{"id":15831,"date":"2021-04-15T10:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T14:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cutheme.local\/coris\/?page_id=15831"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T13:35:39","slug":"why-apply-for-research-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/why-apply-for-research-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Apply for Research Grants?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Why Apply for Research Grants?\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"why-apply-for-research-grants-because-they\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why apply for research grants? Because they\u2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Take-Steps-160x128.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Take-Steps-160x128.png 160w, https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Take-Steps-240x192.png 240w, https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Take-Steps-768x616.png 768w, https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Take-Steps-400x321.png 400w, https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Take-Steps-360x289.png 360w, https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Take-Steps-200x160.png 200w, https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/Take-Steps.png 793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p><b>Invest in the future<\/b> since early-career grants lead to later-career funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Create opportunities<\/strong> for collaborations, partnerships, and public outreach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mobilize new talent<\/strong> by supporting graduate students for research projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Allow for dissemination of information<\/strong> while inspiring others to achieve success.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"recommendations-for-building-a-strong-research-grants-profile\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recommendations for building a strong research grants profile:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Develop a 5-year plan with <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/?page_id=16141&amp;preview=true\">Faculty Research Facilitators<\/a> to assess research grant opportunities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work with your <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/?page_id=15756&amp;preview=true\">Institutional Research Facilitator<\/a>&nbsp;on each grant to draft and edit proposals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep trying if you receive a negative result \u2013 it usually takes 2 or 3 attempts at one grant to be successful. Read the feedback carefully and submit again!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact your <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/?page_id=16141&amp;preview=true\">Faculty Research Facilitator<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/coris\/?page_id=15756&amp;preview=true\">Institutional Research Facilitator<\/a> today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why apply for research grants? 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