P0Orientation and Setup
Get oriented and set up before Module 1. AI readiness self-assessment, set up your AI tools, and put basic data-security practices in place from the start.
Grants InstituteAI for Grant Managers
From zero tech skills to automated grant workflows.
A self-paced course that takes grant professionals from casual ChatGPT users to building their own automation systems, custom apps, and automated reporting pipelines. Save hours every week without writing a single line of code.
Self-paced/Pre-course + 4 modules/No coding required/21 tools & templates/Lifetime access
The shift
The grant manager's job is changing under your feet.
You have spent years building real expertise in grants. You know compliance. You know how to stitch together spreadsheets, chase report deadlines, and translate between finance teams and programme teams. You are good at what you do.
But you have also noticed the ground shifting. AI tools are everywhere now. Colleagues are talking about them. Donors are starting to ask about them. You are wondering: where do I actually start, and what really matters for my specific work?
The role is moving. Less of the day will be spent manually stitching three or four office tools together to produce a report, and more of it spent as a coach and enabler. This course is the practical bridge from where you are now to that version of the role.
No code
You spend too much of your week on reporting, formatting, and chasing information - and you suspect a lot of it could run itself.
Hours
Claim hourse back every week from automated reporting and workflow.
4 Modules
Modules from AI basics to a full automated workflow
What you will be able to do
What you will be able to do by the end.
This is a hands-on course. You build real tools as you go, using your own grant work as the case.
Use AI with structure, not guesswork.
Move from casual prompting to a clear method, with a tool comparison and a prompt library built for grant management.
Research funders and analyse documents faster.
Use AI to profile funders, interrogate calls for proposals, and review budgets and reports in a fraction of the usual time.
Protect your organisation while using AI.
Apply a clear data-security approach and an AI use policy so you adopt these tools without exposing your organisation to risk.
Automate the repetitive parts of your week.
Build automations with no-code platforms like Zapier and Make so routine tasks run without you touching them.
Build your own simple apps.
Use no-code app builders to create small, useful tools for your team without writing code or waiting on IT.
Run automated grant reporting workflows.
Design pipelines that pull information together and draft internal and donor reports, then measure the time and money you save.
Curriculum
How the course is built.
The course opens with a short pre-course setup so everyone starts on the same footing, then moves through four modules. Each pairs short lessons with a practical activity and downloadable tools you keep - 21 resources in total.
M1AI Basics for Grant Managers
Map the AI landscape for grant work, compare the main LLM tools, learn structured prompting, start your own prompt library, and lock down data security with a simple AI use policy.
M2AI for Research and Analysis
Put AI to work on the core of the job: funder research, interrogating calls for proposals, reviewing draft budgets and reports, and reshaping your working week.
M3Buying Back Your Time
Move from using AI to automating with it. Assess your automation maturity, compare no-code platforms, build your first automation, and create small custom apps.
M4Automated Grant Management Workflows
Bring it together. Design internal and donor reporting workflows, build a 90-day implementation plan, and measure ROI so you can show savings to leadership and funders.
Every tool shown is no-code or low-code. If you can use a spreadsheet and a web browser, you can do this course.
What you keep
21 tools and templates, ready to use.
You leave with a library of practical resources, each tied to a lesson and built for grant work specifically.
- Grant Manager's Prompt Library Starter Kit.
- LLM Comparison Matrix to choose the right tool for each job.
- AI Data Security Quick-Reference and AI Use Policy template.
- Automation Platform Comparison Guide and first-automation walkthrough.
- Donor Report Automation Toolkit and 90-Day AI Implementation Planner.
- AI ROI Calculator to quantify the time and money your systems save.
Who it's for
Who this course is for?
Built for grants, programmes and operations professionals in NGOs, INGOs, and donor-funded organisations who have used AI casually and want a structured, practical path to using it well.
The grants officer drowning in admin
You spend too much of your week on reporting, formatting, and chasing information — and you suspect a lot of it could run itself.
The programme manager who keeps hearing about AI
You have tried ChatGPT once or twice, found it interesting, and want a proper method rather than more hype.
The operations lead modernising the team
You are the person who ends up owning new tools, and you want to introduce AI responsibly with data security handled.
The experienced manager protecting their value
You have deep grants expertise and you want to stay ahead of the shift, moving from manual tool-stitching to enabling and coaching.
This is probably not right for you if…
- · You are an experienced developer looking for a deep technical course. This course is deliberately no-code.
- · You want a course on the fundamentals of grants management itself. Start with Grants Success System or the Accelerator.
- · You are not willing to try the tools yourself. The value comes from building, not just watching.
Format & access
Self-paced, hands-on, and built around your job.
Work through the lessons in your own time and apply each one to your real grant work. The point is not to finish the videos; it is to leave with systems running in your own organisation.
| Format | Self-paced, on-demand online course |
| Structure | Pre-course setup plus 4 modules with practical activities |
| Skill level | Built for casual AI users; no coding required |
| Resources | 21 downloadable tools and templates |
| Access | Lifetime access, including future updates |
| Platform | LMS, emails, desktop, tablet, and mobile |
| Certificate | Certificate of Completion |
Enrol
Choose the right rate for you.
Early-bird pricing is available now for those who join the waitlist. Standard pricing applies once the early-bird window closes. Cohort starting October 2026.
AI for Grant Managers
$149
- Early-bird $149 · Standard $249.
- Lifetime access to the pre-course setup and all 4 modules.
- All 21 downloadable tools and templates.
- Cohort starting October 2026.
- Free updates as the AI tools and platforms change.
- Grants Institute London certificate of completion.
Standard rate opens 7 days before the cohort starts
No coding required. Lifetime access.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
The grant managers who thrive next will be the ones who adapt now.
The role is moving from manually stitching tools together towards enabling programmes and coaching teams while the routine work runs itself. You can be early to that shift, or you can be late to it.
Start today, build real systems around your own work, and give yourself hours back every week.