I make a lot of diagrams for grant proposals. Normally these are made last minute and desperately shrunk to fit into narrow page margins. The competitive nature of grants and the high failure rate means many of these graphics are likely only seen by a handful of people, but I’ve been proud of a few of them.

I make all of these graphics using Adove Illustrator.

Wheat

Often these diagrams are complex, designed mainly to support programme planning and communication to management or donor partners.

Circle

UK legumes

Technology readiness

Other times these graphs are simple, designed to show a simple idea, concept or grouping.

Seed systems

UK institutes