Research grant panel interview practice
A panel defence of a research proposal's significance, methods, feasibility, budget and likely contribution. Practise the 6 questions the real interviewer asks with follow-ups. Paid plans add scored feedback on every answer.
Free with an Intaviu account: 320 credits a month, at 10 credits a minute of practice. Private: interview creators never see them.
- 20 minutes
- 6 questions
- Scored feedback on paid plans
About this interview
A research grant panel interview gives reviewers a chance to test a proposal beyond the written application. They look for a worthwhile question, rigorous methods, credible delivery, justified costs and a team that can respond thoughtfully when assumptions are challenged.
How to prepare
- Reduce the case for the research to a clear problem, gap, approach and benefit.
- Identify the design's main threats to validity and prepare practical mitigations.
- Stress-test recruitment, access, staffing, procurement and other delivery dependencies.
- Connect each major budget item to a research activity and outcome.
- Check the funder's official guidance for current scope, assessment and eligibility rules.
Common mistakes
- Repeating the written proposal instead of answering the panel's concern.
- Presenting impact as a promise without a route to adoption or use.
- Ignoring recruitment, access or procurement risks.
- Defending every cost without considering a sensible trade-off.
What to expect
A real mock interview
6 questions the way the real interviewer asks, with follow-ups when an answer needs more.
Spoken, like the real thing
Speak your answers in your browser or the free desktop app, with live captions. You can ask the interviewer to repeat anything.
Scored on 5 areas
The things this interview weighs most. With a paid plan, your report shows how you did on each one.
A private report
On Plus, Pro and Premium: every answer scored, your strongest lines quoted and what to say differently next time. Interview creators never see it.
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