AREF Call for Applications: Essential Grant Writing Skills Workshop
The Africa Research Excellence Fund (AREF) works to strengthen health research capacity of scientists in Sub-Saharan Africa who are engaged in tackling the sub-region’s significant health challenges.
AREF is calling for applications from active, emerging health-researchers in Sub-Saharan Africa to participate in its sixth Essential Grant Writing Skills Workshop. This fully on-line programme for 16 participants will be held over eight 3-hour sessions during the weeks of 14 December 2020 and 4 January 2021.
What the Workshop will cover:
- Why competitive-proposal writing matters
- Understanding funders’ requirements
- Formulating your compelling research question
- Writing in plain English
- Writing your Letter of Intent / Concept Note / Preliminary proposal
- Key parts of a typical Case for Support / Project Description
- Planning your proposal project plan and budget
- Principles of managing your collaboration and team
- Understanding and practicing peer review
- Preparing for a Fellowship interview.
Eligibility:
To be eligible, you need to provide evidence that:
- You are a citizen of a country in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- EITHER You have been awarded a research doctorate (PhD/DPhil/MD) from a recognised academic institution within the previous 6 years, i.e. awarded on or after 1 January 2015); OR you have a medical/clinical qualification plus a research-relevant Master’s degree awarded within the previous 6 years.
- AND you are currently employed in Sub-Saharan Africa by a recognised university and/or specialist research institution.
- You have not participated already in equivalent proposal development / grant-writing training.
- A significant part of your current employee role is to develop and conduct health research.
- You have been applying for grants but the combined value of your international research-grant portfolio is no more than $300,000.
Read more here.
Application deadline October 28, 2020.
