Competencies and Skills Tested

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 via multiple choice questions:

25% – Knowledge of how to craft, construct and submit an effective grant application.
20 % – Knowledge of strategies for effective program and project design and development.
15% – Knowledge of how to research, identify and match funding resources to meet specific needs.
10% – Knowledge of organizational development as it pertains to grant seeking.
10% – Knowledge of nationally recognized standards of ethical practice by grant developers.
8% – Knowledge of methods and strategies that cultivate and maintain relationships between fund-seeking and recipient organizations and funders.
8% – Knowledge of post-award grant management practices sufficient to inform effective grant design and development.
4% – Knowledge of practices and services that raise the level of professionalism of grant developers.

Download a detailed list of GPC Competencies Skills

For more information about the exam, please email exam@grantcredential.org