Grant

How it is used

Researchers apply for, win or are awarded a grant, and they write a grant proposal or application. Funded articles state the grant number in the acknowledgments. Major funders include national research councils, the EU's Horizon Europe program and private foundations.

Example sentences

1. This research was supported by a grant from the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK).

2. She spent most of the autumn writing a grant proposal.

Common collocations

• apply for a grant
• win a grant
• research grant
• grant proposal
• grant number

Related terms

• research proposalA document that describes a planned study, including its aims, research questions, background, methods, timeline and expected contribution.
• PhDDoctor of Philosophy: the highest university research degree, awarded after several years of original research and a thesis.
• open accessA way of publishing in which research articles are free online for anyone to read, download and often reuse, without a subscription.
• publish or perishAn expression describing the pressure on academics to publish frequently in order to keep their jobs, get promoted or win funding.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

• grant · Software Engineering
• grant · Databases & SQL
• grant · Public Administration

More terms: Graduate Study and Supervision

• supervisor
• postgraduate
• thesis defense
• thesis committee
• research assistant
• faculty
• qualifying exam
• coursework