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Learn about the benefits of creating a grant-writing strategy focused on long-term career goals, and begin drafting a plan of your own.
About this Event
Once caught in the grant writing cycle, it can be hard to step outside it and take stock. What is the point of writing so many proposals? In the university system we operate in, what is the ultimate objective of funding so many research and creative activities?
For many early career researchers, it will be tenure; for others, it might be promotion. Regardless of the target, it is essential for researchers to have identified their long-term career goal so that they can understand its requirements and create a plan to support their efforts.
In this highly-interactive workshop, participants will be engage in a series of assessments and planning exercises to:
- Define their next major career goal(s) (tenure, promotion, or otherwise)
- Outline the beginnings of their multi-year plan, using the goal(s) identified above
- Draft a more detailed outline of the first year of this plan, accounting for other time commitments (family, teaching, service)
By the end of this session, participants will have the beginnings of a goal-based grantsmanship strategy that can be used not only for their personal funding pursuits, but also as supporting documents in conversations with mentors, chairs, and potential sponsors.
Please note: only UC Davis affiliates are eligible to attend this event. To confirm your UC Davis affiliation, be sure to use your @ucdavis.edu email address when registering. Registrations without a @ucdavis.edu email address will be cancelled.
Following the success of our Fall Quarter Grant Writing Bootcamp, we're back this Spring with a revised and improved offering of the 7-part Essentials Series designed to help you develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities you'll need to prepare winning grant proposals. Researchers and creative professionals from all disciplines and experience levels are welcome to attend; those who complete all 7 sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the quarter.
Upcoming events in the Spring Quarter Grant Writing Bootcamp:
29 April, 2-3: Finding Funding (That Actually Suits Your Research!)
6 May, 3-4: Writing for Reviewers: Developing Your Pitch
20 May, 10-11: Budgeting Basics: Making Dollars Make Sense
2 June, 1-2: Grant Writing in the Digital Age: Designing Figures, Layouts, & Narratives
7 June, 1-4: Every Word Counts: Drafting Your Essential Proposal Components