Organizations that provide grants (sponsors) are trying to solve problems that matter to them. The applicant’s role is to provide solutions to the sponsors’ problems along with reassurance that grant funds will be well spent. The goal of the applicant is to secure a contract with the sponsor, with the sponsor delivering funds and the applicant subsequently delivering the promised solutions(s). The focus of this presentation is to help applicants develop the “Contract Mindset” so that their application is designed from the start to fit the contract mold, thus making it more understandable by sponsors and more efficient to implement.
Presenter: Dr. Duncan Selby, Research Coordinator