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All competitive funding applications worth >£20k - where the Principal Investigator (PI) is in Environment & Geography - need to undergo Departmental Peer Review. This should be completed before the internal deadline, and proof of review uploaded to the Documents tab on Worktribe. Research Support can do lay review of applications when that would be helpful.
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Read the funder guidance: - Ensure you and your project fit their requirements, and tailor your proposal to what they are looking for
- Ask 'Why?' Why should you be funded by this funder, for this research, at this time?
- Check what documents the funder expects you to submit
- Note any formatting requirements; sometimes funders can be specific about the type and size of fonts you must use
- Look at the funder's assessment criteria/peer reviewer guidance, and critically assess your proposal against them.
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Make it easy for reviewers: - Create a compelling narrative; make sure that the story of your research has a 'start', 'middle' and an 'end'
- Break up the text using bullet points, subheadings and 'white spaces'
- Use consistent terminology. Make sure that activities and objectives have the same name across all your application documents
- People often forget this when last minute changes are made to their application
- Include a Gantt chart if you can. This may include:
- Objectives and sub-objectives
- Visits to collaborators
- Key milestones
- Anticipated publication dates
- Key conference dates
- Key impact activities.
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Writing your lay summary:
Some funders require a lay summary so that non-experts can understand what the project is about.
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