Kalinga Institute of Nursing Sciences (KINS) organized the first series of Guest Faculty Lectures on “Research Proposal for Grant” on the 27th August 2021 to imbibe research culture among the faculty members. Dr. L. Gopichandran, Associate Professor, CON AIIMS New Delhi was the distinguished speaker of the talk series. On behalf of the KINS fraternity, Prof. Mrs. Amarita Lenka, Principal CON extended her greetings to Dr. Gopichandran and shed light on the significance of the topic to be discussed. In his session, Dr. Gopichandran explained in depth about the proper way of writing a research proposal for receiving grants. He emphasized on finding the need and problem of the community and then finding the solution in order to formulate the problem statement which must serve the community. He also focused on different funding agencies which provide grants for various studies. It was an informative and motivational session for the faculty members. At the end of the session, he interacted with the faculty members and answered their queries.