Grant Applications
Please Read CarefullyTM is a UK-based writing service founded in 2016. Owner Jane Lamprill is a lay language writer and an expert member of Horizon Europe’s grant review panel. She also helps grant applicants improve their chances of success.
Jane collabaorates with businesses and scientists to turn complex information into easier language for their readers e.g:
- Grant application reviewers
- Adult and child research participants
- The general public
How clear, concise writing improves grant applications
Scientists and business experts are great at writing for colleagues, but may struggle to communicate in ‘every day’ language. This is critically important, as grant review panels and ethics committees, are made up of experts from different backgrounds. Reviewers must first understand a proposal properly, to provide a fair report.
Grant applications are fiercely competitive. Some ‘sticky traps’ to avoid are
- Not allowing enough time
- Unexplained technical words
- 'Wallpaper length' paragraphs
- Repeated 'cut and pastes'.
How years of grant experience can help you
Jane can make your life easier and save you time and money by making your grant application text ‘reviewer-friendly’. Jane has worked on ‘both sides of the fence’, and understands the needs of applicant and assessor.
Grant Application Assessor Jane has been an ad hoc member of the European Commission’s expert review panel since 2009. She has assessed proposals from a wide range of disciplines for FP7, Horizon 2020; and currently for Horizon Europe.
Grant application success Jane helped two biotech companies apply for EU funding to develop child-friendly medicines. Jane wrote the detailed ethics sections in clear language. Both proposals were successful, and raised €6m each. There was no conflict of interest.
Polite notice
We help improve the written quality of grant applications. We do not guarantee funding, and applicants must comply with the following e.g.
- Horizon Europe rules
- High ethical standards
- No conflicts of interest