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Category Archives: University culture
Reflections on #ResearchFishGate
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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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Towards a more positive research culture: what’s the role of research development staff?
Wellcome Trust Director Jeremy Farrar recently published a blog post entitled Why we need to reimagine how we do research which launched a survey into research culture. The relentless drive for research excellence has created a culture in modern science … Continue reading
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Research Development – supporting new academic disciplines
I’ve recently moved from a role supporting the Business School and the School of Economics to a central role at the University of Nottingham, looking after our engagement with research charities. I’m going from a role where I know a … Continue reading
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Setting Grant Getting Targets in the Social Sciences
I’m writing this in the final week of my current role as Research Development Manager (Social Sciences) at the University of Nottingham before I move to my role as Research Development Manager (Research Charities) at the University of Nottingham. This … 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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