Fall 2025 Grant Writing Workshops – Now Available via Research Education (REd)!
VPR Writing Workshops are now RED Classes!
We are excited to announce that VPR Writing Workshops are now RED Classes!
This semester’s series revisits familiar topics with refreshed content, focusing on agency-agnostic grant writing skills. Each session targets a specific element of grant writing, blending strategies with foundational mechanics. These online classes are open to researchers across all disciplines. Don’t forget to RSVP!
Questions? Contact Kiki Karahalios at vasiliki.karahalios@utah.edu
RED 940 | Concision and Cutting Clutter
September 12, 2025 @ 12:00 pm
This class focuses on the essential principles of effective writing, emphasizing the importance of brevity, eliminating unnecessary clutter, and refining your editing techniques. This class is designed to equip you with the skills needed to craft compelling and concise proposals that stand out in competitive funding environments. Downloadable flyer for RED 940 found HERE!
Objectives:
- Understand the importance of concise writing in grant proposals.
- Learn techniques to identify and remove clutter from your writing.
- Develop skills to edit and refine your proposals for impact.
- Gain practical tips for maintaining clarity and precision in your writing.
- Explore examples of successful grant proposals to illustrate key concepts.
RED 941 | Active Voice and Writing with Verbs
October 31, 2025 @ 11:00 am
This class focuses on the power of writing with strong, active verbs to create compelling and impactful proposals. We will cover essential techniques for writing in the active voice, avoiding nominalizations (converting verbs into nouns), selecting strong verbs, and ensuring that your sentences convey their main action. Enhance your grant writing skills by learning how to energize your proposals and make them stand out. Downloadable flyer for RED 941 found HERE!
Objectives:
- Understand the importance of using strong, active verbs in grant proposals.
- Learn how to use the active voice effectively.
- Develop skills to avoid turning verbs into nouns.
- Learn how to choose strong verbs.
- Review examples of successful proposals.
RED 942 | Punctuation and Parallelism
November 25, 2025 @ 11:00 am
This class focuses on enhancing your writing skills through the effective use of punctuation and parallelism. You will learn how to vary sentence structures, craft strong paragraphs, and use punctuation to improve clarity and impact in your writing. Whether you're refining academic writing or elevating research proposals, this class will provide the tools and techniques to make your writing more compelling and precise. Downloadable flyer for RED 942 found HERE!
Objectives:
- Learn how to vary sentence structure for dynamic writing.
- Understand the importance of crafting strong, coherent paragraphs.
- Develop skills to use punctuation effectively.
- Apply parallelism to improve readability and flow.
- Analyze examples of well-structured writing.