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At the end of the course,
- students will have learned how to write a grant proposal, a text genre with its own conventions and characteristics;
- students are capable of reflecting on the various research skills they have picked up in the course of the Research Master's programme and of applying them in an integrated way.
The course prepares students for the next steps in their (academic) career.
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This course consists of 4-5 workshop-style meetings. During these meetings, students give short presentations about the ideas they are developing for a research project. All students hand in text material before each meeting, and each text is looked at by two other students and at least one of the teachers. The texts roughly follow the timeline of writing a grant proposal, from generating ideas to writing it down in an accessible and convincing way. Throughout, students learn about various topics and sub-disciplines, and to comment upon the work of their fellow students. The activities in this course look ahead to a further career in research. In raising awareness of and practicing research skills, it follows up on the Term Paper (literature review) and the Lab Rotations (participation in research seminars, observation of and participation in on-going research). In this course, the focus is on the integration of all elements of the research cycle, on writing and presentation skills, and on strategic aspects of managing an academic career, particularly on how to write a grant proposal. The cohort meets every two or three weeks, sometimes in Nijmegen and sometimes in Tilburg. Other people involved in the students’ work, such as tutors, supervisors, postdocs and PhD students, may join occasionally.
In this course the following aspects will be addressed:
- how to give peer review;
- how to identify research questions and how to turn (some of) them into a grant proposal;
- how to write a good grant proposal;
- understanding the landscape of research grants;
- how to build a network;
- how to apply for jobs.
Assignments including writing a cv, identifying and formulating the research question, writing, presenting and explaining a proposal. Students are teamed up with 2 other students in a kind of buddy system where one student is relatively knowledgeable about the topic while for the other the topic lies far removed from his/her interests. The role of the buddies and the lecturers is to provide a mix of expert and lay feedback, mimicking what happens in the real world of grant competitions. |
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