Winning Grants

Are you new to Grant-writing?

Or have you won grants, but would like to spend less time writing successful applications?

This course starts by looking at the relationship between researchers and funders, seeing what they both want from a successful project. It then presents a logical process for writing targeted applications.

Grants are the life-blood of research. Winning them is an essential part of a successful career.
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You will learn how to...

  • How to IDENTIFY the wide-ranging sources of funding

  • How to ASSESS what a grant awarding body is trying to achieve

  • How to ANALYZE the questions in the grant request forms

  • How to DEVELOP a research aim/question statement

  • How to BUILD 'impact' into the proposal

Chapters & Lessons:

    1. The ThinkWrite Model (2 minutes)

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    2. Course Overview (3 minutes)

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    3. Winning Grants: The 5 Key Elements (4 minutes)

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    4. Quiz

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    1. Winning Grants: The Gatekeeper (5 minutes)

    2. Finding your funder (6 minutes)

    3. Quiz

    1. Winning Grants: The Author (5 minutes)

    2. Quiz

    1. Why do they give? (3 minutes)

    2. Understanding what each funder wants (9 minutes)

    3. Quiz

    1. Discovering priorities: a worked example (5 minutes)

    2. Quiz

    1. Winning Grants: The Message (3 minutes)

    2. Sharpening your message (9 minutes)

    3. Quiz

About this course

  • £34.00
  • 25 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

What users say about the course...

great feedback!

5 star rating

Very useful and clear information.

Healthcare Professional

The course had loads of great advice about finding funders and ensuring that you get the right "fit".

The course had loads of great advice about finding funders and ensuring that you get the right "fit".

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5 star rating

Easy to follow and worth while

Amanda Wagg

If you don't know anything on the topic then this is the perfect introduction.

If you don't know anything on the topic then this is the perfect introduction.

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5 star rating

Fantastic course.

Advanced Practitioner

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5 star rating

Loved the "speak their language" advice.

PETE Test

It was wonderful to get a sense of how to structure research ideas into projects.

It was wonderful to get a sense of how to structure research ideas into projects.

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Fantastic strategy.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Great approach to winning grants!

Loved it!

PhD Candidate

The 'speak their language' advice was great.

Very useful.

PhD Student

Great advice on ensuring you get the right 'fit'.

One of the best!

PhD Candidate

For an online course it was very engaging.

Amazing.

PhD Student

Loads of great advice on finding funders.

ThinkWrite Founder & Director Dr Pete Moore

Dr Pete Moore has enjoyed an exceptional career as a researcher, journalist and author of more than 16 books. Having founded ThinkWrite over 20 years ago, he remains a key trainer in ThinkWrite's online courses.

ThinkWrite Trainer Jakob Whitfield

Jakob has a degree in engineering and a PhD in the history of technology. His experience covers research, lecturing, writing and editing. He understands publishing both from the perspective of authors and of publishers, and remains a key trainer in both our Masterclasses and Bitesize courses.

FAQ's

  • How much content is provided within the course?

    This course includes 1 hour of on-demand video, alongside downloadable resources and quizzes after each lesson. Accessible on mobile, tablet and desktop.

  • How long we do we recommend to complete the course?

    You can comfortably complete the course in 1 day. However, if you’d like to use the course in parallel with writing your proposal, you may need to enroll for 1 month, 3 months or 12 months to revisit key information and ensure success.

  • Does the course include Closed Captioning?

    All video content provided within the course offers Closed Captions for any deaf and hard of hearing participants.

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