Structure of Narrative

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Grant Proposal

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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Grant Proposal

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Course 3 of 5 in the Specialization English for Research Publication Purposes

The course provides guidance on developing a strong application that will allow reviewers to better evaluate the science and merit of your proposal. You will learn how to put your ideas into proper words, arrange a clear and concise paper and search grant market for potential funder. You will also learn how to react to negative feedback from reviewers and resubmit your proposal. The course focuses on useful project management tools and possible budget pitfalls.

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MODULE III: READY TO WRITE

In this module you will learn how to develop and arrange sections of your proposal, write the best headings for them, and prepare the abstract. You will also learn how to make your narrative persuasive and appealing. Besides, you will solve the problem of compressing text to the right size and keeping it readable. Another important skill you will acquire is preparing a brief oral presentation of your project in case funders want to meet you.

Letter of Intent4:35

Structure of Narrative4:03

Criteria of Assessment5:30

Meet the Instructors

Elena Bazanova
Director of the Language Training and Testing Center
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Varvara Sosedova
PhD in Philology
Moscow State University of International Relations

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When you get down to writing your research proposal,

you should be aware of its content and structure.

Ironically, there are no fixed names of sections.

So we suggest starting from the content and

moving to possible names of the respective sections.

Here's the content.

You open the proposal with stating the topic of the research,

explain its necessity, you set its goals and objectives.

Then, you gather all the background information about previous research.

You state the gap you're going to fill and demonstrate significance of your project.

You can also state novelty of your research in the same section,

if there is no separate one for it.

The next step is the description of work you're going to do,

justification of methods, and explanation of experiments.

Finally, you are suppose to proceed to the broader impact of the project,

and some future directions of the research.

The above mentioned basis of information can be found under the following headings.

So the topic and purpose of the proposed research can be titled as aims or

introduction.

It could be also research objective or goals.

All these names highlight this or

that aspect of the grant maker finds most essential.

Then, background of the proposed research can be addressed as background,

or previous studies, or significant rationale, or motivation.

Again, the name demonstrates the focus of the section.

If novelty is presented in separate one the names are quite limited and diverse.

It's innovation or novelty.

The proposed work comes under such headings as methods or

research designing methods.

Where it probably work planned, experimental design or proposed work.

And finally, the importance of the proposal research can be called

as significance or broader impact or future directions.

Though the list is quite long, it's not exhaustive.

See, every time you pan to write a proposal,

you should consider the directions of the grant quite carefully.

Still these names can help you to work though other grand proposals or

prepare your research for submission to several grant makes.

Speaking about writing grant proposals to several funds simultaneously,

we should warn you about risks.

See, though the research you describe does not change,

the structure and the directions may differ significantly.

It could be wise to involve several team members into this work.

To each team member, prepare a draft for

different organizations, so they do not mix up the directions.

The bulk of information about the research should be shared by team members, but

draft preparation should be done by a particular person responsible for

this particular program.

It is also a good idea to peer read the drafts afterwards.

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