We are happy to invite to the workshop on “Effective Grant Writing for Scientists“.
Date: Thursday, 6 February, and Friday, 7 February, 9:00-17:00, respectively
Place: GZMB building, seminar room 0.232
Duration: 2 day
Goals:
– Obtaining a thorough understanding of how successful grant applications are written
– Learning to write readable texts in English
– Understanding the reviewing process for grant applications
– Gaining practical experience in writing and evaluating grant applications
– Obtaining an overview over funding agencies and funding opportunities
The aim of this course is to familiarize participants with the strategies for writing successful grant / fellowship applications to various funding bodies. It consists of lecture-style sequences with active participation by the audience dealing with the theory of good scientific writing, the basics of grant applications and the principles of different funding bodies, as well as hands-on exercises on aim definition, structuring a workplan and writing a grant summary. Additional information and exercises on writing good scientific texts in English will deepen the writing experience
Participants will be asked to prepare a short “mini-grant application” (4 pages + Scientific CV) in preparation to the course until 31 January 2014 – please take this into consideration when planning participation in this course. These applications will be evaluated by other participants individually before the course and in an evaluation session within the course and each participant will also evaluate 3-4 proposals by others in the 4-5 days before course start. This will provide extensive feedback for all participants on their applications, but most importantly, will provide a clear impression of the situation and the view of potential evaluators.
Information about the trainer, Dr. Christina Schütte, are available here.
If you would like to take part in the workshop, register here and write an e-mail to me (ggnb-career@gwdg.de). After a sufficient number of registrations by 6 January 2014 at the latest, you will get more detailed information about the “mini-grant application”.
