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Category Archives: Funding Policy
Meanwhile, over at the ESRC…
There have been a few noteworthy developments at the ESRC over the summer months which I think are probably worth drawing together into a single blog post for those (like me) who’ve made the tactical error of choosing to have … Continue reading
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Is there a danger that research funding calls are getting too narrow?
The ESRC have recently added a little more detail to a previous announcement about a pending call for European-Chinese joint research projects on Green Economy and Population Change. Specifically, they’re after projects which address the following themes: Green Economy The … Continue reading
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Demand mismanagement: a practical guide
I’ve written an article on Demand (Mis)management for Research Professional. While most of the site’s content is behind a paywall, they’ve been kind enough to make my article open access. Which saves me the trouble of cutting and pasting it … Continue reading
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ESRC success rates by discipline: what on earth is going on?
Update – read this post for the 2012/13 stats for success rates by discipline The ESRC have recently published a set of ‘vital statistics‘ which are “a detailed breakdown of research funding for the 2011/12 financial year” (see page 22). … Continue reading
News from the ESRC: International co-investigators and the Future Leaders Scheme
I’m still behind on my blogging – I owe the internet the second part of the impact series, and a book review I really must get round to writing. But I picked up an interesting nugget of information regarding the … Continue reading
An Impact Statement: Part 1: Impact and the REF
Partly inspired by a twitter conversation and partly to try to bring some semblance of order my own thoughts, I’m going to have a go about writing about impact. Roughly, I’d argue that: The impact agenda is – broadly – … Continue reading
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Are institutions over-reacting to impact?
Interesting article and leader in this week’s Times Higher on the topic of impact, both of which carry arguments that “university managers” have over-reacted to the impact agenda. I’m not sure whether that’s true or not, but I suspect that … Continue reading
Responding to Referees
This post is co-authored by Adam Golberg of Cash for Questions (UK), and Jonathan O’Donnell and Tseen Khoo of The Research Whisperer (Australia). It arises out of a comment that Jonathan made about understanding and responding to referees on one … Continue reading
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Coping with rejection: What to do if your grant application is unsuccessful. Part 2: Next Steps
In the first part of this series, I argued that it’s important not to misunderstand or misinterpret the reasons for a grant application being unsuccessful. In the comments, Jo VanEvery shared a phrase that she’s heard from a senior figure … Continue reading
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Leverhulme Trust to support British Academy Small Research Grant scheme
The British Academy announced yesterday that agreement has been reached on a new collaborative agreement with the Leverhulme Trust about funding for its Small Grants Scheme. This is very good news for researchers in the humanities and the social sciences, … Continue reading
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