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Georgia Tech Grant Workshop Series: From Ideas To Dollars
Georgia Tech Grant Workshop Series: From Ideas To Dollars
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Postdoc/Staff Grant Workshop Series: From Ideas to Dollars
The following questions are a necessary starting point for any grant proposal. You need a brief,
convincing answer to each question in order to gauge your readiness to start writing a proposal
to support a specific project. Answer each of the following questions in 25 words or less.
2. What is the problem or need in your area of passion, and why is it important?
3. What sources or kinds of data can you use to validate the importance of your proposed
project?
7. How would the world be a better/different place if you solved the problem or addressed the
need?
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Postdoc/Staff Grant Workshop Series: From Ideas to Dollars
shape my goal?
identify further
opportunities?
make off-campus
connections?
make certain my
writing is clear and
interesting?
make sure I am
asking the biggest
questions?
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