Everybody (or almost everybody) says that mistakes are life’s best teachers; there is a mantra in startup circles that goes along the lines of “fail early, fail often, fail better”.…
Writing a grant takes its toll. There are multiple reasons why this is so. Some of them are outside of our control while others are within our sphere of influence.…
From time to time, everyone hits a creativity dry patch. Everyone procrastinates. Whatever the reason, it is hard to get started. It is hard to stay motivated at all times. And indeed,…
Over the last few months, I read several blogs related to grant writing. It is a kind of ritual I follow to ensure that I stay attuned to the latest…
To say that 2020 was a challenging year would be the mother of all understatements. Thankfully, it is almost over and surely 2021 won’t be worse. But 2020 was good…
In the last six months or so I had the opportunity to review several proposals for different funding bodies as well as to participate in a couple of panels. The…
On the 27/january/2020 UK Research And Innovation announced that the requirement to write a separate document describing “Pathways to Impact” has been dropped and that, starting in March 2020, new grant applications…
We are born into a gamut of social networks: our families, neighbourhoods, religious communities, schools, political tribes, football teams, etc. Human beings simply cannot function in isolation. We are social…
I previous posts I argued that to succeed as a grant writer you must become a good storyteller, discover and structure your arguments effectively and be laser-focused on the one overarching idea that…
One of the best ways to improve your grant hacking skills is to methodically track your successes and failures and regularly going back to the text of these grants and…
