Good research needs good financial support. The research fellowship is a full-time job that leaves no time for another job to pay the rent. Funding the daily-life part of the fellowship is therefore a sine qua none condition for serenity and good research. Preparing grants applications for research is a crucial step towards success. There is however a lack of easily available information for personal funding application in Anesthesiology and Critical Care research. In this review, we aimed to present the different stages of this long process, from grant application to taxes payment.