With ever more time pressures preventing academics from applying for grants, it is increasingly essential for researchers to be savvy about their approach to funding.
The landscape is changing, Research Councils are working together more than ever before, Innovate UK is thriving and funding with the emerging powers, such as China and Brazil is booming.
Finding your funding niche and developing a long-term plan to access, larger, collaborative and more sustainable funding gives researchers the edge.
We are delighted to invite Dr Becky Steliaros, who with 12 years’ experience of working as a programme manager and head of impact for EPSRC, is now a top research consultant for many of the UK’s major Universities, EPSRC and RCUK. She is currently leading EPSRC reviews into High-performance computing, REF Impact Case studies and advising University Science Departments on how to grow and win research funding. She will be delivering three talks, open to all Science researchers with the final session particularly appropriate for academics/groups who wish to be competitive for longer and larger research funding in the next 5 years. There will be ample opportunity for individuals/groups to meet with Becky in the afternoon to discuss their funding plans and direction.
6 May 2015
Grimond Lecture Theatre 3
Agenda
- 11.45 – 12.30 The external funding landscape and your role in it
- The Impact agenda: How do I make it work for me?
- Exploring innovative ways to increase the chances of/accelerate impact?
- EPSRC’s evolving strategy
- 12.30 – 13.00 Increasing your own success rate
- Tips and Techniques: What do reviewers and panel members really look for?
- 13.00 – 13.45 Lunch (Alpha Foyer, Grimond)
- 13.45 – 14.45 Positioning yourself for larger, collaborative grants in the next 5 years (Programme, Fellowship, Doctoral Training Centre)
- Being more strategic – a range of tools to help you think about your research career and how to better position yourself for success.
Participants will come away with a more in-depth understanding of the funding landscape, a range of new ideas for different ways of thinking about their research portfolio and a better understanding of steps that they could take in order to increase their chances of success.
Please let me know if you are interested in attending this event so I can organise the catering for lunch.
Additionally if you are interested in booking a 1:1 slot with Becky, please contact me ASAP. She will be available from 14.45 – 17.00. She is happy to advise on major funding applications and/or strategic direction.