Dr Philipp Mayer, science-textflow, Winterthur

Philipp Mayer has studied geoecology and received a PhD in forest science. He is trainer for scientific writing and has broad experience both in research and in adult education.

The objectives of this workshop are:

• to understand characteristics of grant proposals
• to know how to prepare grant proposals.

Writing grant proposals is demanding because evaluation committees expect concise and well-structured texts. In addition, grant proposals differ in structure and style from other forms of academic writing.

This workshop covers the basics of proposal writing:

• Functions of proposals: plan, communicate, convince
• Characteristics of functional proposals: clarity, consistency, conciseness
• Refining research ideas
• Developing the structure of proposals (with introduction, problem statement, aims and objectives, literature review, etc.)
• Differences between proposal writing and paper writing

Pre-course assignment :

S end to Christiane Bobillier before 5 March 2012:

• The research question you would like to tackle in your next research project.
• The five reasons for the relevance of this question.
• The section headings of a sample grant proposal:
  You may get a sample from your department (ask your supervisor for a well-prepared grant proposal) or find one on the internet. Then note the section structure of the proposal.

Dates :  13 March 2012

Schedule : 13:00-17:00

Location : University of Neuchâtel, Faculté des sciences, UniMail, building C (Animalerie), room 001

Credit points : 0.5 credit point (Communication)

Evaluation : Active participation

Information : Please contact Dr Philipp Mayer or the doctoral program coordinator Dr Christiane Bobillier

Travel expenses : participants of the  Interuniversity doctoral program in organismal biology (University of Neuchâtel) are eligible for reimbursement of incurred travel expenses by train (half-fare card, and 2nd class). 

  MAKE SURE you SIGN the ATTENDANCE LIST
and
TAKE your ATTESTATION of ATTENDANCE at the END of the COURSE

Please send the original tickets (no copies) with the reimbursement form  to Dr. Christiane Bobillier.  No reimbursement for GA, bus, taxi or car travel expenses will be paid.

• This course is open only to Ph.D. students participating in the "Interuniversity doctoral program in organismal biology". Priority will be given to 2nd, 3rd, or 4th year PhD students.
• This course is free. For information the effective cost is approx. CHF 60.00 per person
• Minimum number of participants: 8, maximum: 12.
  A waiting list will be prepared to ensure that there are no empty seats.

Registration through the web only: course full

Please note the cancellation policy (CHF 20)

Deadline: 28 February 2012