Persuasive Grant Writing
For researchers in the natural sciences who want to use narrative tools to improve the quality of their grant applications to make them more informative and persuasive
9 experts in grant writing, including researchers, programme officers from funding bodies, and the Chief Editor of the Nature Research Editing Service
7.5 hours of learning
15-minute bite-sized lessons
3-module course with certificate
About this course
'Persuasive Grant Writing' explains how to use narrative tools to create grant applications that resonate with the audience - your chosen funder. In the course, you will discover how narrative tools can improve the quality of your grant applications, how understanding your funder will help you align your research question with their objectives and how to apply narrative tools across your grant applications to make them more informative and persuasive.
What you’ll learn
- Understand how narrative tools can improve the quality of your grant applications
- How to align your grant proposal with the requirements and objectives of your chosen funder
- How to apply narrative tools when writing your grant proposal, to make it more informative, persuasive and engaging
The course
Free Sample
Before starting your grant application
5 lessons 2h
Free Sample
Targeting your audience
5 lessons 2h
Free Sample
Creating a narrative
7 lessons 3h 30m
Free Sample
Persuasive Grant Writing: Free Sample - section
4 lessons 30m
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