Category Archives: Career Young Researchers
My defined contribution to the UCU strike ballot debate
At the time of writing, UCU are balloting on strike action in response to (among other things) draconian cuts to USS. My gut reaction is also three letters…. FFS. Continue reading
Reviewing Internal Peer Review of Grant Applications, Part 2: How to make it work better
A version of this article first appeared in Funding Insight in April 2019 and is reproduced with kind permission of Research Professional. For more articles like this, visit www.researchprofessional.com Most universities have internal peer review processes for grant applications. In part one I discussed … Continue reading
Reviewing Internal Review of Grant Applications (part 1): Helping or Hoop-jumping?
A version of this article first appeared in Funding Insight in April 2019 and is reproduced with kind permission of Research Professional. For more articles like this, visit www.researchprofessional.com Most universities have internal peer review processes for research grant applications. In the first of … Continue reading
This year, we should avoid returning to normal
A version of this article first appeared in Funding Insight in February 2021 and is reproduced with kind permission of Research Professional. For more articles like this, visit www.researchprofessional.com Hello and welcome to a reflective piece written by someone in a position of relative … Continue reading
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An applicant’s guide to Full Economic Costing
A version of this article first appeared in Funding Insight in July 2019 and is reproduced with kind permission of Research Professional. For more articles like this, visit www.researchprofessional.com You’re applying for UK research council funding and suddenly you’re confronted with massive overhead costs. … Continue reading
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Summary-time, and the writing ain’t easy…
A version of this article first appeared in Funding Insight in March 2019 and is reproduced with kind permission of Research Professional. For more articles like this, visit www.researchprofessional.com All funding schemes have a summary section as an essential part of the application … Continue reading
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How can we help researchers with grant applications? The contribution of Research Development professionals
A version of this article first appeared in Funding Insight in February 2019 and is reproduced with kind permission of Research Professional. For more articles like this, visit www.researchprofessional.com You are the academic expert, in the process of applying for funding to make … Continue reading
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A Fantastic ‘Funding Friday’ in Finland
Last month Back in February, I was delighted to be invited to give the keynote talk at the University of Turku’s inaugural Funding Friday event. Before the invitation I didn’t know very much about Finland (other than the joke that in … Continue reading
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Mistakes in grant writing – cut and paste text
A version of this article first appeared in Funding Insight in November 2018 and is reproduced with kind permission of Research Professional. For more articles like this, visit www.researchprofessional.com Given the ever-expanding requirements of most research funding application forms, it’s inevitable that applicants … Continue reading
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Top application tips for postdoc fellowships in the social sciences
A version of this article first appeared in Funding Insight in June 2018 and is reproduced with kind permission of Research Professional. For more articles like this, visit www.researchprofessional.com Post-doctoral or early career research fellowships in the social sciences have low success rates … Continue reading
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