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How to write a grant proposal
Saturday, 26 June 2010 17:56
posted by Sabina

One of the workshops during the PCDI retreat was dedicated to this subject. It all seemed so easy to me at that time, but now I actually have to bring this to practice and I have only few more weeks left to do this. First I have to think about the subject, write it down on less than 10 pages, try to make it attractive to the broader audience, novel, reliable, achievable….this is going to be a huge challenge I guess.

Any tips and tricks, suggestions are more than welcome!

I will keep you posted regarding my progression during my very first grant application. Of course, I already have an idea about the project I would like to apply for and I have a grant in mind that might be interesting for me. First step is reading the guidelines and all the documents. The plan is to write a draft version myself and then send it to my PI. Keep you posted…


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#4 Tim Idzenga 2010-07-15 09:10
Hi Sabina, the things I have learned in writing the veni grant is that you need a one research question for your proposal. You can divide that in subquestion to answer the main question, but it is confusing if you want to answer more than one research question. So stay focussed and keep a logical reasoning in the proposal. In medical science it is also useful to include a patient population for testing the hypothesis of the proposal. Hope to have given you some useful info.
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#3 Sabina Lukovac 2010-07-13 03:51
Thanks, Piet! I will try to apply for a new project I will be working on here in Philadelphia. I think it's quite straight forward, absolutely novel and do-able in two years....about my CV,I can only hope the number and impact factor of my publications is relatively high among my competitors, however, I can't control that anymore I guess...fingers crossed...
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#2 Piet 2010-07-11 07:07
http://www.hfsp.org/how/grantsmanship.php
is supposed to be good.

Other than that: 1. do something that you have experience with to show that you are already good at what you want to do; 2. keep it simple to show that the project will succeed (no room for risky projects nowadays); 3. publish. Your CV will be the most important criterium in the first rounds. No CV: no second round. It's as simple as that.

It also helps to talk to people who are in the same stage of their career and ask to read their succesful and unsuccesful proposals. A good one will make you enthousiastic and should have already convinced you only half way through, a bad one, you know it when you read it.

Good luck.
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#1 Chiat Cheong 2010-06-29 09:38
Great to hear that you are taking a step towards independence in your academic career.

I wonder whether there is any guidance for young researchers at your university, e.g. courses or from research services (like LURIS for Leiden University and LUMC)?

If not, ask advice from your peers or senior scientists at your institute. Do not try to re-invent the wheel all by yourself!
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