The Missenden Centre has released a list of its specialist seminars taking place in 2010 to support researchers, supervisors and senior academic staff. The full list is as follows:
1. Effective supervision | 6/7 May 11.00 start
2. Making a successful research grant proposal | 20/21 May 11.00 start
3. Research Strategy and the REF | 10/11 June 4.30pm start
4. Examining doctoral candidates | 17/18 June [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bid writing’
New Missenden Centre Seminars to Support Research
Next Bid Writing Surgery: 1st April 2010
The next Bid Writing Surgery with Dr. Martin Pickard is taking place on 1st April 2010 in MC3102. Please contact research@lincoln.ac.uk to book an appointment. Appointments typically last 45 minutes to 1 hour and are usually one-to-one, but you can book a consultation for a small research group if you prefer.
For further information about the [...]
Need a Postdoc or Research Fellow?
Find out how to bid for Marie Curie Fellowships from experienced external bid writer, Dr. Martin Pickard.
In this lunchtime seminar open to all Lincoln academic and research staff, Dr. Martin Pickard will outline the Marie Curie Fellowships scheme and explain how to write a good proposal. Martin has over 20 years of bid-writing experience and [...]
Monthly Bid Writing Surgery
From 4th March 2010, URO will be running a monthly bid writing surgery with an experienced external bid consultant, Dr. Martin Pickard (Grantcraft). The surgeries will take place on the first Thursday of every month until July 2010.
Martin has been writing and supporting grant applications and projects for the past 25 years and has a [...]
How To Draft A Successful Proposal for FP7 Funding
From the AHRC website, but relevant to researchers from all disciplines:
To enable UK researchers to put in the best FP7 application possible the UKRO will be holding a one-day proposal writing course in two different venues (Salford and London) for researchers and research administrators involved in preparing FP7 proposals. The course is designed to help [...]
ERC Starting Grants: UK Information and Proposal Writing Events
Title: UKRO Information and Proposal Writing Events for ERC Starting Grants
Location: Various (see below)
Dates: Various (see below)
More Details: Click here
Description:
The UK Research Office – in its capacity as UK National Contact Point (NCP) for the European Research Council (ERC) – and in partnership with institutions from across the UK, will hold a series of [...]
EPSRC Issues Impact Plan Advice
The Engineering and Physical Science Research Council has published a list of tips for researchers who are preparing an impact plan in a research bid as part of the new research council requirements on demonstrating impact. The advice appears in the latest August issue of EPSRC’s Connect newsletter and supplements the existing material on the [...]
Successful Bids On The Portal
URO is currently compiling a repository of successful grant applications in collaboration with academic staff. The bids will be made available for all internal staff on the Portal over the coming weeks:
Successful bids on the Portal
We hope this will give researchers a quick and convenient way to find examples of well written bids which can [...]
