Grant Funding Presentation

Like your website, your grant funding presentation is a "sales pitch" (think "Shark Tank") to the audience, with the goal of convincing audience members to contribute as much grant funding money to your group as possible. It should be straightforward and appropriate to a serious scientific presentation.

Group members should be dressed appropriately for a professional, scientific presentation (See this link for specifics).

Slides should be compelling and informative, but should NOT including distracting, "flashy" backgrounds.

Every member of the group will present at least one slide each during the presentation. Your group will have 10 minutes to present, and 3 minutes for questions (if time allows). Each slide MUST have the speaker notes of what the presenter is going to say included.

Requirements for the minimum number of slides and information can be found below.

1: Introduction to Proposal

- BRIEF summary of proposal
- How did this topic come to prominence?
- What makes this an important topic in biotechnology today?

2: Current actions/events for this topic

- What actions are governments, scientists, public currently taking in regard to this?
- What concerns exist in regard to this topic?

3: Compelling Issue

- What specific issue related to this topic does your group plan to address?
- Why does this specific issue need more attention?
- What possible actions might address or help with this issue?

4: Overview of Proposal

- What action does your group choose to take to address this issue?
- Why is this an important action to take?
- What makes this action more attractive/feasible than others?

5: Demonstration of Proposal

Show your artifact of your proposal
- This can be a physical prototype or a virtual/audio/video prototype

6: Logistics

- Who will carry out this plan
- How, when and where will that happen? Specific timeline, please.
- How will the impact of your actions be measured in the future?
- How will you know whether your plan was successful?

7: Budget

What are the projected costs of your actions?
Explain all aspects of your budget proposal

8: Conclusion

- Summarize the main points from the slides listed above
- Why should your group be funded?