Writing a CIHR Project Grant?

Let’s make it flawless.

How CIHR Grant Review Works:

The 4-step Perfection Process to make your grant proposal absolutely flawless.

  1. PREP CALL: Book a call with me to talk about your proposal, identify any areas that need special attention, and agree on deadlines.*

  2. ROUND 1 REVIEW - STRATEGY AND STRUCTURE: Send me your draft on or before our deadline and I’ll return your document with strategic recommendations and edits.

  3. REVISION TIME: Take my recommendations and accept/reject my changes. (Pro tip: talk to your co-investigators during the revision phase)

  4. ROUND 2 REVIEW - EDITING AND FINE-TUNING: Send me your revised draft by the deadline and I’ll return your document with more recommendations and edits. (Depending on how major the Round 1 revisions were, Round 2 may focus more on fine-tuning)

* Deadlines depend on how much time you have. We need a minimum of 4 weeks to get your proposal in fighting shape, but if you’re ready to get started earlier than that you’ll get a huge discount on the package price.

CIHR Grant Review Packages

Each package includes two rounds of review & recommendations. You don’t just get strategic advice and editing—you get someone to keep you on track through the whole process.

You decide when you’re ready to start. We need a minimum of 4 weeks before the application deadline, but if you’re ready to go 6 or 8 weeks in advance, you can get a big discount (and a lot more time to incorporate revisions).

CIHR Project Grant Review 4-Week Package

4-week

 

HOW IT WORKS

This one's for the hair-on-fire folks (you know who you are)

You get me your draft 4 weeks before the competition deadline, and I return your draft with recommendations in 4 business days. We do two rounds of reviews.

CIHR Project Grant Review 6-Week Package

6-week*

 

HOW IT WORKS

This one's for most people: kinda organized, kinda rushed

You get me your draft 6 weeks before the competition deadline, and I return your draft with recommendations in 7 business days. We do two rounds of reviews.

CIHR Project Grant Review 8-Week Package

8-week*

 

HOW IT WORKS

This one's for the super-organized, slow-and-steady researchers

You get me your draft 8 weeks before the competition deadline, and I return your draft with recommendations in 10 business days. We do two rounds of reviews.

*You get a substantial discount if we start 6 weeks or 8 weeks before the application deadline.

Currently accepting registrations for September 2019

CIHR Fall 2019 Project Grant Deadline:

September 11, 2019

4-week track: August 13, 2019

6-week track: July 30, 2019

8-week track: July 16, 2019

 

* CIHR’s success rate has hovered between 14 and 15% for several years. My current success rate is 42%, approximately triple the success rate at CIHR.

Sarah Dobson | NIH Grant Editor | CIHR Grant Editor

Hey there! I'm Sarah.

I'm a health research grant editor based in Vancouver, BC. I get you better scores on your grant proposals by improving your writing (no offence). Click here to read more about me >>

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