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Writing a good research grant proposal is not easy. This document is an attempt to collect together a number of suggestions about what makes a good proposal. It is inevitably a personal view on the part of the authors; we would welcome feedback and suggestions from others. APPROACHING A PROPOSAL The first and most obvious thing to do is to read the advice offered by your funding agency. In the case of EPSRC, the primary funding body for computing science research, there is a "Guide to EPSRC Research Grants". We make no attempt to duplicate the material in the EPSRC guide or any other; you must get yourself a copy and follow the guidance closely. The most substantial part of any grant application is some form of "Case for Support". It is this case which will persuade, or fail to persuade, your funding body of the value of your proposal. Proposals range very widely indeed in their quality. You can improve your chances enormously simply by ruthlessly writing and rewriting. This document is entirely about improving your case for support.

Knight Drupal Initiative * Main * Popular Proposals * Recent posts Drupal and the Knight Foundation agree that open source digital publishing can enable powerful agents of transformation in their respective communities. Together, we are working to improve communities by providing an open democratic platform in the digital age. We provide funding for grant proposals that achieve our mutual goals by using and improving the Drupal platform. Applications for 2008 are now closed. The program will reopen at DrupalCON DC, March 4-7 2009.

Eduserv Foundation The Eduserv Foundation contributes to Eduserv's charitable mission, realising the effective use of IT for learners and researchers, by offering research grants, contributing to international interoperability standards-making activities, seed-funding and developing pilot projects and offering advice on good practice. We also sponsor meetings, events and other activities. We focus these activities in the following areas: * resource discovery, metadata and open access, * access and identity management, * service architectures and Web 2.0, * e-portfolios and the use of 3-D virtual worlds such as Second Life in education.

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Resources on writing successful JISC bids (updated) Christina Smart Last modified 01 Jul, 2008 Published 01 Jul, 2008 * Send this page to somebody * Print this page It's that time of year again - bid writing time. Given the number of JISC calls for proposals that are out at the moment I thought I'd update an article I published last year with some links to resources on how to write a good bid.