Every Word Counts: Drafting Your Essential Proposal Components

Interdisciplinary Research Support

You've laid the foundations and planned the plans. Now it's time to grab some tea, take a seat, and start putting words on paper.

In this special 3-hour session, participants will overcome the &quot;terror of the blank page&quot; by generating outlines, rough drafts, and/or other early-stage content for the key components of their grant proposals. 9:00-10:00: In this first hour, participants will review the principles of the all-important proposal narrative. They will decide on a flow of logic for their information (aka, an outline) and begin filling in their content. Research Development consultants will be on hand to answer questions and address writing blocks. 10:00-11:45: Three, 30-minute breakout sessions will follow the same structure as the morning session: each will begin with a &quot;lightning talk&quot; covering the most essential details of the proposal component, including time for discussing format options. Participants will then spend remaining time drafting content &amp; resolving any lingering questions about the component. There will be a 5-minute break between each session. Breakout session topics will be offered at multiple times and could include proposal components such as the:<ul><li>Data Management Plan </li><li>Facilities, Resources, and Other Equipment component</li><li>Human Subjects component</li><li>Biographical Sketch/Resume </li><li>Specific Aims/Project Summary</li><li>Work Plan/Exhibition Plan/Design Document (Humanities/Arts)</li><li>Work Sample/Prototype (Humanities/Arts)</li></ul>11:45-12:00: In the closing moments of the 2020 Grant Writing Bootcamp, participants will brainstorm ways to maintain momentum on the writing progress they&#x27;ve made thus far, create an Action Plan to map onto their grantsmanship strategies (refer to GWB Session 2), and get a special preview of what&#x27;s to come in Winter 2021. This event is open to all UC Davis faculty and staff researchers, postdoctoral scholars, administrative staff and graduate students. To confirm your UC Davis affiliation, be sure to use your @ucdavis.edu email address when registering.For questions, comments, or concerns, please contact the Bootcamp facilitator, Dr. Sarah Messbauer, at smessbauer@ucdavis.edu. This is the final session in the IRS team&#x27;s Fall Quarter Grant Writing Bootcamp, a series of 7 highly-interactive workshops designed to increase researchers&#x27; knowledge of (and facility with) the grant writing process. By the end of the series, participants will walk away with written materials for all major components of the grant proposal of their choice.

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