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Grant Proposal – PLANNING Class

Victoria Vasina — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 18:00:00 +0000

Grant Proposal course provides guidance on developing a strong application that will allow reviewers to better evaluate the science and merit of your proposal. You will learn how to put your ideas into proper words, arrange a clear and concise paper and search grant market for the potential funder.

This course is open to masters, doctoral, post-doctoral, and research affiliates of MISIS university only.

Schedule:

Class 1 – November 6 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 2 – November 13 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 3 – November 20 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 4 – November 27 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 5 – December 4 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 6 – December 11 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 7 – December 18 (2 hours, from 6-8 pm); final grant presentations; required for the certificate

Trainer:

Johanna Campbell
is an English language teacher, trainer and curriculum developer with extensive field experience across the US and overseas.

Her expertise includes teaching intensive academic English with top-tier American universities (7 years), language program instruction and administration in US-based colleges in the Middle East (2 years), training, tutoring, writing center coaching, and presenting at myriad professional engagements (14 years). She has spoken on such varied topics as a cultural influence on English teaching and learning, civic resource use to generate language production, and student learning beyond the classroom. Her research interests include how culture shapes language, learner-centered oral fluency skills, and sociolinguistics.

She has traveled, lived and taught in the central and southern United States, across Western Europe, and in the Gulf region. She holds an MA in Applied English Linguistics from the University of Houston. Currently, she is serving as an English Language Fellow in Moscow, Russia.

Grant Proposal – PLANNING Class

Victoria Vasina — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 18:00:00 +0000

This course is open to masters, doctoral, post-doctoral, and research affiliates of MISIS university only.

Schedule:

Class 1 – November 6 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 2 – November 13 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 3 – November 20 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 4 – November 27 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 5 – December 4 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 6 – December 11 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 7 – December 18 (2 hours, from 6-8 pm); final grant presentations; required for the certificate

Trainer:

Johanna Campbell
is an English language teacher, trainer and curriculum developer with extensive field experience across the US and overseas.

Grant Proposal – Welcome Class

Victoria Vasina — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:00:00 +0000

This course is open to masters, doctoral, post-doctoral, and research affiliates of MISIS university only.

Schedule:

Class 1 – November 6 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 2 – November 13 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 3 – November 20 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 4 – November 27 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 5 – December 4 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 6 – December 11 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 7 – December 18 (2 hours, from 6-8 pm); final grant presentations; required for the certificate

Trainer:

Johanna Campbell
is an English language teacher, trainer and curriculum developer with extensive field experience across the US and overseas.

Grant Proposal Course starts this November (2018)

Victoria Vasina — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 13:16:36 +0000

This course is open to masters, doctoral, post-doctoral, and research affiliates of MISIS university only.

You will also learn how to react to negative feedback from reviewers and resubmit your proposal. The course focuses on useful project management tools and possible budget pitfalls.

Schedule:

Class 1 – November 6 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 2 – November 13 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 3 – November 20 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 4 – November 27 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 5 – December 4 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 6 – December 11 (3 hours, from 6-9 pm)

Class 7 – December 18 (2 hours, from 6-8 pm); final grant presentations; required for the certificate

Сurriculum:

Class 1) Welcome/get to know you; discussion of student experiences; proposal writing process: planning, research, writing, follow-up

Class 2) PLANNING: importance and practice of specificity/pitfalls of translation/know your audience

Class 3) PLANNING: outline and its importance in an organization/clear, concise writing

Class 4) RESEARCH: focus on funders’ interests/follow funders’ guidelines

Class 5) WRITING: how to put the proposal together/basic elements of the standard proposal: executive summary, narrative (and all its parts: statement of need, project description, organization, information, conclusion), budget, supporting materials

Class 6) WRITING: Revisions and edits; importance and usefulness of storytelling in the grant-writing process

Class 7) FOLLOW-UP: what to do with rejections and
GRANT-WRITING in PRACTICE: student presentations and demonstrations
(for the purpose of 1) individual student grant term projects and
2) the practice of spoken English in a presentation

The course focuses on the university core disciplines and is conducted in English.
After the course, the candidates will be awarded a Certificate of Completion.

Trainer:

Johanna Campbell
is an English language teacher, trainer and curriculum developer with extensive field experience across the US and overseas.

Grant Proposal Course (4)

vaffcd — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 18:00:00 +0000

Auditorium: A-524

Time: 18:00 – 20:15

The course provides guidance on developing a strong application that will allow reviewers to better evaluate the science and merit of your proposal.

REGISTRATION FORM

Lecturer: Varvara Sosedova, PhD. 
Moscow State University of International Relations

Varvara Sosedova graduated from Moscow Linguistic University in 2010 and earned a PhD in Philology from Moscow City Pedagogy University in 2015, where she did research into connection between English language and culture. Varvara has a number of publications on linguistics and cultural science based on her PhD research. In 2009 Varvara joined Moscow State University of International Relations (MGIMO) where she is currently working as an English teacher for the faculty of international relations, where she is responsible for Writing&Listening&Reading lessons for freshmen. She specializes in cognitive linguistics, pragmatics, English for Specific Purposes (ESP) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP). Varvara Sosedova also has a specialization in Economics from Moscow Aviation Institute, which lets her apply project management techniques in the teaching process.

Get Photos and Useful Information (Grant Proposal Course)

vaffcd — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 08:47:30 +0000

April 03, 2018
During the GRANT PROPOSAL course by Varvara Sosedova, Dr. Marine Melkonyan (National University of Science and Technology MISIS, Department of High-Temperature Materials and Processes) delivered a mini-lecture on how and where students can find information about actual grant programmes and answered questions.

Below you can see photos from the seminar and find some interesting information about MAIN MOBILITY PROGRAMMES.

PHOTOS:

https://flic.kr/s/aHskvBgEdH

MAIN MOBILITY PROGRAMMES

Erasmus+ (EU programme for education, training, youth and sport)
Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions (MSCA) under Horizon 2020
EURAXESS – Researchers in Motion
Foreign Government scholarships for international students
University and non-governmental scholarship programmes
Postdoctoral Jobs Worldwide
MISIS information resource on research mobility http://research.misis.ru/international_mobility

USEFUL LINKS

Scholarships for foreign students in different thematic areas http://scholarship-positions.com/
Academic positions https://en.academicpositions.be
Euro Science Jobs https://www.eurosciencejobs.com/https://www.eurosciencejobs.com/
World’s Largest Database of PhD Opportunities https://www.findaphd.com