Grant Writing Workshop Workshop Title: Why, Oh Why, Wasn’t My Proposal Funded? Speaker: Dr. Peter Haaland He has direct experience as an investigator, professor, inventor, referee, investor, program manager, and supervisor of U.S. Government research enterprises. He serves as a member of the International Evaluation Panel (IEP) of the Competitive Research Programme (CRP) administered by the Singapore NRF. He has previously been responsible for review and selection of proposals at the U.S. Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA), the U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), and the U.S. Department of Energy. He is a founder of InnerProduct Partners, a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA. Date & Time: 4 Nov 2014 (Tuesday), 9:30am to 12pm Venue: CREATE Theatrette, Level 2, CREATE Tower, 1 CREATE Way, Singapore 138602 Registration: Registration is on a first-come-first-served basis. Please register your interest to attend this workshop by sending your full name, designation, organization and email address to Ms. Toh Ming Hui ([email protected]) from 3 Oct 2014 (Friday), 8am onwards. As seating capacity is limited, we would appreciate if you could nominate a replacement to attend if you are eventually unable to attend. Remarks: Participants are expected to be seated by 9:15am as the workshop will start promptly at 9:30am; light refreshments will be served during tea-break from 10:30am to 11am. SYNOPSIS OF WORKSHOP The review and selection of proposals to fund basic and applied research may seem capricious, random, or political to those seeking support. In very many cases the selection process is opaque. The purpose of this seminar is to illuminate, from one reviewer’s perspective, the qualities that make compelling research proposals. The critical elements outlined in George Heilmeier’s catechism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._Heilmeier) will be discussed. The impact of graphical and visual elements will be analyzed, as will the importance of clear and concise prose. Balanced consideration of technical, programmatic, and financial flows will be discussed, and ample time will be allotted to answer questions about the preparation, review, and selection of research proposals. Systematic approaches to the review process to aid both reviewers and proposers will be described.