THETHOUGHTBOX.
Welcome to THETHOUGHTBOX, a collection of tips, tricks and ‘good to knows’ curated by our team and guest contributors to help improve your next grant application.
No.1 - Project Objectives for Grant Applications
Defining strong project objectives sets out the ambition of your project and helps assessors get an understanding for what you want to achieve. Many applicants struggle with this basic task so we’ve pulled together some tips and tricks to help you improve your next grant funding application.
No.2 - Business Plans for Grant Applications
Innovation-based grant funding applications live and die according to the strength of their business plans. If you are looking for some useful tips and tricks for improving your business plan section, this THOUGHTBOX info-deck is for you.
No.3 - Developing Grant Proposals in a Socially Distanced World
In this THOUGHTBOX info-deck, we explore how proposal coordinators can use online tools most effectively in order to bring together different partner views, opinions and personalities and deliver a coherent and powerful grant proposal application.
No.4 Making Sure Your Proposal Really Fits the Bill
In this THOUGHTBOX info-deck, we explore both the formal and informal criteria that grant assessors typically use to evaluate your project concept.
No.5 Last Minute Tweaks Before Submitting Your Proposal
In this THOUGHTBOX info-deck, we explore where grant writers should focus their energies on the day of the submission to give their proposal the best chance of success.
No.6 Roles Your Organisation can Play in a Project
In this THOUGHTBOX info-deck, we explore the different types of roles organisations can plan in collaborative R&D projects.
No.7 Describing the Readiness of Your Project
In this THOUGHTBOX info-deck, we look at different methods for describing the readiness of your project idea when making a grant application.
No.8 Cutting the “Project Budget” Cake
In this THOUGHTBOX info-deck, we look at methods for creating a budget for consortium projects.