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ESRC Media Training Days
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has announced a new round of media training days. You can see all the dates and venues on the ESRC media training page at www.esrc.ac.uk/mediatraining. The dates and venues are as follows… EARLY … Continue reading
Leverhulme Programme Grants
Each year Leverhulme announces two areas of interest for which it will provide grants of up to £1.75m. It only funds two grants. This year the topics are: The Nature of Knots Innovation for Sustainable Living. These are intended to … Continue reading
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ECR Network: ‘Relationships with Senior Staff’
The next Early Career Researcher Network event will take place next week (Wednesday 13 March, 12-2pm, Cornwallis SR6), and will look at ‘Relationships with Senior Staff’. ECRs have very different experiences of working with senior staff. Some have had very … Continue reading
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EPSRC Mock Panel – Thursday 7 March 2013
As part of the Grants Factory programme Research Services will be running an EPSRC ‘mock panel’ event on Thursday at 12noon. This is a useful exercise for anyone wanting to understand how a funder’s peer review panel works, the pressures … Continue reading
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AHRC – Advice from a Peer Review Panellist
Phil Ward took part in an AHRC event on ‘building better applications’ recently. The first speaker, Prof Roberta Mock from Portsmouth, provided a really useful insight into some of the issues that applicants should address when applying to the Council. … Continue reading
Grants Factory: Essentials of a Good Application – 12 Dec 2012, 2-4pm
Everyone’s research is different, but successful funding proposals share a number of common elements. Mastering these is essential if your application is going to get the consideration it deserves, no matter how good your underlying research idea is. The next … Continue reading
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ESRC Transformative Research Scheme: Internal Competition
The ESRC has recently launched a call for applications in ‘Transformative Research’. This is a pilot scheme, and is only open to institutions that have received more than £100k of ESRC funding last year. Thus, Kent is eligible. The scheme … Continue reading
Grants Factory: Responding to Reviewers’ Comments – 27 March
Most of the Research Councils (and some other funders) allow you to respond to the comments that their reviewers give your application. Often the comments seem uninformed, and it’s easy – and tempting ! – to respond quickly and angrily to these. … Continue reading →