Preparing Impactful Research Proposals & Grant Applications (Module 3)

Session Summary

This session will consider the writing of effective research proposals and the best ways to create a compelling ‘case for support’. Coverage will include the generation of a clear rationale, the statement of a defined and delimited set of research aims and questions, the proposal of a study (or series of studies) - as well as appropriate methods and analyses - that will clearly deliver on the stated research aims. Emphasis will be placed throughout on the overriding importance of articulating a relevant and impactful list of outcomes and contributions for the proposed research. The relationship of the basic research proposal or case for support with other sections/elements of a grant application, of the type usually demanded by major funders, will also be considered.

Indicative Feedback for this Session

Thank you for another great lecture…so informative about the subject of research proposals and grant applications. I realise that the reason I may not have had any [positive] responses…is that I did not tell them about impact in the proposal, so I'm going to start again and change this (Newman).

I look forward to putting this into practice very soon. I thought your lecture was informative and engaging and did exactly what you said it was going to do, which was a perfect introduction into preparing the way for constructing research proposals (Winchester).

Really useful thanks, I am in the process of sorting out funding support for a new run of projects post PhD - this has helped focus my thoughts and consolidates your previous sessions for PhD writing (Bath Spa).

Thank you! This has been the most amazing session so far. We do not cover this topic in my institution at all, even though it is so essential. If I stay in this profession, I will be forever indebted to you…I will also drop you a celebratory email once I get my first funding…Thank you again for running these sessions (City).