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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
How do you answer the question "Why should we give you this scholarship?" without sounding pompous?

I'm currently applying for PhD funding, and one of the sections asks for 500 words on why you deserve it, and I can't help but hate myself for every line I write for it.

Do you have any tips for making yourself sound enthusiastic and accomplished without coming across as arrogant?
gpt
You sound afflicted with a twinge of imposter syndrome colored by a dash of the humbles. But you have to somewhat shamelessly sell your work in the academic world because if you don't, who will? 

Conference abstracts, grant proposals, and fellowship applications should have a smattering of the (realistically) grandiose.

So tell them what you are actually planning *to do* with that money. Be specific not only in terms of the what you expect to come out of the work they can fund (presentations, publications, and the like), but also why that work will be an important (this is the grandiose part) contribution to the field in general and the institution in particular.