Strategy Development
Every awarded proposal started with a great idea and a specific strategy to get there. Sometimes, the idea needs crafting, and sometimes, the researcher needs someone to help them best position themselves for their future. Our capacity building services position you for a fundable future.
Research Trajectory
What is it? Your research trajectory is your road-map to get to your personal long-term research goals. Before you can be considered competitive for the larger, federal funds, you must demonstrate your ability to procure, manage, and deliver on smaller grants. This requires a strategic research trajectory.
Thinking strategically when it comes to one’s own research is much more difficult than it seems. Practically speaking, to acquire smaller grants, what foundational elements do you need? What pilot studies must be put into place as the data basis for next-step funding? Each step (each grant), however, must align with your long-term goals as a researcher. Our consultants can help you map out your research trajectory, so that you stay focused and on track to your long-term research goals taking through calculated steps.
How can we help you?
- Understand and navigate the opportunity landscape
- Validate the key gaps identified in your field
- Identifying the steps to get to long-term goals
- Clarify your long-term goals
- Identify the steps to get to long-term goals
- Map out an ideal funding trajectory
- Help you build a collaborative team
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Building a collaborative team is an important element for successful funding, as it an increasing requirement for funding.
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The opportunity landscape is the who’s and what’s of the grant funding world, and it is varied, yet specific.
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Read MoreFAQ About Research Trajectory
Your idea (whether to a small or large funder) must be relevent to the funder’s priorities, it must fill a KEY gap, and must answer HOW it will fill this gap.
Both objectives and specific aims are the specific statements to outline key steps and to define outcome measures in order to achieve overall goal or purpose. Different funding agencies or Unviersity guidance may have their own terminolofy requirement when writing a proposal. Therefore, objectives and specific aim terms sometimes could be interchangeable.
The outcomes are the changes that occur as a result of your research project. It is different from an output which is the physical result of your work but does not measure the change.
For one project, it should focus on only one goal to address one problem/issue. To achieve the goal, there could be mutiple objectives (typically 1-3), all of which are related to the goal but should not be inter-dependent to each other.
Your timeline should cover your proposal’s major milestones. Great timelines will also include those responsible at each point.
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