Raising funds for Research & Development Projects
​Prof. ​Hossam Haick

Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Technion

Abstract 
The current talk will provide guidance on the main funding schemes for research as well as the process, structure, and skills for professional proposal writing. This will include an explanation of the general process for writing research proposals and grant applications, list of key grant evaluation criteria, development of the proposal’s goals and measurable objectives, understanding common mistakes to avoid in proposal writing, and more.



Prof. Hossam Haick is a Full Professor at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and head of five major European consortia. Highly multi-disciplinary in nature, the research of Prof. Haick focuses on novel solid-state and flexible devices/sensors as well as electronic sensory nanoarrays non-invasive diagnosis of diseases via volatile biomarkers. Prof. Haick’s comprehensive approach comprises materials and device development, system integration, testing in lab and clinical environments and exploitation of project results/hardware. Prof. Haick has received more than 72 prizes and recognitions, including the Knight of the Order of Academic Palms (conferred by the French Government), the Humboldt Senior Research Award, the “Michael Bruno” Prize, the Changjiang Award, etc.