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COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS TESTED
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The Grant Professional Certification examination measures a candidate's competency and skill in the grants profession. Those competencies and skills and the weight each should receive on the test were determined through a rigorous process that involved the participation of scores of professionals and with the assistance of credentialing experts.

A writing exercise will represent 20% of the examination score.

The remaining 80% will measure the competencies in the following list:
Literature Review
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Michael Wells, author and grants consultant, drafted the GPCI Literature Review as a tool in developing the credentialing examination. Early in the process, panels of subject matter experts relied on the Review to help identify the “skills and competencies” typical of a grants generalist with three to five years experience. Find here, in PDF format, the GPCI Literature Review. Some GPC candidates may find this information helpful in refreshing knowledge or filling experience gaps in the general grants field.
Competencies (download document for more detail)

Weight
Knowledge of how to research, identify, and match funding resources to meet specific needs.

15%
Knowledge of organizational development as it pertains to grant seeking.

10%
Knowledge of strategies for effective program and project design and development.

20%
Knowledge of how to craft, construct, and submit an effective grant application.

25%
Knowledge of post-award grant management practices sufficient to inform effective grant design and development.

8%
Knowledge of nationally recognized standards of ethical practice by grant developers.

10%
Knowledge of practices and services that raise the level of professionalism of grant developers.

4%
Knowledge of methods and strategies that cultivate and maintain relationships between fund-seeking and recipient organizations and funders.

8%

Total for multiple choice section, only

100%
 

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