Funding and national assessment

Supporting better grant proposals

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Grant
Services

We understand that funding is the cornerstone of every successful research program.

To succeed in this competitive landscape, it is critical to effectively communicate the broader impact of your work, the soundness of your proposal, and the alignment of your proposal with the funder's mission.

We are here to help. Our team will leverage years of successful grant-writing experience to improve the written and visual communication in your proposal to ensure that reviewers quickly understand the importance of your work.

Communicate the impact of your proposal

Strengthen your executive summary
Summarize your ideas and clearly present preliminary data
with videos and infographics
Emphasize your proposal's impact throughout the narrative

Refine your proposal around the funder requirements

Align your proposal with the funder's mission
Strengthen your proposal through expert advice
Align your content with the application requirements and
reduce word count

Create a concise and polished written document

Correct grammar and improve your writing style
Create a consistent and unified voice throughout the application
Improve the logic and clarity of the information presented

Help your researchers gain the skills to write better applications and gain more funding.

Nature Masterclasses delivers quality training to support researchers to develop the key skills necessary to succeed, including grant and funding courses. Provide training to all your researchers via (virtual and in-person) workshops and our on-demand platform which contains over 60 hours of content in bite-size chunks.

Benefits:

World-class training: Content is taught by Nature Portfolio editors, experienced researchers, funders and professionals who understand and can convey essential themes in practical terms

Dynamic engagement: Choose from live, in-person instruction, interactive virtual workshops, or online videos and learning activities to deliver expert instruction in the medium that meets the specific needs of your researchers

Highly relevant content: Extensive market research and investment in new content result in training topics that reflect researcher priorities of today

Customized to your needs: Institutions can choose courses and individual modules for live training that match the exact development needs and career stage of their researchers

Flexible and accessible delivery: Researchers control their learning experience and decide when and where they learn, with complete access to all new and existing courses that can be experienced anytime

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Example courses:
Scientific Writing and Publishing	Finding your Grant and Funder
Effective Collaboration in Research	Managing Research Data
Data Analysis: Planning and Preparing	Persuasive Grant Writing

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Finding Funding Opportunities

For researchers in the natural sciences who want to find funding opportunities, or mentor others through the process

Insight from expert academics and professionals

This course contains insights from experts with wide-ranging experience in finding funding opportunities, including Research management, a former Program Director at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and experienced researchers

Key features:

1-module course
5 experts in in obtaining
research funding including a former program director at a major funder, experienced researchers, and a research management consultant
3-4 hours of learning
10-30 minute lessons
English language subtitles and transcripts

Skills:

The funding landscape and the benefits of searching for and prioritising the best-fitting
funding opportunities
How to analyse your funding requirements while considering
your personal and professional circumstances
Strategies to find and keep track of suitable funding opportunities
How best to shortlist different funding opportunities
Strategies to prioritise and select those opportunities that best fit
your needs

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Persuasive Grant Writing

For researchers in the natural sciences who want to use narrative tools to improve the quality of their grant applications to make them more informative and persuasive

Insight from expert academics and professionals

This course contains insights from experts with wide-ranging experience in grant writing including, editing grant applications, securing grant funds for research projects, and using narrative techniques in science communication

Key features:

3-module course
9 experts in grant writing including researchers, program officers from funding bodies and the Chief Editor of the Nature Research Editing Service
3.5 hours of learning
15 minute lessons
English language subtitles and transcripts

Skills:

Understand how narrative tools can improve the quality of your grant applications
Learn to align your grant proposal with the requirements and objectives of your chosen funder
Learn how to apply narrative tools when writing their grant proposal to make it more informative, persuasive and engaging

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Editing Services

Academic English editors in your field will review the language in your grant to ensure that your ideas are communicated clearly and accurately.

Recommended by over 3,000 journals and societies, we pride ourselves on consistently delivering the highest-quality author services in the world. Our US-educated PhD editors are full-time employees, not contractors, which means they are the best trained in the industry and completely dedicated to helping you and your researchers succeed.

English Language Editing
Academic English editors with an advanced degree in your field review the language in your manuscript, abstract, thesis, grant, or academic book for clarity and accuracy. After our work is completed in a speedy and thorough manner, the language in your paper will be of publication quality.

Academic Translation - Available for Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish.
For Standard Translation, we use state-of-the-art automation tools to enable rapid and accurate translations of technical documents. Translation is followed by professional English language editing by a native English speaker with an advanced degree in the relevant area of study.

Manuscript Formatting
The formatting specialists at AJE will modify your scientific manuscript’s page layout, text formatting, headings, title page, image placement, and citations/references to meet the guidelines of your target journal. We will also check the accuracy of your references

and alert you as to whether your title, running head, abstract, main text, and figure legends comply with the journal’s word count restrictions.

Why choose Springer Nature and AJE?
Quality: Our editors are matched to the subject area of each document and are continually reviewed for quality to ensure Nature Research high standards are maintained.

Choice: We offer a variety of services – editing, translation, formatting, and illustration – helping you present and promote your work more effectively.

Experience: Nature Research Editing Service and AJE have been helping researchers meet their goals since 2008 and 2004, respectively. Thousands of academics from over 160 countries have benefited from these services.