Grant Proposal Writing / 26-4-GP-5

TitleTimeRoomTeacher
Grant Proposal Writing / 26-4-GP-513.04.2026 09:00 - 12:30 (Mon)onlineDr. Preusse, Sabine
Grant Proposal Writing / 26-4-GP-514.04.2026 09:00 - 12:30 (Tue)onlineDr. Preusse, Sabine
Grant Proposal Writing / 26-4-GP-529.04.2026 09:00 - 12:30 (Wed)onlineDr. Preusse, Sabine
Grant Proposal Writing / 26-4-GP-530.04.2026 09:00 - 12:30 (Thu)onlineDr. Preusse, Sabine

Content

Successful grant proposal writing is an important basis to fund a career in research. There are plenty of national and international funding programs with different funding schemes. Each scheme has its individual context and thematic focus, eligibility and funding rules, submission and evaluation process, and evaluation criteria. Thus, the detailed features and aspects of a successful proposal in one funding scheme are naturally differing from those of a successful proposal in another funding scheme. However, the process of how to work out these details is a common denominator to the different funding schemes. It requires skills way beyond the ability to work out a research idea in detail.
 

This workshop focuses on how to develop your idea for a project into a sound work program, how to match it to the requirements of the funding program and how to facilitate the communication with the reviewer by presenting your complex ideas in an easy way to understand.

To achieve this we will try out the RaumZeit Toolkit for designing and communicating your research project convincingly by working on your own research project. This may be a new idea for a real grant proposal or your current research project. Besides, you will obtain a lot of background information on different funding programs, evaluation processes and potential pitfalls.

Session 1: Funding programs and how to read the documents
Session 2: Develop your idea into a workplan
Session 3: Communicate your project convincingly
Session 4: Impact and budget
 

In advance

Participants need to bring along their own idea for a research project!

Participation

Doctoral researchers (all disciplines) of the Berlin University Alliance.

Before booking a workshop: please make sure that you can attend for the entire duration to receive a certificate. Check our terms and conditions.

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Further Information 

Doctoral programs calculate credit points based on the number of work units earned through workshop participation.
Each work unit represents 45 minutes of workshop time, and 8 work units equal 0.5 credit points.
For mini workshops (less than 8 work units), credits are calculated proportionally based on the work units.
Please note: To be eligible for credit transfer, you must accumulate enough work units from short workshops.
For example, attending two 3-hour workshops results in 8 work units (2 workshops x 4 work units each), which equals 0.5 credits.

 

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Workshops free of charge at the BUA partner institutions: Graduate Studies Support Program.

BUA-module on Research Integrity: You can take the module online at your own pace, free of charge, and earn a certificate upon completion.
Further information under:https://www.berlin-university-alliance.de/en/commitments/promoting-talent/projekte/gwp/index.html. 

Regardless of on-site or online workshops, we would like to refer to the rules at Freie Universität Berlin, which can be found in the Code of Conduct

Course Format: 
online
Course Capacity: 
14
Course Language: 
English
Work Units: 
18
Budget Points: 
16
PDF template: 
BUA (en)
Instructor: 
Dr. Sabine Preusse
Type: 
Workshop