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  • Association of Commonwealth Universities: Early Career Researcher Training 2021

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      Welcome Address Forum
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      Respected Participants, Guests and Facilitators

      Heartiest Congratulations and Welcome to this virtual training course of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU). Recently, The ACU has created an opportunity for the member institutes (universities) to organize and deliver training for their early career researchers, including doctoral candidates. 10 awards are offered this year among the member institutes to equip researchers (faculty members) with essential skills to enable them to succeed in their careers. They are:


      ·  Athabasca University, Canada

      ·  Daffodil International University, Bangladesh

      ·  Durham University, UK

      ·  Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST,) Kenya

      ·  Kenyatta University, Kenya

      ·  Rhodes University, South Africa

      ·  The University of Sydney, Australia

      ·  University of Exeter, UK

      ·  University of Leeds, UK

      ·  University of Nairobi, Kenya

      We are fortunate that we have won this award from Bangladesh. We have selected an important topic entitled "Grant Proposal Writing" for this professional development training.

      Hope everyone will find this training enjoyable, useful and praiseworthy.


      Sincerely,

      Professor Dr. Md Kabirul Islam
      Director of Division of Research 
      DIU 


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      Team of Facilitators

      The following team of facilitators will be responsible for managing and conducting the training program


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      Name

      Affiliation

      Responsibility

      1

      Dr. Mohamed Emran Hossain

      (PhD from Malaysia)

      Professor Dr. Engr. Ayub Nabi Khan

      Honorable Member of the Syndicate and BoT, DIU


      Honorable Pro Vice Chancellor of BUFT

      Guest Observer

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      Professor Dr. Yousuf M. Islam (PhD from UK)

      Honorable Dean

      Faculty of Science and Engineering Independent University of Bangladesh 

      Resource Person

      3

      Professor Dr. Md Kabirul Islam (PhD from Australia)

      Professor of MCT Department

      and Director of Division of Research, DIU

      Email: kislam@daffodilvarsity.edu.bd

      01819-382879

      Resource Person and

      Training Organizer

      4

      Dr. Zobaidul Kabir

      (PhD from Australia)

      Deputy Secretary

      Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka

       Resource Person

      5

      Ms Fouzia Akter

      (PhD Research Fellow

      University of Dhaka)

      Assistant Professor

      Department of NFE 

      Daffodil International University

      fouzia@daffodilvarsity.edu.bd

      01820-000810

      Training Coordinator

      Note:  Foreign experts may also be invited on demand and availability


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      Training Goals

      The goal of this training is an in-depth look and hands-on training to craft winning grant proposals for research and nonprofit programs. The training covers building fundraising case, to learning about different types of research organizations, and funding sources, to the seven essential elements of a fundable proposal. This training also covers a detailed of crafting strong outcomes statements, the use of writing to make an impact, and what funders are looking for.

      More specifically, equip participant with very detailed of Writing Basic and Advanced Grant proposals, making participants informed about various sources and possibilities of fund, and prepare them as future trainer for such training programs.


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      Contents

      I. Introduction to grant proposal writing

      ii. Elements of effective grant applications

      iii. Common research design used in grant proposal writing

      iv. Planning in effective grant writing

      v. Budgeting in a grant application

      vi. Different research organizations and funding sources

      Vii. Grant opportunities in Bangladesh

      viii. Grant proposal writing assignment and discussion and feedback on the assignments


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      Expected Outcomes

      i. The participants are expected to ameliorate and demonstrate their grant writing skills to meet the international standard

      ii. A grant proposal (design and plan) submitted by each participants as per their interests

      iii. Weekly summary of forum discussion on the given topics – an evidence of knowledge and skills acquired by the participants

      iv. Presentation of grant proposals by each participants (video) 

      v. Training evaluation report (to be submitted to ACU)


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      Training Schedule

      The training schedule (13 March to 18 April 2021) , and relevant activities can be found in the following link:

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mk2GjoFmoG3TkVDayyOY7Sz8nzYfkD4_/view?usp=sharing

      Please find below the Google meet link to join the lecture sessions:

      http://meet.google.com/jbx-hzok-kmr


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      Participants and Their Affiliations

      Please visit the following link to view details of the participants.

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1srZXMrtvTc5to5T3mhsZg6EOeZcP2Rko/view?usp=sharing

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      Meeting Room for Participants Forum
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      This is a common room for participants, guests and teachers for sharing experience of this training program, valuable suggestions, perceptions, etc.

  • WEEK 1

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      Inauguration and Orientation


      Honorable Dignitaries

      1. Professor Dr. M. Lutfar Rahman, Vice Chancellor of DIU

      2. Professor Dr. S M Mahbubul UL Haque Majumder, Pro Vice Chancellor of DIU

      3. Professor Dr. Engr. Ayub Nabi Khan, Pro Vice Chancellor of BUFT

      4. Dr. Mohamed Emran Hossain, Member of BoT, DIU and Director of Administration

       5. Professor Dr. Engr. AKM Fazlul Hoque, Registrar of DIU

      Inauguration and Orientation (video)
      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xm1BPE3QRIEJ_IRebGyeRjPSZ434Jne3/view?usp=sharing

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      Grant Proposal Writing- Introduction Forum
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      Opportunities exist for getting funds from national and international organizations especially for conducting research into latest areas, development of technologies and processes for solving real life problems and saving human life from catastrophic situations, creating new concepts for a sustainable world. The question is: why would a donor give funds to a researcher? Obviously, the application or proposal must be able to convince the donor that the purpose of funds would be fulfilled by the researcher. The trick is therefore in writing a convincing grant proposal. Writing a successful grant proposal is is challenging and also competitive. In the present time, lots of foundations, corporations, private industries, and government agencies worldwide announce funding leads round the year. However, their purposes are different according to the funding categories. Nonetheless, evaluation strategies for selecting a deserving applicant are strict. Each required criteria for the fund must be adequately covered and justified with evidence. 

      The current workshop will cover only main overall criteria. In this beginning session, brainstorming and sharing experience will take place among the participants to enlighten them with the knowledge and skills of fundamentals of grants and grant proposals.

      Lecture Video

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/14KAriN5b2lL0MTXOJYkahEuwT0Pl-cwJ/view?usp=sharing


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      Discussion Forum: Assignment for March 20th
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      Dear Participants. You are requested to contribute to week 1 forum on the given task/topic. Please note that your assignment is posted in this forum.

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      Planning for Grant and Budgeting Forum
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      I trust everyone on the team would agree that a budget proposal is a vital issue of a grant proposal. Exaggerated or unrealistic lists of budget may diminish chances for acceptance of a grant proposal even if the other components are perfect. The funders want the applicants proper distribution of the amount against each activity and   utilization during implementation stages. I hope the lecture delivered by Dr. Zobaidul Kabir may enhance our understanding of the budget provision in a grant proposal. Kindly see the following presentation slides for further use.

      Presentation Slides

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KJYqcyH-xnFxReTGRo-RK3w9-co35wv3/view?usp=sharing

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  • WEEK 5

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      Essentials for Successful Grant Proposal Forum
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      Dear Participants. I hope you have enjoyed the presentation made by Mr Sabuj Kanti Mistry, a PhD research fellow of the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. His wonderful delivery includes a lot of key concepts of a successful grant proposal only in four slides. I hope you would agree with me that this lecture has fulfilled the gaps of the training program. The speaker shared his practical experience of a successful grant proposal in one and a half hours. I am sure, now you are conversant with the necessary attributes and potentials of the project team members, and crucial elements and strategies of a proposal. In fact, this final session can help you write a  rational and justified proposal which you are going to present in the next session. Please find below the presentation slides and the video of the lecture.

      Lecture Video

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VlMKEG1DZfM_d8gp0nNDURBwl6YFTKyp/view?usp=sharing

      You may also download the presentation slides given below.

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZZl5R99hBh2ubV2Q9yf--h7ZU2KrG2jU/view?usp=sharing


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      Final Proposal Submission (10 April) Forum
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      Dear Participants. This forum is created for submission of your final proposal, so that everyone can go through and grasp ideas of your proposed topic.

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      Available Grant Sources in Bangladesh Forum
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      Dear Participants, As per our desire Dr. Zobaidul Kabir has provided a glimpse of the grant opportunities in Bangladesh. Most of us are not familiar with these grant sources especially the grants offered by different ministries. So far I know that the ICT Ministry, Planning Commission, Health sectors of the government encourage the private university teachers to submit applications. However, adopting collaborative strategy/ approach will enhance the possibility for acceptance. Anyway, the complete lecture delivered by Dr. Zobaidul is given below.

      Presentation Video

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1deMWLn8IE04tH_qwOin8HwI1sTwCqfnc/view?usp=sharing

      Presentation Slides

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vWNzcwX9H1k0gD5YjQH9O5Zig0a9QOd3/view?usp=sharing

  • WEEK 6

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      Grant Proposal Presentation by the Participants Forum
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      Dear Colleagues. As you are aware that our prime goal is to equip the participants with the knowledge and skills of writing a winning or successful grant proposal. We hope you have already made it, Congratulations in advance. As per our announcement during the last presentation of Professor Dr. Yousuf M. Islam, we asked you to write and proposal on a particular topic in pair (with a selected colleague/peer) and make a presentation finally. 

      So, we are eagerly waiting to see: how you have been able to utilize your intellectual abilities for writing a successful grant Proposal. We like all of you to make a presentation of your proposal in a professional manner. That will be the real outcomes of this training program. 

      You presentation schedule is given below:

      10 April (Saturday): 11am to 1pm and 3pm to 5pm

      We may need an additional session if we cannot cover all the pairs in the above two sessions.

      We solicit your sincere cooperation in this regard.

      Please find the forum below to upload your final grant proposal.

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      Final Grant Proposal Submission Forum
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      Dear Participants. Please upload your final Grant Proposal in the forum creating a topic.

  • WEEK 7

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      Closing of the ACU Training Program Forum
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      Due to the month of Ramadhan, closing of the training is expected to be held on 17 April 2021. This week, we have to conduct a post-test for you and organize a closing ceremony to hear your perceptions of the training.

      Due to the present lockdown, we cannot organize closing ceremony this week. We will let you know later on. 

      This week's activities are:

      i. Proposal presentation session (11am to 1pm, 17 April, Saturday)

      ii. Training evaluation

      iii. Post-test