These courses provide:
- An overview of the funding landscape and knowledge of how to identify viable funding sources, e.g. by using ResearchProfessional
- Insight into the structure of a research grant proposal and the purpose of its components
- Insight into typical features of the successful application
- Framing the project for the specific funder and funding opportunity
- Insight into how funders process grant proposals; factors determining success or failure; and the importance of evaluation criteria
- Tools for developing, qualifying, and pitching project ideas
- Writing an effective CV for your grant proposal
- Costing a project and constructing a proposal budget
- Insight through own experience into the mechanisms of grant proposal review and funding decisions
The courses comprise presentations and interactive exercises.
The major learning points will come from working with your own research grant proposal and following the entire process from framing the project to the funding decision. Participants are required to assess grant proposals under realistic conditions and to participate in a mock review panel meeting.
Each course gives 2 ECTS.
The course offered by HR Service is available to PhD students, postdocs, assistant professors, and other researchers