Course How to secure funding for your research

The course C327/01 How to Secure Funding for Your Research is being offered by the Graduate School of Health, Aarhus University, 2024.

Criteria for participation: University degree in medicine, dentistry, nursing, or Master’s degree in other fields and/or postgraduate research fellows (PhD students and research-year medical students).

Requirements for participation: None

Aim: This course aims to assist and support in navigating the application process for both small and large grant applications - a task that can be particularly challenging for PhD- and research year students.

Learning outcomes: At the end of this course, participants will have an improved understanding of how to secure funding for their research. Participants have strengthened their skills within the following themes:

• Clarity and Conciseness
• Alignment with Funder's Objectives
• Impact and Outcomes
• Budget Transparency
• Compelling Narrative

Workload: The full workload of the course is expected to be 10 hours

Content: 

The course includes both teaching as well as practical exercises.

During the course, we will work with the following themes related to fond applications

• Timing of application
• The fund
• The applicant
• The project
• The budget
• The recommendations
• The internal including institutional review

Instructors: 

Venue: Aarhus University, Aarhus.

Participation in the course is without cost for:

• PhD students, Health Research Year students from Aarhus University
• PhD students enrolled at partner universities of the Nordoc collaboration
• PhD students from other institutions in the open market agreement for PhD courses

Course dates:

• 28 November 2024 08:00 - 12:00