The Research Funding Toolkit

By Andrew M. Derrington, Jacqueline Aldridge, Andrew M Derrington

Book Overview

Making high-quality grant applications is easier when you know how research funding agencies work and how your proposal is used in the decision-making process. The Research Funding Toolkit provides this knowledge and offers a range of practical techniques to help you succeed in tough research funding competitions.

A complex set of factors determine whether research projects win grants. This Handbook helps you navigate these issues and identify your personal challenges to research grant success. The guidance also extends to the real-world challenges of grant-writing such as:
Obtaining the right feedbackDealing effectively with your employer and partner institutionsMaking multiple applications as efficiently as possibleThere are many sources that will tell you what a fundable research grant application looks like. Very few offer a step-by-step guide to writing one. The Toolkit fills this gap with detailed advice on creating applications that are easy to read, easy to understand and convincing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857029681
• ISBN13: 9780857029683
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.4"