Guidelines for writing funding proposals: Advice from funding managers

Financial constraints are one of the biggest challenges of postgraduate students. Many students underestimate the cost of postgraduate studies. Grants and scholarships can provide the necessary funds to relieve the financial constraints during your postgraduate journey but, the application process is very competitive and requires a lot of planning and effort. This video provides advice from funding managers about the preparation of funding applications. The video is supplemented with project worksheets that students can use to write a funding application.

Developed by Ms Joy Nogabe and Mrs Eleanor Van der Westhuizen in collaboration with Dr Henriëtte van den Berg (University of Free State). Thanks to Mr Brian Munro for the video recording and editing.

Who might find this useful?

Postgraduate students and supervisors may find this video helpful.

 

Explore these additional resources

• Download a set of Do’s and Dont’s for Grant Writing Here
• Porter, R. Writing successful grants: A 12-Step program. http://www.research.msstate.edu/rresources/pdf/GrantWritingHandouts.pdf