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I was on a @GCRF panel last month and this is what I learned about how to write a winning proposal (1 of 8) 👇
Interdisciplinarity social science often underpins impact, but don't include research or impact goals that require social science (like assessing barriers to adoption of your new ideas/tech) if you don't have a (relevant) social scientist on your team (2 of 8)
Include a monitoring and evaluation strategy in your pathway to impact: what are your milestones and how will you know when you have achieved impact. Actually collect data using indicators linked to your goals (tip: counting project website views isn't a great indicator) (3 of 8)
Be specific in your ODA statement, including some figures if possible, to say exactly what level of benefit might be achievable (tip: don't just say how many million are affected by an issue and imply you will save them all) (4 of 8)
GCRF panels grade proposals on GCRF relevance and if you do not score well in this area, you are unlikely to get funded even if you score well on scientific excellence. There are lots of factors but the most common reason I saw for this was a poor pathway to impact (5 of 8)
I often give up hope when I get a set of mixed reviews with some big negatives, but a strong PI response can save your proposal - we saw a couple of bids return from the dead on our panel (6 of 8)
There are no rules on what the balance should be between funding for UK versus developing world partners, but if a large imbalance to UK institutions cannot be justified, your scores may be compromised (7 of 8)
Read all my tips here with links to my resources (including my guide on writing the impact sections of a grant which links to my pathway to impact best practice library) fasttrackimpact.com/single-post/20… (8 of 8)
You may also be interested in my original guide to writing a GCRF proposal fasttrackimpact.com/single-post/20…, my face-to-face GCRF training fasttrackimpact.com/gcrf and my other resources for GCRF applicants (including how to write a theory of change) fasttrackimpact.com/gcrf-resources
