Last week I received two different emails in the same day - one from a person who is an established, successful investigator who has major angst over the new, shorter
But if you think that a "beggar" is going to get grants, choke on this: in the USA right now, only about 1 in 10 grant proposals to NIH get funded. In many other countries, it is even harder than that.
His advice boils down to a few simple but transformational ways of approaching grant writing. Almost anyone can do these things. But if you don't do them, you're likely to struggle with grants for your entire career.