Success at grant writing is critical in any stage of an academic research career. For many faculty members, grant writing feels like a burdensome, daunting imposition on your time, yet the most highly successful and well-funded researchers often say that they enjoy writing grants. Why? In part because planning and writing a grant proposal can serve as a productive tool for organizing your thoughts and planning your research. The skills needed to write a good grant proposal go beyond the writing, and research productivity and success in securing grant funding are inextricable. Join us for concrete tips and strategies for maximizing your research productivity and your competitiveness for grant funding, and accelerate your career.