NPI, Inc. offers a number of competency based training courses to assist Grants & Agreements Officers and Administrators in honing the skills necessary to further their career paths.

In addition to the individual courses offered, NPI, Inc. has developed a Certificate of Mastery Program specifically designed for awarding agency and recipient personnel. Upon completion of this program participants will have attained comprehensive knowledge of government-wide regulations and grants management best practices.

COURSES 1 TO 6 OF 6

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• Assistance Agreements: Development and Award
  3 Days - Course #2004
  Overview and understanding of the federal government's assistance process. This course is for obligating officials and program/resource personnel involved in the formation and award of assistance agreements.
• Assistance Agreements: Administration (for AR's)
  3 Days - Course #2001
  Detailed information on the development of announcements, program descriptions, and evaluation criteria as well as administration of awarded agreements. Includes detailed coverage of the circular requirements now found in 2 CFR.
• Assistance Agreements: Appropriations Law
  3 Days - Course #2002
  Understanding the general requirements associated with appropriations and their applicability to federal financial assistance (Grants and Cooperative Agreements).
• Assistance Agreements: Cost Principles and Audit
  2 Days - Course #2003
  Cost principles found in Office Management and Budget Circulars A-21, A-87, and A-122
• Assistance Agreements: Practical Negotiation Techniques
  3 Days - Course #2005
  Knowledge and skills necessary to enter into pre-award discussions and negotiations involving the award of assistance agreements.
• Grant Administration - Course #2000
  Detailed information on the administration of Grants and Cooperative agreements. Emphasis on what the federal designated representative needs to know to successfully monitor the grant award.