results, relationships, and credibility to diversify funding streams and position their work for sustained impact in the hepatitis and liver health space.
