How to design the impact section for your future proposal?​​​​

Schedule

Online tutorial available from November 2024

Workshop takes place on 27 February 2025, 9.00-11.00

Why attend?

This dual tutorial and in-person training is designed to equip researchers with the essential skills and knowledge to effectively communicate the impact of their research and translate this knowledge to a one-pager that can be used as a basis for any funding proposal. Understanding and articulating research impact is crucial in securing funding and demonstrating the value of your work to stakeholders.

Learning outcomes

Impact tutorial

The tutorial needs to be followed prior to the in-person training.

After the tutorial, participants will be able to:

• Define what research impact is.

• Understand the value and significance of research impact.

• Grasp how funders translate impact into calls.

• Recognize why impact is important to funders.

• Develop a one-pager that clearly states the problem, project purpose, and objective.

In-person training

During the in-person part of the training, participants will have the opportunity to work on their own research project by bringing their one-pager or work on a provided example project.

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Analyze the different levels of impact.

• Check fit to call.

• Create an impact plan for a project using the impact canvas.

• Evaluate and create coherence between the excellence and impact of their research proposals.

Join us in this comprehensive training to enhance your ability to design impactful research proposals and improve your chances of securing funding.

Maximum number of participants: 20

Conditions for participation

• Open to researchers and research managers at UMCG and partner organizations (RUG, 4 schools connected to RUG, Hanze, Isala Hospital, Leeuwarden Hospital, Martini Hospital).

• Cost: 100 Euros/workshop.

• First come, first served basis. Priority registration for UMCG employees.

Register

• Registration for October/November 2024 workshops opened in July 2024.

• Limited to 20 participants per workshop

• Participation is secured by transferring the participation fee.

• First come, first served basis.

Tailored workshops

The workshops of the Grant Navigator Training Programme can be booked stand alone or as a series. The practical assignments within the workshops are interconnected and can be used to develop a full proposal and network. Departments or institutes can request tailored workshops with a minimum of 20 participants. Tailored workshops are dependent on the capacity and availability of our trainers.

The trainers

Anja Smykowski and Lisan Assen

Skills developed by attending the Grant Navigator Training Programme

• Strategic planning for funding

• Networking and collaboration

• Demonstrating innovation value

• Effective storytelling in proposals

• Writing competitive proposals

• Defining societal impacts of research

• Using AI in grant writing

Evaluation of learning

Each module concludes with a practical assignment to measure competency development.

Accessibility of training materials

Materials will be available on the UMCG learning management system (LMS) for all participants.