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Using ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot for Funding Applications
2 hours
Online
This workshop is designed to help individuals and organizations use ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot to increase efficiency and improve funding applications. Whether you are applying for grants, seeking investments, or soliciting donations, you will gain valuable insights and practical techniques to enhance the quality and impact of your proposals.
Through interactive discussions, hands-on exercises, and real-world examples, participants will learn to use these AI tools to create compelling narratives, address funder requirements, and improve the likelihood of securing funding for their projects.
This live workshop gives you the opportunity to work in a supportive environment with other professionals and direct engagement with the trainer. When you register for this training workshop, you will receive the following:
- Live 2-hour online workshop on survey design led by Prof. Eric Jensen and Dr. Aaron Jensen
- Useful resources you can borrow and adapt for your work
- Learn how to use ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot’s features to improve your funding applications.
- Discover techniques to create clear narratives that capture funders’ attention and increase your chances of success.
- Gain insights into the evaluation criteria and priorities of funders, enabling you to tailor your proposals effectively.
- Use ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot to simplify complex ideas and communicate clearly, resulting in polished, professional proposals.
- See how ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot can help analyze data, generate insights, and create effective visualizations to strengthen your proposals.
- Understand the ethical implications of using ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot and learn to avoid plagiarism, ensure proper attribution, and maintain ethical standards in your applications.
- Identify and overcome common challenges in proposal writing with ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot’s guidance to reduce errors and enhance success.
Prof. Eric Jensen
Professor Jensen draws on more than 20 years of social research, evaluation and engagement experience to strengthen evidence‑based research impact.Â
Professor Jensen is a social scientist with a PhD from the University of Cambridge in sociology. He is a part-time professor at the University of Warwick, where he has led courses on public engagement, science policy, audience research and social research methods (including surveys and statistics). He is also a doctoral research supervisor for the University of Oxford and a visiting research scientist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois.
Professor Jensen has been an invited trainer for numerous research and innovation institutions and governments around the world on topics relating to engagement, evaluation and evidence-based research impact. He has delivered training in English, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese to more than 18,000 researchers, policymakers, and learning and impact professionals from over 1,000 institutions in 75+ countries, including in‑person programs in 30 countries.
Professor Jensen has authored 200+ peer‑reviewed articles (3,000+ citations) in outlets such as PLOS ONE, Public Understanding of Science, PNAS, and Nature; books with Cambridge University Press and SAGE; chapters in books published by Oxford University Press, Springer, and Palgrave; and commissioned reports for UNESCO and the European Space Agency.
Dr. Aaron Jensen
Dr. Aaron Jensen’s social research experience includes nearly a decade of leading and supporting roles in the design, coordination and delivery of 30+ research and innovation projects globally. He has demonstrated proficiency and expertise as a professional evaluation consultant with advanced social research methods in a wide range of real-world contexts.
His social research portfolio includes postdoctoral-level contributions to eight European Commission-funded (H2020) projects requiring expertise in social research. He has co-authored numerous competitive proposals and grant applications that secured awards from national, government, and higher education funders for large-scale, multi-national projects.
Dr. Jensen often works at the intersection between research and technical teams to ensure robust methodologies, data management and data protection (GDPR). He has co-founded multiple enterprises and research initiatives and co-developed an innovative, propriety digital research technology to maximize the efficient delivery of advanced research protocols with process automation and dynamic insights with real-time analytics.
Available live workshop sessions
8:00 (Eastern Time) - Using ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot for Funding Applications | Workshop
September 4, 2025 (08:00)
How to improve the quality and impact of your proposals This workshop is designed to help individuals and organizations use ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot to increase efficiency and improve funding applications. Whether you are applying for grants, seeking investments, or soliciting donations, you will gain valuable insights and practical techniques to enhance the quality and impact of your proposals. Through interactive discussions, hands-on exercises, and real-world examples, participants will learn to use these AI tools to create compelling narratives, address funder requirements, and improve the likelihood of securing funding for their projects. This workshop is led by Prof. Eric Jensen and Dr. Aaron Jensen. Read more about our trainers here.
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