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Mentorship and academic networks are imperative in grant writing. Mentors are most often the supervisor/PI within the research group and help align proposal to the funder\'s and institute\'s priorities. Furthermore, mentors, being highly experienced and having advanced networks, often help with…

This is quite an interesting conversation, and I agree with colleagues’ insights. My understanding is that it allows PIs to critically refine their proposals and strategically identify potential stumbling blocks in study implementation. This process may actually strengthen the proposal…

I completely agree with colleagues, its imperative to ensure each study activity is budgeted for as this speaks to feasibility, where some costs are in-kind or through other partner institutions e.g Ministry of Health, this should come out clearly and have support letters to this effect as it also impacts feasibility. An important one is also to review grant guidelines on allowable costs and non-allowable costs, usually the grants management team can assist with this to ensure alignment between study activities, budget lines and funder expectations.

Before submitting a grant application, we also submit an intent to submit, which is a brief concept of the proposal to the institutional leadership to review the scientific merit and alignment with institutional priorities.