Persuasive Grant Writing

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Audience

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

Subscriptions available to institutions, departments and labs

Key features

3-module course with a course certificate

9 experts in grant writing including researchers, program officers from funding bodies and the Chief Editor of the Nature Research Editing Service

3.5 hours of learning

15-minute lessons

English language subtitles and transcripts

Skills

Understand how narrative tools can improve the quality of your grant applications

Learn to align your grant proposal with the requirements and objectives of your chosen funder

Learn how to apply narrative tools when writing their grant proposal to make it more informative, persuasive and engaging

Start using the three-module course

Before starting your grant application

Targeting your audience

Creating a narrative

Insight from expert academics and professionals

This course contains insights from experts with wide-ranging experience in grant writing, which includes:

Writing and editing grant applications
Securing grant funds for research projects
Reviewing grant applications
Using narrative techniques in science communication

The expert panel developed and refined the course. This panel contains:

Kylie Ball | Professor, School of Exercise and Nutritional Science, Deakin University and Founder and Director, Indago Academy
Michael Dahlstrom | Director, Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication, Iowa State University
Peter Gorsuch | Chief Editor and Product Manager, Nature Research Editing Service
Richard McCourt | Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Earth & Environmental Science, Drexel University and former Program Director, National Science Foundation
Julienne Stroeve | Professor, Department of Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba

The course also has additional insights through video interviews from:

Qilei Song | Senior Lecturer, Imperial College London
Jingmei Li | Group Leader, Genome Institute of Singapore
Judy Omumbo | Senior Manager, Postdoctoral Programs, Science for Africa Foundation
Taiichi Otsuji | Professor, Tohoku University and Senior Program Officer, Research Center for Science Systems, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science