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If you want a prolific and impactful research career, knowing how to write a strong grant proposal isn't optional—it's essential. Let’s be honest: your grants and publications deserve more time than you’re giving them. But where do you start? Prioritize them so you can create the mental space required to do your best work. You might be thinking, “Sure, that sounds nice…but I need a grant editor, not a life coach.” So hear me out: the key to getting funded is to generate enthusiasm among your reviewers — and that enthusiasm starts with YOU. Don’t believe me? In a few short years my team and I have helped our clients bring in $40M+ in NIH funding using this philosophy. Since 2018, I've worked with faculty members at major research institutions including Harvard, Yale, Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, UCLA, UCSF, Vanderbilt, and Emory, among many others. The reason I’ve been able to advise my clients to this level of success is because I know this world from various sides. As a grad student, I combined my writing skills with strategic advice from a mentor and generated a 100% success rate on my grants. Then, as an in-house research administrator at UBC, I quickly became the go-to person to polish up grants before they were submitted. I also developed my own program of research and was successful in funding competitions with success rates below 15%. We work with clinical and translational scientists who understand that having an outsider's eyes on their writing gives their research a major leg up. We specialize in strategic reviews for NIH R01 grants and we support faculty transitioning from mentored K awards to R01 funding through a high-performance professional development program. What my team and I do best is help health researchers identify what’s cool about their research and communicate that in a grant that’s clear, logical, and persuasive. No fake hype, no “selling” your science – you just need to make a genuine connection with your reviewers. Trust me on this: your passion and curiosity is a competitive advantage.The NIH guidelines and instructions may make you want to pull your hair out. But giving yourself the time and space to think deeply about your research and connect the dots for your reviewers will make the biggest difference. We can help you write an outstanding NIH grant so you can get your research funded and advance your career. Curious to learn more? Sign up for our free resource library to access lessons, tools, and more: www.sarahdobson.co/resourcelibrary