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2026 – Grant Writing

2026 – Grant Writing

Date

Between March & July, 2026 

Duration

50 hrs / 1.8 ECTs 4 months

Location

NIN

Organizer

Christian Lohmann

Current Status

Not Enrolled

Price

Free

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Course details

About this course

This course will teach you the basic principles of successful grant writing in the neuroscience field. The aim of this course is to learn the basic principles of successful grant writing. You will learn to write up your research ideas in a format that will help convince reviewers. We will provide you with tips and tricks to improve readability of your grant. You will learn where you can obtain funding. Last, you will be put in the position of a reviewer to experience how well- or badly written grants influence your judgment.

The aim of this course is to learn the basic principles of successful grant writing.

The following topics will be covered during the course: – "Do's and don'ts" in grant writing – Where to find funding organizations – Writing a grant proposal – Presenting a grant proposal – Reviewing a grant proposal – Writing a rebuttal letter

The course starts with two lectures: one on "do's and don'ts" in grant writing and one on where to find funding organizations. In the following three weeks participants will write a short grant on a subject they are familiar with together with two-three other graduate students. During this process participants will be advised by a senior scientist with extensive grant writing and reviewing experience. The participants will also be involved in reviewing other students' grants and practice writing a rebuttal letter. Finally, there will be an interactive discussion in which the strengths and flaws of all proposals will be highlighted.

This course is for PhDs in the third or fourth year of their research project.

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PROGRAM 2026 TO BE DETERMINED EXAMPLE PROGRAM 2025: March 31: Application deadline for students Thu April 10, 9:30-12:00: Intro to grant writing Tue June 3: Grant submission Fri June 20: Review submission Fri July 4: Rebuttal submission Fri July 11, 14:00: Final presentation + discussion