Because I’ve been in the business of academic grant writing for almost 30 years, I was skeptical that Dr. Zaumanis’s book would present anything that I hadn’t seen before. Boy, was I wrong! Just the idea of using a project canvas (which he includes on his website) to lay out the elements of the grant is worth the price of the book. I mentor many PhD students, and, in future, I will require them to purchase and use a copy of “Write a Winning Research Proposal” because it will make both our lives easier!

I’d just started applying for a grant and I can say that this booked came in very handy!
Everything is explained in simple and clear language….yet every aspect is explained in much detail.
You’ll never get tired and bored reading this book
The cheat sheets are great
I highly recommend this book to all researchers out there that are looking for a solid starting point which will allow them to write compelling research proposals!

I am a young scientist with 2 unsuccessful research grant applications. As I was trying to write research proposals out of thin air with no experience in that type of writing, I finally realized I needed help and this book and the other books of the series grabbed my attention.
The book is readable, and full of useful tips and templates. Wish me good luck with my next research proposal. 🙂

The book is written in simple and clear language. No fuzziness hiding behind pretentious words and “smart” sentences that I have seen in other books on writing research proposals. The reading is made even easier through the many useful (and occasionally fun) illustrations. I highly recommend the book.

I have written multiple research proposals but so far I have not received a grant. So I felt I need to learn a way to improve my chances. I am sure this book is it! It is stuffed with actionable advice on generating ideas and writing research proposals. I have downloaded all the additional documents and I can see how most of them will really make writing proposals considerably easier. The beautiful illustrations make the book just a pleasure to look at and read.

I was always struggling at conference presentations because I could see that the audience is not really following what I say. Sometimes I would get questions after the presentation about things that I thought that I already clearly explained. The best presenting advice my adviser could give was “add the test X or result Y”.
This book is an eye opener. It shows how to explain my research to make people understand and care about it. I can’t wait for the next conference to try out the tips from this book in practice.

It’s a book I would write myself for scientists and highly recommend. Martins details the essence of scientific presentations and the design of scientific posters in his book “Scientific Presentation Skills”.

I am a final year PhD student and conferences have been quite an underwhelming experience for me so far. I never really got any any great feedback about my work, not to mention collaboration opportunities. So I started to look for how to improve my presentation skills. I read a couple of online articles but they all had the same generic advice. Then I found this book. It shows all the things that I had been doing wrong, including designing posters that look like a wall of text and using tiny bullet points in my presentation slides.
More importantly, the book shows specific steps for becoming better at presenting. I most liked the idea to involve stories in scientific talks. I never realized it but from my previous conferences I best remember the talks that had some elements of storytelling in them. My next conference is this summer and I will certainly add a story or two. I also appreciate the poster design template that the author provided.

I was always struggling at conference presentations because I could see that the audience is not really following what I say. Sometimes I would get questions after the presentation about things that I thought that I already clearly explained. The best presenting advice my adviser could give was “add the test X or result Y”.
This book is an eye opener. It shows how to explain my research to make people understand and care about it. I can’t wait for the next conference to try out the tips from this book in practice.