Section I: Understanding Grant Writing: What is your Aim (Ambition-Interest-Mission), and what you want to do -- What is a grant? How to prepare for writing a grant proposal application -- Funders Perspective: What the funding body expects from researchers? -- Funding organizations for science and healthcare -- Obtaining letters of support -- Section II: The process for grant writing: Writing a Grant Proposal for a Single Centre Study: step-by-step approach -- Budgeting the project-detailing the required funding and expenditure -- Proving the competency of the researcher and the adequacy of the infrastructure to carry out the research -- Agreement and MOU - ethical and legal aspects of funding for healthcare research -- Write an impressive cover page (Covering letter) and abstract for the grant proposal application -- Surveillance plan and site visit - Roles and rights of the researcher and the funding agency -- Sources of funding and acknowledgment - Good Clinical Practice Guidelines -- Writing agrant proposal for a Collaborative study -- Checklist for grant proposal - Mandatory elements -- Tips for improvising the chance of getting the grant -- Dealing with The Rejected Grant Proposal- Learning From The Mistakes -- Section III: Grant writing for specific regional funding organizations: Preparing a grant proposal for medical research in the UK -- Preparing a grant proposal for the USA -- Preparing a Grant Proposal for Australia -- Proposal Writing for Grant Application in Malaysia -- Grant writing for other Asian countries.