I highly suggest #newPI make a grant writing plan each year. Its helpful knowing how to divide and prioritize my effort. Im no expert but wanna share my GRANT strategy.
1. G - gather info
2. R - rank opportunities
3. A - arrange folders
4. N - notify grants office
5. T - try
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1. G - gather info
2. R - rank opportunities
3. A - arrange folders
4. N - notify grants office
5. T - try
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1. Gather info. Look into all funding and grant opportunities remotely relevant to your research program. Ask your grants office about opportunities and let them know what you do so they can help you look. Collect the basics like deadlines, parts of the app, eligibility, purpose
2. Rank. I use 3 categories. Perfect match (most energy, feedback and planning goes here) Good match (less effort, recycle material from perfect match). Bad fit or ineligible (discard or only apply if I have free time). Within categories I rank by ratio of effort to money.
A. Arrange Folders. I create a folder for each grant by deadline and name (e.g. 2022_10_1
01). This allows me to organize and setup a writing calendar, identify deadlines that conflict and to choose priorities.
01). This allows me to organize and setup a writing calendar, identify deadlines that conflict and to choose priorities.
N. Notify the grants office. I can't stress this enough. Tell your grants office ahead of time what you plan to apply to. Paperwork needs to be done and it takes time. Your admin will appreciate you not giving them things last minute.
T. Try your best. Give your best effort. Just get the writing done. Get feedback from as many people as you can. Make writing groups. Whatever it takes. Submit and the hope is the grants that are for you will get funded. There is a home for your research.
Final #grantwriting tip. Teach and help your #trainees to make a grant writing plan as part of their individual development plan IDP @ScienceCareers
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