Date: January 30- 31 & February 24, 2024
Format: Online-workshop via Zoom, 09.00–13.00 (30.–31.01.2024)
+ 09.00–17.00 (follow-up 24.02.2024)
Description: The aim of this course is to familiarize participants with the strategies for writing successful grant / fellowship applications to various funding bodies. It consists of lecture-style sequences with active participation by the audience dealing with the theory of good scientific writing, the basics of grant applications and the principles of different funding bodies, as well as hands-on exercises on aim definition, structuring a work plan and writing a grant summary. Additional information and exercises on writing good scientific texts in English will deepen the writing experience.
Participants will take part in two half day online seminars (about 4 hours each) in which the topics are discussed and deepened in exercises. This will be followed by another online event approx. 4 weeks later for the evaluation exercise. For this, participants will be asked to prepare a short “mini-grant application” (3-5 pages + Scientific CV). These applications will then be sent to a group of other participants to be evaluated individually before the course. In the final session, groups of participants will then join their impressions on the proposals they evaluated previously, acting as a funding panel. They will produce a feedback form to be handed back to the applicant and will also be asked to rank the proposals internally. This will provide extensive feedback for all participants on their applications, but most importantly, will provide a clear impression of the situation and the view of potential evaluators, which is extremely important to have when writing proposals. The tutor will also provide short feedback on the mini grants for all applicants.
Methods: Lecture style input, individual and group work, discussions, and trainer feedback
Objectives: Participants will:
learn strategies for writing successful grant applications
get introduced to general writing techniques
write a short grant application
be introduced to different funding opportunities
learn evaluation procedures and evaluate the texts produced in the group
receive feedback on their individually prepared texts
Trainer: Dr. Christina Schütte, is co-founder and senior consultant of ProSciencia Beratungs GmbH, who is specialized in grant writing, scientific writing, presentation and scientific project management. She has a background in Chemistry/Biochemistry and worked at the Neurobiology laboratory at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen before co-founding ProSciencia in 2004. She has extensive first-hand experience in managing projects both in science and in education.
Registration & Deadlines: You can register for the workshops by filing our registration form. Except for Info-Sessions, where the number of participants is not limited, registration opens 6 weeks before the start of a workshop. Registration closes 2-3 days before a workshop starts. In the case of a late registration, please send us an email at postdoc(at)tum.de. The selected applicants are expected to participate in the entire workshop.
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