English speakers: Writing successful grant proposals

Provides students with tools necessary to adopt good practice to search for and obtain funding for research projects (including post-doctoral fellowships).
- Identify suitable offers and understand the expectations of funders.
- Evaluate, define and justify resources necessary for the project.
- Write a clear, precise and impactful proposal to maximize success probability.

Day 1 :

Theory:
- Objectives of grant proposals (exploring a variety of situations)
- Understanding criteria and expectations of funders
- Proposal structure
- Writing methods: points to highlight to make your project stand out.
- The proposal summary.

Practical :
- Distinguishing a "good" from a "bad" proposal.
- Practice writing a summary
- Start working on your own proposal (or a student fellow's proposal)


Day 2 :

Theory:
- More writing advices
- Tailoring your CV
- Planning a realistic budget
- Preparing for an interview.

Practical :
- Gannt Charts
- Continue working on proposal
- auto-evaluations

- Students are strongly encouraged to have their own project for which they could write a grant or fellowship proposal. If not, they will have a choice to work on different pre-selected projects, but not necessarily in their field of competence.

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
- Decipher funders' expectations and target appropriate calls.
- Use systematic methods to promote their proposal.
- Identify weaknesses in their proposal and find solutions to remedy them.
- Put together a clear, comprehensive and concise proposal, using appropriate and impactful writing.
- Help their colleagues with grant writing.

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