Grant Writing is a genuinely practical, career-relevant skills course — how public health programs actually get funded in a competitive grant landscape.
What D591 covers
The course introduces essential tasks and approaches to acquiring funding for public health projects and programs through grants, addressing how to find and apply to government and non-government grant opportunities.
Learners practice researching grants, determining which grants align with a program's mission and purpose, evaluating draft grant proposals, and identifying and revising key components of a drafted proposal.
The D591 performance assessment
Expect a performance assessment requiring you to draft or revise a grant proposal for a specific public health program, aligned with a real or realistic funding opportunity.
Key topics in D591
- Government and non-government grant opportunities
- Aligning grants with program mission
- Evaluating and revising grant proposals
Writing tips for D591
Follow the task instructions and rubric line by line
WGU performance assessments for D591 are graded against a fixed rubric — every rubric line has to be visibly addressed, usually with a labeled heading that mirrors the rubric language. Skipping a rubric point because it seems minor is the single most common reason a competent submission comes back "Not Yet Competent" for revision.
Ground public health analysis in a specific population or community, not generalities
WGU evaluators are trained to distinguish genuine public health analysis from a paraphrased textbook summary. Anchor your submission in the specific population, community, or health issue the task provides, and show data-driven reasoning connecting your recommendation to that real context.
Because WGU is self-paced, don't let "no deadline pressure" become no submission
There's no weekly due date forcing progress, which means procrastination costs more at WGU than at a traditional term-based school — a stalled task can quietly eat weeks of a term. Treat your own target date for each D591 assessment as a real deadline.
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Why students seek help with D591
Students sometimes write a generic funding request without the specific alignment to a named grant opportunity's actual requirements — a strong grant proposal is tailored to the specific funder's priorities.
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D591 has no prerequisites and is specific to the Public Health bachelor's degree.