Specialization Certificate: Using Federal Grant Funds

NIGP's Using Federal Grant Funds specialization course creates a dedicated learning experience where students leave with the ability to:

• Analyze federal grant conditions to ensure federal requirements can be met.
• Develop the solicitation to meet federal requirements and reconcile local requirements with federal requirements.
• Facilitate the evaluation, award, and supplier performance to ensure supplier and the contract are following federal requirements.

This offering is targeted to individuals who meet or exceed the following professional demographics:  

• Mid-level public procurement and central warehouse professionals who serve as senior buyers, managers, directors, or equivalent functions within their respective entities.   

• Non-procurement managers and supervisors who either provide procurement functions that support entity programs under delegated authority, or who already have a good understanding of basic procurement principles but wish to get more in-depth, hands-on training.   

• Professionals who are employed by local governing entities and special authorities (such as K-12 and higher education, publicly owned utilities, transportation providers, and other publicly funded or created entities) who either serve within or manage the procurement function.  

• Supplier managers and supervisors seeking to understand the public procurement function from a more in-depth holistic level, including the policies, standards, and procedures by which public entities must function.