What We Do
Grantsmanship
Having an original, even a ground-breaking research idea is only the beginning in today’s funding environment. Successful grant applicants know the range of potential funders and have the skill to craft a competitive application that matches the funder’s objectives.
Career Mentoring
Scientists have many career options, but selecting the one that best suits them can be challenging. With decades of experience in academics, research, and government, GWM mentors have a deep commitment to advancing the careers of others.
Institutional Strategic Planning
To succeed in today’s competitive research environment, institutions must develop effective, coordinated strategies that maximize their strengths, capitalize on diverse opportunities, target the right funding vehicle, and develop the best collaborators.
The GWM Difference
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Grant Writing Mentors is a diverse and dynamic team of professionals with 200+ years experience as research scientists, academics, successful grantees, reviewers, scientific review officers, program officers, federal policy makers, science writers, and teachers. Our roles both in academics and the NIH provide GWM with unique real-world perspectives when working with trainees to develop a competitive grant application or institutions to cultivate effective, coordinated strategies that maximize their strengths and capitalize on diverse opportunities.
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GWM's vast experience and knowledge has resulted in a deep understanding of the NIH grant process and the elements essential for crafting a competitive grant application or navigating a successful career path. GWM's expertise and the insights we provide afford our clients/workshop participants with a competitive edge when crafting a grant application or developing coordinated strategies to meet personal or institutional goals.
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To provide our clients full advantage of GWM's experience and expertise all our workshops are team taught. GWM appreciates the complexities and challenges with crafting a competitive grant application or developing an effective personal/institutional strategic plan. Team teaching affords our clients/workshop participants the opportunity to learn from the many perspectives obtained from our decades of work and the knowledge acquired in academia and the NIH.
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The best idea, insight, or approach will only go so far if it isn’t expressed in a concise, understandable, and engaging way. That’s why GWM's science writers offer specific suggestions to ensure that your project is not only be sound scientifically but “a joy to read.”
Our recommendations range from suggestions about specific aspects of the application to techniques regarding sentence structure and individual word choice. Every student’s work will be thoroughly reviewed for concept and language. In essence, the view from on high down to the micro level.
Successful projects often tell a story – not only about work being proposed but also about the applicant and what has led him or her to this crucial juncture in a career. To bring that to fruition requires insight, experience, and passion. GWM specializes in bringing such factors together and having them work in concert on the page.
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GWM recognizes that each institution has individual needs whether in the grantsmanship, career mentoring or strategic planning. To that end, we take pride in working closely with perspective clients in developing a program that meets their specific (e.g., training) needs and budget. Important to this process is acquiring a clear understanding from the client of a successful outcome and benchmarks used to determine such success.