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May 4 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
🧵 Scientific Grant Writing: biggest mistakes & how to avoid them-YouTube thread

Scientific grant writing can be quite a challenge.
I review 10s of grants a year and want to teach you the biggest mistakes and how to avoid them for FREE

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1/ First, start with this video explaining the mindset to have when grant writing, plus learn who reviews your proposal and what the review process looks like. 👇🏼

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2/ Scientific grant writing mistakes in relating to the reviewer: A grant review isn't the same as for a paper- How to stand out and get them on board.

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3/ Scientific grant writing mistakes relating to formatting: How to make it look appealing, add figures and break up sections.
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4/ Scientific grant writing mistakes relating to content: appropriate amount of information, intro, prelim data and conclusion.
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5/ Scientific grant writing mistakes relating details: following instructions, technical terms and acronyms.

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6/ That’s a lot of info.
Did it help you to figure out your mistakes?

If you prefer more details text form, check out the post: bit.ly/3J5Fh87

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7/ Thanks for watching! ❤

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Jun 6
How to successfully write a grant proposal.

I have worked on >50 grants over the last few years and host workshops about how to write your own.

These are my master tips.

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May 30
About to shred your grant proposal in desperation?

A🧵for you!

Covering:
16 Key mistakes divided in 4 sections

Including: FREE YouTube Tutorials, Infographics, blog post.

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2/ MINDSET:

Get into the right mindset to write your grant proposal.

Follow this link from my latest THREAD about how to think about your grant proposal and how to set your mindset to eliminate a lot of issues!
3/ LAYOUT:
Your grant proposal should read like a magazine.

1. Catch & hold your reviewers attention
2. Easy to understand
3. Absolutely certain the reviewer can’t miss key information
4. Easy to sell your proposal to the committee
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Mar 4
🧵A thread to set your GRANT WRITING MINDSET!
I review >10 GRANT PROPOSALS/yr, and find consistent mistakes that can be fixed with a quick MINDSET shift:
How to think about a proposal
Who reviews it
The review process
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Writing grants is notoriously HARD for…well, everyone.
One of the reasons its so tough for academics especially is that we are used to thinking about RESEARCH PAPERS...
BUT the mindset for a grant is VERY different.
Let’s dig in…
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I always start workshops by asking attendees how THEY think of their grant proposal – more like a magazine or a newspaper?
Which do you think it is?

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Dec 10, 2021
🏆🧵Goldmine thread everything you need to write your scientific paper.🏆

1. Structure
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Conclusion
5. Introduction
6. Abstract
7. Title

Including: FREE temples, videos + graphics!
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📝Structure:

The Basic structure of your paper
Why the "scope" matters
Biggest mistakes
How to start writing and WHY

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📝Results:

Three key parts for your results
Formula for a great result paragraph

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