Essential Guide to Grant Applications (EGGA) 2021 masterclass

  Tuesday, 02 Mar 2021 | Events/Workshops

Date: 2 March - 4 March (3 day event)
Time: 9:30-13:30 each day followed by bookable one-to-one sessions with advicers from 14:30-17:00
Location: Online
Booking: This event is now fully booked

• Please note that places at this event are limited, so attendees will be selected based on their answers to the questions on the registration form.
• Following confirmation of your place on the course, you will be asked to complete a one-page summary about your research idea prior to the event.

Content: Presentations, homework and optional one-to-one sessions will cover the following topics and more:

Getting your message across to reviewers quickly and clearly

• Sales pitch and writing style
• Communicating the importance of your work: what’s the story?
• What funding panels look for in applications
• The importance of the research question, title, aims & objectives
• The importance of plain English and the plain English summary

Showing reviewers you can deliver I: the methods section

• Expectations and common mistakes in presenting methods sections
• How to present statistics sections
• How to present health economics sections
• How to present qualitative sections

Showing reviewers you can deliver II: demonstrating credible support & potential impact

• The importance of good project management
• The importance of good Patient and Public Involvement
• Showing the potential for tangible outputs and impact
• What is ‘intellectual property’ and how to deal with it
• The importance of good pre-submission review