Tips and Tricks to Obtain Your Own Funding

grant writing
live training

Tips and Tricks to Obtain Your Own Funding

Target Audience:
VIB PhD Student
VIB Postdoc
VIB Staff Scientist
Non-Flemish Academics & Researchers
Location:

Online

Duration:

17 October 2023, 9h - 12h

General context

Most scientists find their own funding by applying for grants. Obtaining such a grant is not simple: the success rate is low and writing a proposal takes a lot of time and effort. Obtaining a competitive grant in life sciences requires you to formulate a bold  biological question, to write down your ideas in a structured and clear manner, to build a strong research plan, and cope with deadlines. This is where this course comes in.

Objectives
  • Learn to write a strong, attractive abstract
  • Understand what reviewers are looking for in a research project
  • Keep on eye on parts that are easily overlooked such as the importance of a risk assessment and sex and gender
  • Overview of the funding landscape
Approach

This training is highly interactive and provides all practical information on how to translate your research idea into a strong research proposal.

Event intended for

PhD students and postdocs planning to submit a research proposal in the near future.

Extra information
  • This training is free for VIB participants.
  • Note that upon no show without valid justification a fee of € 100 will be charged and you will be blacklisted for the VIB training program for 1 year. Click here for more information.

Trainers

Lieve Ongena
Senior Science Policy and Grants Manager at VIB
Elien Vandermarliere
International Grant Officer at VIB

Practical info

Extra information

This is an online course. We will send the link to the training a few days in advance.