Working in an academia or science environment, you can face dozens of problems every day from routine inconveniences such as wasting time on ineffective training programs to scientific endeavors looking for a technical solution to a safe and organ implantation. You can live with these questions side by side for some time without truly realizing what is disturbing you. Quite on the contrary, spending sleepless nights looking for an answer, reading numerous publications on the issue and finding none. And one day, the answer crosses your mind. Now you have an idea of how to solve the problem. Brilliant, it's going to be a breakthrough. But stop, where do you get the money? Here is where a grant comes into play. It's a perfect opportunity to receive funding for a project, but how do you get it? Is it as simple as contacting the first fund or agency you see in your browser after tapping a grant for my splendid plan? But the links are not that relevant. Some information can be outdated. Wait, here is one that looks good, yet, there is some requirement and eligibility criteria I do not meet. How do I find my grant? These and many other questions, I will answer in the course on writing grant proposals. You won't be alone on this journey, as a charming young girl will accompany you throughout the course, and help you get a better understanding of the lectures. In the first module, I will explain how to prepare the plan of a research project, find a suitable grant program, and assess strong and weak points of you, yourself as a researcher and the organization you work for, to raise chances of an award. The second module is devoted to the technical part of a grant proposal preparation. It explains what management tools can be used for optimizing work and estimating project time. How to calculate costs and make up a budget and decide how to deal with numeric and visual information in the grant narrative. Module 3 deals with the actual writing process, defining structure of narrative, filling in it with content in particular sections, editing tips, and language peculiarities of writing a grant proposal. It also gives a brief description of an elevator pitch, which teaches how to present the essence of the project in a brief and concise way. Module 4 explains how to revise a grant proposal before submission, how to act in case of a decline and in case of an award. It also provides information on how to manage a grant, including preparing reports on processing and closing stamps when the grant period is coming to an end. Ready to learn how to write an effective grant proposal? Then follow me and the charming young girl.
