Grant Writing Practicalities Part 1: The Basics

This event is the first in our four-part series for 2025 on writing applications for research funding. The series is designed to build confidence and share practical tips useful in grant writing, irrespective of funder.

Writing a grant application goes beyond laying out a proposed research question and methodology. It typically also involves justifying why funding is needed and how it will be used, a description of expected benefits and impact, evidence of feasibility, and various administrative requirements. Critically, the audience for grant applications is mixed: some combination of expert peers, non-specialist academics, and non-academics.

Join us in this event to hear from experienced grant writers Associate Professor Heather Ford, Associate Professor Mojtaba Golzan, and Professor Ho Kyong Shon on practical steps for improving the practice of grant writing, how habitual writing can be leveraged for grant applications, how strong structures can be built within the writing, and how expression can be finessed. 

Who should attend:

• ECRs
• Research support professionals
• Anyone interested in learning more about increasing the effectiveness of time spent writing grant applications and increasing capacity for responding rapidly to unexpected funding opportunities.

Why attend? 

Gain valuable insights from experienced grant writers, network with peers, and enhance your grant writing skills.

Workshops in the Grant Writing Practicalities series:

• Grant Writing Practicalities Part 1: The Basics
• Grant Writing Practicalities Part 2: Writing Fellowship Applications
• Grant Writing Practicalities Part 3: Writing Grant Applications as a Team 
• Grant Writing Practicalities Part 4: Balancing bold and ambitious with feasible

This is a UTS Aspire event. UTS Aspire is a program of pan-university research development opportunities led by the Research Capability and Development Team.