This webinar highlights key organisational and English language features of successful applications for competitive research grants. Focusing on applying for a grant from the annual Hong Kong Research Grants Council’s General Research Fund (GRF), we discuss how to write a logical and engaging narrative to confidently promote your ideas and increase your application’s quality and chance of success.
The webinar is about 60 minutes long. The final 15 minutes will be set aside for live Q & A.
1. Language for research proposals
– Develop a clear research “storyline”, with relevant signal phrases
– Explain your approach to answering the research question
2. Language for grant applications
– Write a persuasive research plan
– Use logical argumentation in each paragraph
– Signal phrases in key sections of the Hong Kong UGC/RGC General Research Fund (GRF) grant application (https://www.ugc.edu.hk/doc/eng/rgc/form/GRF2.pdf)
– Convince the reviewers
– Promote your personal brand
– Promote your value
3. Tips for writing your application
– Convince and convert the reviewers
– Communicate effectively
– Sound professional
– Edit your proposal
– Use short, simple, focused titles
– Don’ts
– Dos