COM 15 : PROPOSAL WRITING FOR SCHOLARLY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT-ORIENTED PROJECTS
Duration: 4 DAYS
COST: Kshs. 24,000
Dates:
COURSE ABSTRACT:
This course is designed to expose participants to cutting-edge thinking and practice in the field of proposal writing. Participants will be engaged in an intensive discussion and critique of the nature of proposals and the process of writing them, based on guided readings. They will also be put through an equally intensive, hands-on exercise in proposal writing -- in a workshop environment. Attention will be paid to proposals for scientific research as well as proposals for funded development projects, as broadly understood. Opportunity for individual consultations will be provided.
COURSE OUTLINE:
1. The nature and process of scientific and project development
2. Why we write proposals: The strategic role of proposals and the importance of proposal writing
3. Two broad types of proposals in use today: proposals for scientific research and/or R&D, and proposals for funded development projects/programmes
4. Essentials of quantitative and qualitative research designs
5. Understanding research design
6. Outline of a coherent proposal in scientific research and in funded projects
7. The centrality of the problem statement in scientific study
8. The place of terms of reference in project funding
9. Fitting the proposal into the research design, the priorities, standards and/or needs of the stakeholders and the anticipated outputs of the funded study or project
10. Putting it all together in a hands-on proposal-writing workshop
11. Individual consultations, preferably based on draft proposals
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Public and private sector organizations, NGOs, community organizations and individuals (preferably with a university education or substantial on-the-job experience) whose current or anticipated job descriptions involve proposal writing, project funding or project administration.
INSTRUCTORS:
Prof. Mauri Yambo
