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6 Best Proposal Writing Courses on Coursera

We compared 6 Proposal Writing courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 4 come from a named university or institution, including University of California, Davis, University of Colorado System and Johns Hopkins University. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.

Courses compared
6
Price range
$49.00 – $79.00
Providers
Coursera
Last updated
18 Sep 2026
How these 6 courses were chosen

Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "proposal writing" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.

The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.

There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.

  1. 1
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Major and Principal Gifts

    Offered by University of California, Davis

    This course will provide a comprehensive view of major and principal gift development work for students who seek to build upon their experiences gained in the introductory session. Participants will gain an understanding...

    $79.00
    listed price
  2. 2
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A Lowest price here University-backed

    Become a Sustainable Business Change Agent

    Offered by University of Colorado System

    About the course This specialization is for anyone who would like to improve how their company or organization impacts the environment, people and communities. We will introduce you to some of the key concepts and tools...

    $49.00
    listed price
  3. 3
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Strategic Communications in Technical Organizations

    Offered by Johns Hopkins University

    This Specialization is intended for post-graduate students seeking to develop effective communication skills. Through a series of courses, you will cover key topics such as audience analysis, communication styles, leader...

    $49.00
    listed price
  4. 4
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade A University-backed

    Business English

    Offered by Arizona State University

    This Specialization serves as an introduction to Business English, where you will learn to communicate about topics such as management, finance and marketing. You will also write proposals, executive summaries, and marke...

    $49.00
    listed price
  5. 5
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    Data Management and Sharing for NIH Proposals

    Offered by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

    The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a new policy for the management and sharing of scientific data starting for (most) grants submitted January 25, 2023 or later. In this course we will describe what the new poli...

    $49.00
    listed price
  6. 6
    Coursera MOOC / Non-credit Grade B

    AI for Sales

    Offered by SkillsBooster Academy

    By the end of this course, you will be able to research prospects faster, write personalized outreach in minutes, prepare for discovery calls with real context, handle objections with confidence, and produce proposals th...

    $49.00
    listed price

Best Proposal Writing Courses on Coursera compared

# Course Provider Offered by Price
1 Major and Principal Gifts Coursera University of California, Davis $79.00 View →
2 Become a Sustainable Business Change Agent Coursera University of Colorado System $49.00 View →
3 Strategic Communications in Technical Organizations Coursera Johns Hopkins University $49.00 View →
4 Business English Coursera Arizona State University $49.00 View →
5 Data Management and Sharing for NIH Proposals Coursera Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center $49.00 View →
6 AI for Sales Coursera SkillsBooster Academy $49.00 View →

Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.

What the prices here tell you

The 6 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $30.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.

Who is behind these courses

These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 4 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including University of California, Davis, University of Colorado System and Johns Hopkins University — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.

Before you enrol

Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.

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