Grammatical mistakes and minor typos made during grant application I have recently applied for a grant. The specific application consisted of a 3 page-pdf document and an online application form. The 3 page pdf document is solid (at least from my point of view), and there are no grammatical mistakes or typos. Unfortunately, in the form, I made some minor grammatical mistakes/typos. These are, however, very few and far between. For example, mistakenly not adding a word in the sentence, forgetting to add/type a verb in the sentence etc.
Do you think that such errors/typos albeit very few, in general, can be detrimental towards the outcome of the application?
Typos are always detrimental. Especially in a short submission they will stand out and broadcast to the reviewer that you are not careful or did not take the submission seriously enough. This is true in other areas as well. I vividly remember as a kid watching a friend's dad flip through resumes of job applicants for his company. He would immediately throw away any that had typos, complaining &quot;how hard is it to make sure a 2-page resume is perfect?&quot;
Whether they are detrimental enough to fully sink your application depends on the reviewer and your application's strength otherwise.