The CityU Research Seminar
named “How to Succeed with RGC Grant Applications” was organized by the College
of Engineering on 30th Aug 2021.
This talk aims to share successful experience in winning grants
strategies in writing grant applications. Prof. Moshe Zukerman (Chair Professor
of Information Engineering, EE Dept., CityU) was the seminar facilitator.
Prof. Wang, Cong
(Department of Computer Science) was the first speaker and his topic entitled “Thoughts
on Preparing a GRF Proposal”. He said it is all about delivering a research
vision including proper topic identification and writing a convincing proposal.
Firstly, Prof. Wang
discussed how to choose a proper topic (Theory or application, classic or
trendy) and then mentioned the research content matters that clearly formulated
problem scope and appropriately match the funding scale.
A convincing proposal
included content-driven scheduling, coherence, preliminary results and
effective presentation. The content-drive scheduling was showed as follow
diagram.
Finally, Prof. Wang
suggested to get an early start the draft (e.g. as early as August) and
coherence (logical & consistent). He also shared some exemplary negative
comments and preliminary results. The effective presentation included to
provide the roadmap, aim for clarity, necessity and relevance, as well as a
great story. Lastly, he quoted Maya Angelou statement to encourage us to prepare
a good proposal.
Prof. Chan, Nelson
Sze Chun (Department of Electrical Engineering) was the second speaker and his
presentation named “Sharing on RGC Grant Application”. His topic included
perspective as departmental coordinator and as Principal Investigator (PI)
In the beginning,
Prof. Chan discussed the timeline that start early, quality time and planning. For planning, he suggested to obtain preliminary
data and figures before drafting the proposal and also to get quotations for
expensive equipment ahead of schedule. Then he introduced two approaches to
write the abstract.
Then Prof. Chan shared
department management included endorsement procedure allowing constructive
feedback: PI è (GRF Coach) è Team Leader è Ass. Head è Head. And then he shared the departmental practice as following
diagram.
Finally, he discussed
this practice one by one included Title (Conservative / Aggressive), Abstract
(Must highlight the innovation), Objectives (reasonable 3-5 goals),
Background/Methodology (clear figures, solid information & preliminary data
to support feasibility), Reference List and Budget. Other issues were mentioned at the end.
The last speaker was
Prof. Zhi, Chunyi (Department of Materials Science and Engineering) and his
topic was “Proposal Preparation”.
Firstly, Prof. Zhi briefed to choose a topic and he said GRF is a small
project.
Eventhough it is a
small project, it needs a general impactful background. So that Prof. Zhi use
this topic related Battery as example to explain it.
And then he
discussed content of proposal including:
1)
Extend
your research – new research, new ideas for proposal, and multidisciplinary
idea for GRF (but don’t go too far away!)
2)
Do
it early – prepare your proposal application calendar
3)
The
criteria
4)
The
abstract and figure – a full story in abstract and by your figures.
Lastly, Prof. Zhi
stated Impact should be something big, and including social, economic and
academic aspects.
Q&A
Many CityU researchers
and professors attended the seminar.
Reference:
College of
Engineering, CityU - https://www.cityu.edu.hk/ceng/
Research
Grants and Contracts Office - https://www.cityu.edu.hk/ro/
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