Grant Writing Support

Program Overview

The Grant Writing Support program provides $405,000 in annual funding from the Cross Regional Account for grant writer positions employed by municipalities, regional districts, and First Nations bands within the Northern Development Initiative Trust region. Funding for this program is made available through the Cross Regional Account and a partnership with the New Relationship Trust.  $7,500 in rebate funding is provided each year to approved communities to support employment of a locally-based grant writer to prepare funding applications to agencies, foundations, and government programs.

Features and Benefits of the program include:

• Up to 75% of the wages for the first four months or 600 hours of employment for a grant writer position based in the local community each year
• Additional capacity to respond to community priorities and non-profit requests for grant application research and writing.
• Increased success accessing financial grants for communities, First Nations, and non-profit groups
• Increased economic development capacity for municipalities, First Nations, and rural areas
• Timely response to funding applications and rebate claims
• Interactive web-based grant writing training is available on-demand from Northern Development’s website to assist new grant writers throughout the region
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Objective

• To assist municipalities, regional districts, and First Nations bands to build grant writing capacity and expertise that leads to a direct increase in funding for projects and programs in central and northern BC.

Apply For Funding

Applications for the 2010 Grant Writing Support program will be accepted after January 1st, 2010.  Prior to submitting an application for funding, please review the Application Guide and following documents in detail.  Please note that only complete Application Forms will be considered.

• Application Guide (100 KB PDF)
• Application Form (189 KB PDF)

Complete Application Forms should be provided electronically to Northern Development by email.

Application Guide

Application Guide
(100 KB PDF)

Application Form

Application Form
(189 KB PDF)

2009 Grant Writing Support Approved Positions

2009 Approved Projects
(72 KB PDF)