Are you an academic editing superhero?



If you enjoy supporting academics by editing high-stakes documents that are on the cutting edge of research, then you may enjoy delving into editing academic research grants.

Sorry, academics, this course isn't for you! It's specifically for academic editors who want to support researchers at Canadian institutions as they apply for research funding.


What's Included?

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Quick Tips


Need to know how to apply a piece of information in an interview for a position at a university or research hospital? Not sure how to give feedback to a client whose application needs a tonne of work? Our quick tips tell you how to apply what you've learned in a range of contexts.


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Sample Comments


What exactly should you say to a client? How might you politely but persuasively suggest that they accept your edit? Borrow from our sample commentswritten for stressed out academic readers!to learn to phrase your queries just so.


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Template Text

Want to know exactly how to phrase a key sentence, a line in a budget, or a succinct-yet-feasible timeline? Our template text provides real-world examples that you can quickly adapt in your next grant editing project.



What Topics are Covered?

  Welcome to Editing Academic Research Grants in Canada
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  The Funding Landscape
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  Working with Grant Applicants
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  Editing the Proposal
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  Formatting the Proposal
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  Images and Timelines
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  Budgets and Budget Justifications
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  Training Plans
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  Partnerships and the Sharing of Knowledge
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  Other Common Modules
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  Graduate and Postdoctoral Funding
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  Getting Work
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  What to Read Next
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New! Expert Feedback Option. Get one-on-one written or oral feedback from an expert on your course assignments. Juzer Kakal, MSc. STEM and Medicine Expert. I’m a research strategist striving towards making complex proposals easy to understand and defensible at review panel discussions. I bring expertise in editing CIHR, NSERC, CFI, CRC, and NFRF applications. As someone who has worked in various wet and dry research in fields ranging from HIV immunology, behavioural medicine, cancer immunotherapy, otolaryngology, structural biology, and clinical pharmacy, I brings a generalist perspective to research grant proposals and strive to connect proposals to current events and trends in science and research.

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Screenshot of a linkedin testimonial from Michelle Domondon, which reads, "Letitia has the rare gift of excelling as both a master and a teacher of her craft. Her course has been invaluable to my growth as an academic editor. She explained the different editing needs of each type of academic writing and I experienced firsthand the benefits of working with an accomplished editor. But it didn't stop there. Recently, I secured by first informational interview where I mentioned some of the things that I had learned in Letitia's course. I was then offered a freelance position on the spot! Working with Letitia was the best thing I did for my career!"

Lessons Targeted to Editors in Canada


You'll learn about the funders and the competitions that your clients will be most interested in, from Tri-Agency and NIH to provincial and not-for-profit funders. Forget conventional US-centric grant advice: this course is focused specifically on editing for researchers at Canadian institutions.



Meet Your Instructor


Letitia Henville, PhD, is an award-winning instructor and freelance academic editor. She has experience working in-house as a grants editor, reviewing arts & culture grants for the Vancouver Foundation, and success in editing ~$4M of research funding proposals.

She's also the author of the academic writing advice column Ask Dr. Editor, published monthly in University Affairs. Letitia has taught academic editing and writing for Editors Canada, the Editorial Freelancers Association, Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Manitoba, the University of Toronto, and Wilfrid Laurier University.

Letitia's work can be found at letitiahenville.com.

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Bonus:  This course comes with specific tips for getting work in academic research grant editing in Canada. Whether you're interested in getting clients as a freelancer or applying for an in-house position, this course will give you guidance on gaining experience as a research grants editor editing your résumé for in-house work answering common grant editing job interview questions developing a content marketing strategy