Business Grants: Practical Grant Writing with AI Tools
A practical course on grants and tenders for businesses and startups: finding funding, preparing proposals, budgeting and AI-powered tools.
WHO ARE OUR LEARNERS
OUR LEARNERS:
- small and medium-sized business owners and startup founders seeking grants for growth;
- companies and startups applying for government, international, and corporate support programmes;
- CEOs, executives, finance professionals, and project managers responsible for applications, budgets, and financial models;
Key Benefits of the Course
Quick results and individual approach
- Practical results are achieved in just 2 months instead years.
- Learning in small groups of up to 15 people, with a personalized approach for each participant.
Practicality and geographical flexibility
- Minimal theory — maximum practical tools, real-world cases, and hands-on work with grant applications.
- Designed for businesses, startups, and professionals seeking to secure non-dilutive funding systematically, without years of trial and error.
- Fully online learning, accessible from anywhere in the world.
Proven success and completed projects
- Practice-based learning built on real cases of successful grant applications and funded projects.
- Every participant completes the course with tangible outcomes: a concept note, grant application, budget, and a complete submission package ready for the donor.
- A structured approach that enables repeatable results and helps build grant funding as a systematic function, not a one-off attempt.
Financial support and certification
- The top students will receive additional grants to continue their education.
- All graduates receive certificates of successful course completion.
Unique content
- A practical business programme for those who want to use grants as a tool for growth and scaling.
- You will learn to think both like a donor and an entrepreneur, aligning impact, ROI, and strategic business objectives.
- Special focus on AI-powered tools for opportunity search, proposal writing, budgeting, and reporting.
Price and accessibility
- The course is delivered fully online, with no location constraints, in a format that can be easily combined with work or running a business.
- The fee is significantly lower than individual consulting or long-term programmes, while providing ready-to-use templates, tools, and a proven methodology.
- An investment that pays off through secured funding, not additional costs.
Course Speaker
Svitlana Olieinikova is an international expert in grant funding and business development with over 21 years of hands-on experience. She works with entrepreneurs, startups, and organisations across Europe, the United Kingdom, and North America.
She specialises in securing non-dilutive funding for business growth and scaling. Over the course of her career, her clients have secured more than €40.5 million in grant funding for new, social, and commercial projects. Svitlana is a Managing Partner of Synergy Universe, an international grant ecosystem with offices in Canada, the EU, and the United Kingdom, and the Founder of Synergy Academy, an established educational platform for grant professionals.
Business Grants: Practical Grant Writing with AI Tools Course program
1. MODULEGetting started with grants: donor logic and preparation
- This module builds a foundational understanding of grants as a non-dilutive funding instrument and sets the stage for systematic work.
- How donors think and make decisions: evaluation logic for businesses, projects, and impact.
- Types of programmes and growth opportunities: grants, EU programmes, and funding directions.
- Preparing the business or client: required data, documents, and key metrics before applying.
- Defining the problem and value proposition: problem statement, evidence, and target groups.
- AI at the starting point: research, programme analysis, and proposal structuring.
- This module clarifies where to start and how to avoid critical mistakes early on.
2. MODULEFunding & Procurement: opportunity search and rapid assessment
- This module focuses on structured funding discovery and ROI-driven decision-making.
- Where to find opportunities: platforms, programmes, catalogues, and updates.
- Rapid viability assessment: go / no-go decisions based on resources and deadlines.
- Grants vs procurement: differences, risks, and compliance requirements.
- Partnerships: identifying, assessing, and engaging partners for joint applications.
- AI-based monitoring: automating opportunity search and analysis.
- This module helps move from scattered attempts to a managed funding pipeline.
3. MODULEProject design: concept, results, and iImpact
- In this module, ideas are transformed into structured, donor-ready projects.
- Project logic: objectives, results, outcomes, and impact.
- Alignment with donor priorities: adapting ideas to evaluation criteria.
- Indicators and measurement: defining what success looks like and how it is tracked.
- Scalability potential: embedding growth and replication into project design.
- AI for concept improvement: clarity, structure, and narrative quality.
- This module enables you to design projects that are easy to justify, submit, and implement.
4. MODULEBudget as proof of capacity
- This module reframes the budget from a formality into a financial credibility tool.
- Budget logic: linking costs to activities and results.
- Eligibility and risk management: avoiding common budget mistakes.
- Co-funding: when and how it strengthens an application.
- Financial consistency: aligning the budget with the proposal narrative.
- AI in budgeting: building and validating financial models.
- This module shows how a well-structured budget can increase approval chances, not reduce them.
5. MODULEDocumentation and proposal submission
- This module addresses the final stage where funding decisions are made.
- Guidelines and templates: requirements, annexes, and fine print.
- Complete application package: narratives, CVs, letters of support, policies.
- Online forms: maintaining project logic within structured fields.
- Donor communication: clarification requests, follow-ups, and professional tone.
- Final quality check: alignment with evaluation criteria.
- This module ensures applications are submitted accurately, confidently, and professionally.
6. MODULEImplementation, reporting, and results presentation
- The final module focuses on turning grants into long-term business value.
- Implementation management: tracking activities and performance indicators.
- Evidence collection: data, visuals, and proof of impact.
- Reporting: structure, clarity, and data consistency.
- ROI and follow-on funding: using results to unlock future opportunities.
- Results presentation: pitching, storytelling, and project defence.
- This module completes the cycle and shows how to scale projects using grant funding.
7. MODULEFeedback and Reflection
- Your Feedback:
- Your process of providing evaluation, comments, or reviews regarding someone's work, behavior, or results. Feedback can be both positive and constructive, with the aim of improving or recognizing efforts.
- In educational and professional contexts, feedback helps enhance skills and achievements, allowing individuals to see their strengths and areas for improvement.
- Your Reflection:
- Your process of thinking deeply and analyzing one's actions, decisions, emotions, or events. Reflection helps in understanding what happened, why it happened, and how behavior can be changed or improved in the future.
- It involves self-assessment and critical thinking about one's experiences, contributing to personal and professional growth.
8. MODULEProject Defence
- Project Presentation
- Public defence: structure, results, financials, and strategy. Demonstration of the developed system.
- Personal Insights and Learning Outcomes
- Key takeaways from the programme and recommendations for future participants or for personal professional development.
Course tariffs
- Online learning format
- Flexible study schedule
- High-quality video course with practical homework assignments
- Educational materials and a sample packing algorithm for your idea/business
- Independent completion of homework assignments without feedback
- Training period of 2 months (8 sessions)
- Start anytime
- *20% discount for early booking 2 months before the start
- Online learning format
- Fixed study schedule (120 minutes once a week)
- Mini group of 6 to 15 people
- Personal assistant/support
- Educational materials and a sample packing algorithm for your idea/business
- Homework assignments with feedback from the consultant
- Training period of 2 months (8 sessions)
- Certificate of course completion
- The course starts every 2 months
- *20% discount for early booking 2 months before the start
- Offline learning format in London, UK
- Fixed study schedule (120 minutes once a week)
- Mini group of 6 to 15 people
- Personal assistant/support
- Educational materials and a sample packing algorithm for your idea/business
- Homework assignments with feedback from the consultant
- Training period of 2 months (8 sessions)
- Certificate of course completion
- Visa and tourist assistance
- Start based on group enrollment
- *20% discount for early booking 2 months before the start
Awards
- Each student will receive a certificate of completion of the course
- You will be added to the alumni chat and community
- The top students will receive additional grants to continue their education
- Graduates of the course can receive additional consulting support from SC CONSULTING
Your certificate is recognised by employers and partners in the UK, the EU, the USA and other countries.
A CPD certificate strengthens your professional reputation and helps you stand out in the job market.
Reviews
«Friends, we have received our first grant of EUR 30,000 from Erste Stiftung for an educational project! I’m absolutely thrilled!!!! In August, I registered a non-profit organization with the aim of creating a school for children from Ukraine in Vienna. In October 2022, the FREE PEOPLE Educational Hub started its work. Our main focus today is a high school based on the Ukrainian curriculum. With us, children can complete their education in the format familiar to them. Today, 65 students study with us every day. They are supported by 13 teachers.»
«Thank you so much for the excellent training in the fundraising and project management course. The lecturers are true professionals with real experience. It was engaging and highly productive for me. After completing the training, I managed to receive already 4 grants, and I’m not going to stop))) Svitlana Olieinikova, is simply an incredible woman 🙂 It’s always very interesting to communicate with her, and her energy and belief are truly inspiring and uplifting. She’s like “Red Bull” — she gives you wings. Please send her my regards ❤️»
«Hello friends! Results speak louder than any words or testimonials: On 23.01.23, our grant funding in the amount of UAH 20 million was confirmed.»
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WEBINAR ABOUT THE COURSE
Free webinar about the course, its value and content
What you get
- Information about the structure of the course.
- Answers from the speaker and a detailed understanding of the course content and its value to you in the future.
- Analysis of practical previous cases.
The webinar will be held online.
Duration and bonuses
- Webinar is held monthly by prior agreement.
- The duration is 60-90 minutes depending on the number of participants.
- All webinar participants will have the opportunity to book the course at a discounted rate if desired.
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