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Proposal Writing for Grant Application in Malaysia

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This chapter was prepared based on the Twelfth Malaysia Plan (12MP) and existing grant facilities from the Ministry of Health (MOH), Ministry of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MOSTI), and Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). In addition, guidelines in this chapter are essential in providing technical guidance to early career researcher on how to draft a winning research proposal for grant application (with or without commercial outcomes) and identify suitable grants.

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Lai, W.H., Fong, A.Y.Y., Said, A.b. (2023). Proposal Writing for Grant Application in Malaysia. In: Parija, S.C., Kate, V. (eds) Grant writing for medical and healthcare professionals. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7018-4_20

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