Professor Andrew Derrington, author of The Research Funding Toolkit, presents a one day workshop aimed at helping academics write better research grant applications:
- understanding how research funding decisions dictate the content and structure of a grant application
- practical exercises on how to design fundable research projects
- develop writing skills to present your project effectively to any research funder.
Further details and course outline
What they said about this course:
“This is an excellent workshop. What I couldn’t learn at work in 18 months I learned in just a few hours. This course is worth its weight in gold.”
– UCU member, University of Glasgow
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