Grant Proposal Writing - English
Successful grant proposal writing is a fundamental basis to fund a career in research. It is a complex undertaking and seems to be very demanding. In this workshop you will learn how to break the overall process into smaller and doable chunks.
To achieve this, we will try out the RaumZeit Toolkit for designing and communicating your research project convincingly by working on your own research project. This may be a new idea for a real grant proposal or your current research project.Besides, you will obtain a lot of background information on different funding programmes, evaluation processes and potential pitfalls.
Contents
SESSION 1: Funding programmes and how to read the documents (3.5 hours)
- The triangle of projects
- Overview on funding opportunities
- Background information on funding programmes and evaluation processes
- How to read the official documents
- The funding scheme fingerprint
- Elements and structure of a work plan
- The Disney method
- Developing your idea for a research project into a first work plan
- Visualization of the work plan
- Matching your idea to the funding programme of choice
- Communication with the reviewer
- Objectives and how to get the details to make them SMART
- Innovative aspects
SESSION 4: Impact and Budget (3.5 hours)
- Where to put which information in the proposal and how to write about it convincingly?• The eagle’s perspective on research projects
- Impact
- Budget calculation
- Coordination of the overall process
The Participants learn ….
- How to develop your idea for a project into a sound work programme,
- how to match it to the requirements of the funding programme and
- how to facilitate the communication with the reviewer by presenting your complex ideas in an easy-to-understand way.
Methods
- Hands-on activities on your own project idea
- Presentations
- Discussions
- Group work
- Feedback
You can use this workshop to get you started with your own proposal. To do so plan enough time additional to the workshop so that you can go into the details between the sessions.
Lecturers
Dr. Sabine Preusse
Dr. Sabine Preusse (RaumZeit e.K. Coaching Beratung Training) geophysicist, business economist (IWW), BDVT certified trainer and business coach, offers individual solutions for projects from basic research to product innovation, from the idea to the exploitation of the results. She combines scientific understanding with entrepreneurship and experience both as project manager and salesperson and provides both technological and personal development at the same time.
https://raum-zeit.deDate
Tue, Sep 24, 2024 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Mon, Sep 30, 2024 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Tue, Oct 1, 2024 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
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Costs
| PhD UP | 75 € |
| Postdoc UP/PNB* | 112.5 € |
| Partner institutions | 420 € |
| Extern | 510 € |