Securing funding through grant proposals can be a long and difficult process.Experts share their advice on how to help your applications succeed
Read the eligibility rules
Leave plenty of time to prepare
No unexplained jargon
Get other people to read it
Explain why research is needed
Network effectively
Justify extra time or resources
Participate in funding panels
Interpret referees feedback carefully
Plan applications in batches
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Showing posts with label application. Show all posts
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Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Indian engineers develop ‘Light’ which could make you stop using Google search
Tall claims are everywhere. But when I tried out the Lightapp, there was substance in the claim. Developed by Indian techies who’ve had experience working in the Bay Area, Lightapp recently came out of stealth at the Gennext Innovation Hub, an accelerator powered by Reliance Industries and Microsoft Ventures. Post launch, we got an email from Sanjeev Nair, a technologist and design guy with close to two decades of experience who had something interesting to show.
A part of the core team, Sanjeev is also one of the investors in Lightapp. And as the tag line suggests, the app is about ‘going beyond search’. Light is an answering engine built on NLP (Natural Language Processing), machine learning and man-machine hybrid technologies. What does that mean? Well, you ask Light a question and it gives you an answer as if you’re having a conversation with it. No links, no searching for answers, the ‘bot’ does it all for you. Yes, there have been efforts on similar lines (including Google), and globally corporates have dedicated teams to work on these technologies making impressive headway, but Light has something noteworthy to show.
I tried out the app and the results were pretty impressive. I tried out a variety of questions, all of which would require different kinds of processing and the responses were accurate. Right from factual information like ‘what is the temperature right now?’ to ‘how deep do roots grow?’ to ‘what is the meaning of life?’, the app had answers that were satisfactory.
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A part of the core team, Sanjeev is also one of the investors in Lightapp. And as the tag line suggests, the app is about ‘going beyond search’. Light is an answering engine built on NLP (Natural Language Processing), machine learning and man-machine hybrid technologies. What does that mean? Well, you ask Light a question and it gives you an answer as if you’re having a conversation with it. No links, no searching for answers, the ‘bot’ does it all for you. Yes, there have been efforts on similar lines (including Google), and globally corporates have dedicated teams to work on these technologies making impressive headway, but Light has something noteworthy to show.
I tried out the app and the results were pretty impressive. I tried out a variety of questions, all of which would require different kinds of processing and the responses were accurate. Right from factual information like ‘what is the temperature right now?’ to ‘how deep do roots grow?’ to ‘what is the meaning of life?’, the app had answers that were satisfactory.
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Monday, 23 January 2012
10 Linux applications that are perfect for educational environments
Good educational software is hard to come by. And with ever-tightening budgets, it only makes sense that many schools are turning to Linux and open source software to save money. Most people have no idea how many outstanding educational applications there are for the Linux operating system. In the following list, you should find at least one application that’s just right for your situation.
ATutor, iTalk, Online Grades, Open Admin for Schools, FET, GCompris, Edubuntu, KStars, KWordQuiz, Childplay.
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ATutor, iTalk, Online Grades, Open Admin for Schools, FET, GCompris, Edubuntu, KStars, KWordQuiz, Childplay.
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Friday, 15 April 2011
40 essential online apps for freelancers
From the Bad Language Blog by Matthew Stibbe
Online applications give me a competitive edge. I want to be a ‘big little company’ with the same (or better) IT capabilities as the biggest of my clients. I try to make the maximum use of online applications because they let me deploy new capabilities quickly without adding to my IT or admin burdens. This is a list of some of the best online applications that I am researching or which I use on a regular basis.
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Online applications give me a competitive edge. I want to be a ‘big little company’ with the same (or better) IT capabilities as the biggest of my clients. I try to make the maximum use of online applications because they let me deploy new capabilities quickly without adding to my IT or admin burdens. This is a list of some of the best online applications that I am researching or which I use on a regular basis.
Explore the list
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Top 10 tips to improve your applications landscape
Ensure there is a simple, but proper governance strategy to prioritize the IT demands, opines Ron Tolido of Capgemini
1. Regularly assess your IT applications portfolio to determine whether it’s still aligned with the needs of the business and your strategic objectives
2. Insight comes first: Use analysis and metrics tools to support you in understanding the defining attributes of your applications and their inter-relationships
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1. Regularly assess your IT applications portfolio to determine whether it’s still aligned with the needs of the business and your strategic objectives
2. Insight comes first: Use analysis and metrics tools to support you in understanding the defining attributes of your applications and their inter-relationships
Read the rest
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
‘Room Service' in hospital -- IT in healthcare logistics
The effective implementation of IT in healthcare logistics has helped save manpower cost, increase productivity and redeploy the unskilled workforce at Kovai Medical Centre and Hospital (KMCH), Coimbatore. The hospital is among a few others (in the city and elsewhere) to use the Pneumatic Tube Transport System (PTTS) to improve patient care. Read this interesting story by Ms. L.N. Reavthy published in "The Hindu Business Line" dt. 28th Feb 2011.
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