Grant consulting, writing and editing

A successful grant application needs more than a good idea and a story that is well told.

Grant writing involves specialised skills. It requires a deep understanding of the project or program and the ability to articulate its unmet needs, outcomes and relevance to the grant's goals.

I work with clients to create strategic grants that articulate the project's goals and outcomes.

I provide consulting, project management, writing and editing services for scientific grants such as NHMRC and MRFF, as well as government programs and tenders, NDIS, business development and community grants.

My grant clients include some of Australia's leading not-for-profit organisations, patient organisations, research institutes, start-ups and universities.

Need grant consulting, project management or writing?

I support grant clients by providing grant consulting services to design and develop projects and programs that are ready for funding, as well as project management services for larger grants with multiple stakeholders.

Need help with a life sciences or scientific grant?

Creating high-quality grant proposals requires a strong scientific background, writing expertise and a track record of successfully writing grants.

I identify, distil and translate complex scientific and medical terminology and data into clear, impactful, evidence-based grant content.

As a human grant consultant and writer, I understand the impact of your grant proposal and can convey it to funders, unlike robotic, AI-generated copy.

Client feedback

"Dear Melissa,

I hope you are well. I would like to share with you fantastic news, we were successful in getting NHMRC Development Grant this year. The outcome is still under strict Embargo though but I would like to let you know about this wonderful outcome and thanking you for your fantastic job in helping us significantly improve this application. We have got very good mark possibly top 5% and the reviewers gave very good feedback about our application."

"Melissa made a real contribution in transforming our 3rd attempt into a successful NHMRC Ideas grant application. She clearly understands what granting agencies are looking for.

Most importantly, she obviously did a lot of her own research to understand the science of our grant, which is very technical – microbeam radiotherapy. From that starting point, she transformed our language into clear, succinct, logical descriptions.

She also discovered unnecessary reiteration, and in this and other ways, made a real practical contribution to meeting the challenge of the page-limit. It’s amazing how experience make a difference."

Thank you so much again for your help with our grant application, it has been a great pleasure working with you and I look forward to working with you again in the next grant application round."

"It was great to work with you and you added a lot of value in a short time. I would be very keen to work with you again. I will reach out when the next opportunity arises (highly likely will be a grant application)."

"Dear Melissa, I am so happy with what you did! Reads so much better now. More shiny and impressive now. Thank you so much."

"Thanks, Melissa - couldn't have done it without your help with the grant writing!"