Grant writing for medical and healthcare professionals

Professor Subhash Chandra Parija is currently the Vice-Chancellor of Shri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Pondicherry. Prof. Parija is a former Director at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER); Pondicherry has nearly four decades of teaching and research experience in Medical Microbiology. Author of sixteen books, including the most popular “Text Book of Medical Parasitology” and most recent “Effective Medical Communication.” He has published more than 400 papers in the National and International journals of repute. In recognition of his immense contributions to research in parasitic diseases, he has been honored with more than 26 awards both internationally and nationally, such as the BPKIHS Internal Oration Award, Dr. BC Roy National Award of the Medical Council of India, Dr. R.V. Rajam Oration Award of the National Academy of Medical Sciences to name a few. Prof Parija founded the Indian Academy of Tropical Parasitology,launched a Scientific Journal of Tropical parasitology, and initiated a quality assurance program in diagnostic parasitology.Professor Vikram Kate is a Senior Consultant General and Gastrointestinal Surgeon and Professor (Senior Scale) of Surgery in the JIPMER Pondicherry, India. Professor Kate was awarded Ph.D. in Surgical Gastroenterology, and he has contributed more than 45 chapters in reputed textbooks of surgical gastroenterology and surgery and has more than 175 papers to his credit. He is the Inaugural President of the Indian Chapter of Society for the Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), USA (2021-22), a Member of the Research Committee of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), USA (2020-23) and the Surgical Speciality Board-General Surgery of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK (2021-24) and the Past President of the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology.  He was awarded the Distinguished DNB Teacher of Excellence Award (2018) of the Association of National Board Accredited Institutions and the Great Contributor Award (2021) by the Association of Minimal Access Surgeons of India (AMASI).  In recognition of his contribution to medical research and academic achievements, he has received more than 15 national and international awards, such as Dr. Mathias Oration Award and the Prof. N. Rangabashyam Oration Award instituted by the Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry Chapter of the Association of Surgeons of India, the Veerabai JR Das Oration- Award by the Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology, the Dr. S.K. Bhansali Memorial Oration Award by the Association of Surgeons of India to name a few.

• Section I: Understanding Grant Writing: What is your Aim (Ambition-Interest-Mission), and what you want to do.- What is a grant? How to prepare for writing a grant proposal application.- Funders Perspective: What the funding body expects from researchers?.- Funding organizations for science and healthcare.- Obtaining letters of support.- Section II: The process for grant writing: Writing a Grant Proposal for a Single Centre Study: step-by-step approach.- Budgeting the project-detailing the required funding and expenditure.- Proving the competency of the researcher and the adequacy of the infrastructure to carry out the research.- Agreement and MOU – ethical and legal aspects of funding for healthcare research.- Write an impressive cover page (Covering letter) and abstract for the grant proposal application.- Surveillance plan and site visit – Roles and rights of the researcher and the funding agency.- Sources of funding and acknowledgment – Good Clinical Practice Guidelines.- Writing agrant proposal for a Collaborative study.- Checklist for grant proposal – Mandatory elements.- Tips for improvising the chance of getting the grant.- Dealing with The Rejected Grant Proposal- Learning From The Mistakes.- Section III: Grant writing for specific regional funding organizations: Preparing a grant proposal for medical research in the UK.- Preparing a grant proposal for the USA.- Preparing a Grant Proposal for Australia.- Proposal Writing for Grant Application in Malaysia.- Grant writing for other Asian countries.