The first piece of information that I could share with future students is that it is going to feel repetitive when writing the parts of the grant. I sometimes felt like I was doing something wrong because a lot of the pieces of the proposal had the same information, but this means that you are doing it correctly.
I would also tell future students to make sure to communicate very well with group members. One of my group’s strength was our consistent and thorough communication, allowing us to stay on the same page about everything we were including in our grant proposal, even small details.
I think a future grant writer should be prepared to get into that sort of uncomfortable robotic language when it comes to grant writing. For sure have fun with it and do not stress about it as it is a very useful skill to have as a writer. Also, collaboration is key, be open-minded and free to share ideas with your team, after all, there is no “I” in team. Best of luck you grant writers, you’ll do just fine.
Working collaboratively and professionally is key to this class. Being able to work with others and their schedule is a necessary skill for the professional world, and this class can give a safe place to practice that. Writing a 10+ page document can be intimidating at first, but working on it part by part makes it a lot more digestible and satisfying to see it all come together at the end. Peer review can also be anxiety provoking but you get a lot of concrete feedback that is used to further improve your document; utilizing outside perspectives can only help your document.
– Get creative, but stay realistic in your projects
– Small scale is not always bad and can have more measurable impacts
– Ask a lot of questions about the goals vs objectives because the terminology can be confusing.
– Refernece the book a lot!
– Design a project you would actually like to do, it helps a lot to imagine how well it would work in real life
– You can make stuff up to help the grant writing process within limitations, do not bend reality all together
– Really listen to the guest speaker if Dr. Anderson comes in again, he has a lot of great points that could help contextualize your project or future grant proposals you write
Some advice I would give to a grant seeker, looking to take this class, is to expect a lot of collaboration. And within that, to become more comfortable with having a final piece of writing that doesn’t necessarily have your style. The other side of things, (the comfort I want to give to somebody who thinks that a 15-page(ish) full semester project for a grant application is a lot), is that it is manageable, and not something to be scared of. The step-by-step approach is very helpful and almost all of the work is done collaboratively.
One thing I would’ve liked to know coming into this course is do no be afraid to repeat yourself. Grant writing is a heavy writing process, and repetition is perfectly normal between each section. Also I would tell future students to get to know their group mates. Being able to rely on one another and trust each other to get our work done made this class so much easier than it could have been.
The project for this class is open-ended in the sense that ideas from different perspectives and backgrounds can be incorporated into a single grant proposal, whatever that may be. You will learn about the standard structure and components of a grant proposal, but also have space to utilize creativity in the project that hope to carry out and have funded. This is a class where you will learn about the basics of grant writing but also acquire and develop interdisciplinary skills that many will find useful in their current and future lives. Come prepared to be creative, take feedback, and work with your peers.
Collaboration is key. Being comfortable working with people in a way where you can add your own input and shape ideas as a group is vital for writing a cohesive grant proposal.
Choose a project that is manageable but that you are also passionate about. Dreaming big is a great thing, but when it gets down to crunch time, in order to have a complete and streamlined project, it has to be plausible. That being said, make sure you are still passionate about the project because you will spend a lot of time working on it.
Finally, have fun with this project. It borders on make-believe and real research, so having fun while staying rooted in reality is very important.
1.Each class is important, since it’s only once a week. It’s also a good time to communicate with your team as well to catch up. Check what each student says about the chapter to get even more insight than what you have with each document.
2.Start off with some of the more out their ideas as you develop the project, don’t try to perfect it or regulate yourself too much especially on a rough draft. After peer reviews you should be expected to narrow down your project to an actual reasonable size and within the act of narrowing it down you should smooth things out.
3. When it comes to a team, communication is always key so don’t be afraid to ask for assistance if you fail to understand a certain prompt.
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The first piece of information that I could share with future students is that it is going to feel repetitive when writing the parts of the grant. I sometimes felt like I was doing something wrong because a lot of the pieces of the proposal had the same information, but this means that you are doing it correctly.
I would also tell future students to make sure to communicate very well with group members. One of my group’s strength was our consistent and thorough communication, allowing us to stay on the same page about everything we were including in our grant proposal, even small details.
I think a future grant writer should be prepared to get into that sort of uncomfortable robotic language when it comes to grant writing. For sure have fun with it and do not stress about it as it is a very useful skill to have as a writer. Also, collaboration is key, be open-minded and free to share ideas with your team, after all, there is no “I” in team. Best of luck you grant writers, you’ll do just fine.
Working collaboratively and professionally is key to this class. Being able to work with others and their schedule is a necessary skill for the professional world, and this class can give a safe place to practice that. Writing a 10+ page document can be intimidating at first, but working on it part by part makes it a lot more digestible and satisfying to see it all come together at the end. Peer review can also be anxiety provoking but you get a lot of concrete feedback that is used to further improve your document; utilizing outside perspectives can only help your document.
– Get creative, but stay realistic in your projects
– Small scale is not always bad and can have more measurable impacts
– Ask a lot of questions about the goals vs objectives because the terminology can be confusing.
– Refernece the book a lot!
– Design a project you would actually like to do, it helps a lot to imagine how well it would work in real life
– You can make stuff up to help the grant writing process within limitations, do not bend reality all together
– Really listen to the guest speaker if Dr. Anderson comes in again, he has a lot of great points that could help contextualize your project or future grant proposals you write
Some advice I would give to a grant seeker, looking to take this class, is to expect a lot of collaboration. And within that, to become more comfortable with having a final piece of writing that doesn’t necessarily have your style. The other side of things, (the comfort I want to give to somebody who thinks that a 15-page(ish) full semester project for a grant application is a lot), is that it is manageable, and not something to be scared of. The step-by-step approach is very helpful and almost all of the work is done collaboratively.
One thing I would’ve liked to know coming into this course is do no be afraid to repeat yourself. Grant writing is a heavy writing process, and repetition is perfectly normal between each section. Also I would tell future students to get to know their group mates. Being able to rely on one another and trust each other to get our work done made this class so much easier than it could have been.
The project for this class is open-ended in the sense that ideas from different perspectives and backgrounds can be incorporated into a single grant proposal, whatever that may be. You will learn about the standard structure and components of a grant proposal, but also have space to utilize creativity in the project that hope to carry out and have funded. This is a class where you will learn about the basics of grant writing but also acquire and develop interdisciplinary skills that many will find useful in their current and future lives. Come prepared to be creative, take feedback, and work with your peers.
Collaboration is key. Being comfortable working with people in a way where you can add your own input and shape ideas as a group is vital for writing a cohesive grant proposal.
Choose a project that is manageable but that you are also passionate about. Dreaming big is a great thing, but when it gets down to crunch time, in order to have a complete and streamlined project, it has to be plausible. That being said, make sure you are still passionate about the project because you will spend a lot of time working on it.
Finally, have fun with this project. It borders on make-believe and real research, so having fun while staying rooted in reality is very important.
1.Each class is important, since it’s only once a week. It’s also a good time to communicate with your team as well to catch up. Check what each student says about the chapter to get even more insight than what you have with each document.
2.Start off with some of the more out their ideas as you develop the project, don’t try to perfect it or regulate yourself too much especially on a rough draft. After peer reviews you should be expected to narrow down your project to an actual reasonable size and within the act of narrowing it down you should smooth things out.
3. When it comes to a team, communication is always key so don’t be afraid to ask for assistance if you fail to understand a certain prompt.