Every grant professional certified by GPCI is expected to participate in on-going professional development throughout their tenure as grant professionals. To promote life long learning and enhanced professional demeanor and skill, GPCI established the GPCI Certification Maintenance Program (CMP).
The goal of the CMP Program is to assure the continuing competence of every Certified Grant Professional (GPC), including the adherence to professional standards and the code of conduct promulgated by those engaged in grant development and management. More specifically, GPCI seeks to ensure that GPCs continue to:
- obtain current professional development information;
- explore new knowledge in specific content areas;
- master new grantsmanship-related skills and techniques;
- expand approaches to effective grant development and management;
- further develop professional judgment; and
- conduct professional practice in an ethical and appropriate manner
Because grant development, grant funding, and/or grant management are dynamic and rapidly changing fields, individuals are awarded GPC certification for a period of three (3) years. In order to remain certified, candidates must re-sit for the GPCI examination or satisfy all certification maintenance requirements, including completion of the CMP application and payment of the certification maintenance fee every three years.
The CMP Program requires that GPC individuals meet requirements in three or more professional development categories. These requirements are designed to show evidence of on-going practice in the grants profession and to provide GPCI with a way to measure continued competence in the field.
Within a three year period from the date of certification, GPC recertification candidates must engage in no less than 105 “hours” of profession-related activities. In many, but not all cases, one hour of activity is assigned one “CMP point.” For more information, refer to the CMP Manual.