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Grant Writing Workshop for Health Researchers
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Africa/Nairobi
Hall 5 and Hall 2 (SPIRHR CPD Center, RH Center of Excellence)
Hall 5 and Hall 2
SPIRHR CPD Center, RH Center of Excellence
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Description
The workshop guides participants through a structured, practical, and interactive learning process over the training period. Each session will combine brief presentations, facilitated discussions, hands-on exercises, peer learning, and practical proposal development activities. Participants are expected to actively engage in all sessions and use the scheduled exercises to develop or refine their own grant ideas, proposal sections, budgets, workplans, and related application materials.
Workshop Objectives
The workshop specifically aims to:
- Enhance participants’ understanding of the principles and components of competitive grant proposals.
- Strengthen practical skills in proposal development, budgeting, and grantsmanship.
- Improve participants’ ability to align research ideas with funding priorities and donor requirements.
- Build skills in developing detailed research aims, methodologies, workplans, and impact statements.
- Familiarize participants with common grant application processes and review criteria.
- Provide hands-on proposal development experience using participants’ own grant ideas or funding calls
Mandatory Notes for Participants
- Participants must bring a functional laptop computer for all hands-on writing, budgeting, and proposal development exercises.
- Participants should bring their preliminary grant idea, concept note, draft proposal, or an identified funding call to work on during the workshop.
- Participants are expected to arrive on time each day and return promptly from breaks to keep the agenda on track.
- Full attendance and active participation in all sessions, group activities, and practical exercises are required.
- Participants are encouraged to review relevant grant documents or donor guidelines in advance to maximize the benefit of the practical sessions.
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