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Programs · Advanced Professional Course
Program overview
Proposal Writing & Winning Bids
Write proposals that get funded, from reading the brief and structuring against evaluation criteria to budgets and compliance.
Overview
Key facts
- Qualification
- Advanced Professional Course
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Entry requirement
- Open entry
- Format
- Hybrid
- Credential
- Certificate
- Accreditation
- Credence Institute certification
About this program
Proposal Writing and Winning Bids teaches professionals to write proposals that get funded. It covers reading a brief or tender properly, structuring a response against evaluation criteria, evidencing capability and past performance, writing methodology sections that demonstrate thinking, budgeting and cost justification, and the compliance details that disqualify otherwise strong submissions. Applicable to consulting proposals, grants, and public tenders.
(opens full size in a new tab)Who should apply
- Professionals
What you leave with
The skills to write proposals that get funded, with the methodology, budget and compliance detail that evaluators look for.
Where it can take you
- Writing consulting proposals, grant applications and public tenders
- Structuring responses against evaluation criteria
- Budgeting and justifying costs
The award
On passing the assessment you receive a certificate for this Advanced Professional Course program. Verification arrangements for this program are stated at enrollment. Issued under Credence Institute certification.
Who teaches it
If you want to know who leads this program before you apply, ask us and we will tell you.
Paying for someone else?
If you are funding someone else’s studies, here is what you are paying for. Proposal Writing & Winning Bids is an Advanced Professional Course program taking 12 weeks, examined and credentialed, and issued with a certificate that any employer can verify publicly at any time. It prepares the learner for writing consulting proposals, grant applications and public tenders, structuring responses against evaluation criteria, and budgeting and justifying costs. With the learner’s consent we will confirm enrollment, attendance and completion to you in writing at each stage.
Intakes
Next intakes
Dates for the next cohorts are being confirmed. An advisor can tell you when this program next runs, and put you on the list for it.
Ask an advisor about datesFees and payment
Multiple payment options are available, with installments on programs of six weeks and longer. Employers can be invoiced directly against a purchase order or a letter of undertaking.
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