A visually attractive grant application

The use of engaging language  Main message: keep in mind that you write for the reader, the reviewer in this case.  Organize a good, smooth read for your reader – Pay attention to lay-out and language used in the proposal.  Influence, inform, yes ‘sell’ – You want your reviewer to say ‘Top, I’ll fund, support […]

The structure of your grant application

Each funder typically provides a funder-specific template for the project proposal which needs to be uploaded as pdf-document. Some funding agencies do not work with a template, instead separate boxes need to be completed online. In general, a grant application follows the flow of the scientific method: 1. You start with an observation. – This […]

The abstract

What is an abstract? A project abstract is a brief summary of a research project or proposal that outlines the main objectives, novel ideas, methods and expected outcomes. It is typically the first section of a grant application and is designed to give reviewers a clear idea of what the project is about without having […]

How to start?

Of course, a cool scientific idea and enthusiasm are key ingredients to be able to start writing a grant application. BUT There are some things you need to know and look into before you start writing, things that are equally important. These are discussed in the sections below.

AlphaPulldown on the HPC

AlphaPulldown (by EMBL Hamburg) is a Python package that streamlines protein-protein interaction screens and high-throughput modelling of higher-order oligomers using AlphaFold-Multimer. It provides a convenient command line interface, a variety of confidence scores, and a graphical analysis tool. (source: https://www.embl-hamburg.de/AlphaPulldown/) On the HPC, the user is able to run various interactions in parallel, without redundancy […]

Evaluation

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Introduction – how does the toolbox work?

Each session consists of 4 part, 2 video’s and 2 pdf documents. The objective of each exercise is briefly framed for you in the upper video. You can watch the instruction video or show it to your team at the beginning of the exercise. The purpose and importance of each exercise are explained here. Under […]