We’ve gathered the perspectives of experienced grant writers and reviewers, who use their extensive experience to offer their “top tips” on writing successful grants.
Click on the “video” link to watch short videos from mentors working in the field of global health and innovation.
Steve Buchsbaum, Deputy Director of Strategy, Global Health Discovery, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, U.S.A.
Pierre Chartrand, former Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, Canada
Yu-Ling Cheng, Director of the Centre for Global Engineering and Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada
Michael Clarke, former Director, Information and Communication Technologies for Development, International Development Resource Centre, Ottawa, Canada
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Pamela Collins, Director, Office for Research on Disparities & Global Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Washington, USA (audio clip)
Mwele Malecela, Director General, National Institute for Medical Research, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Anita McGahan, Associate Dean, Research, Director of PhD Programs and Rotman Chair in Management, Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Canada
Hassan Mshinda, Director General of the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Andrew Serazin, Senior Program Officer, Global Health Discovery and Family Health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, U.S.A.
Yun-Ling Wong, Program Officer, Global Health Discovery, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, U.S.A.
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Heather Stuart, Professor of Community Health and Epidemiology, Psychiatry and Rehabilitation, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada (audio clip)
Pierre Chartrand, former Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, Canada
Writing a successful grant proposal means effectively communicating your project’s objective, rationale, importance and suitability to the funder. Professional editors and writers Jocalyn Clark and Barbara Gastel outline their advice on how to put your “best foot forward” with your grant application, providing practical strategies and examples.
Jocalyn Clark, Executive Editor at The Lancet and a scientific writing specialist, shares some excellent tips:
The Ingredients of a Good Grant Proposal (pdf, 143.25 KB)
Five Key Statements for a Grant Proposal (pdf, 488.96 KB)
Coping With Writer’s Block (pdf, 376.08 KB)
VIDEO: Key Ingredients of a Good Grant Proposal (Duration: 20 minutes)
Barbara Gastel, a physician specializing in biomedical writing and editing, a Professor at Texas A&M University (Texas, U.S.A.) and the knowledge community editor of AuthorAID, provides additional, valuable guidance:
Writing an Effective Grant Proposal (pdf, 19.57 KB)
The Literature Review: A Foundation for a Proposal (pdf, 16.18 KB)
AuthorAID is a free, online research community designed to help researchers in developing countries to publish and communicate their work. It also serves as a wider global forum to discuss and disseminate research, and includes a large resource library that contains material on grant writing.