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 [...]
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EPSRC Admin Study Day
Last week I attended an information and study day held by EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Science Research Council) for research administrators. It was a good opportunity to hear from EPSRC staff on the future direction of the Council, as well as share stories and network with research office staff from other UK institutions. We also [...]
Je-S Tip: Document Preview
If you use Je-S (Joint Electronic Submission) to submit proposals to any of the UK Research Councils, you may have overlooked the very useful Document Preview function, which was introduced a few months ago:
You’ll find this at the bottom of the Document Menu in any bid you’re working on in Je-S, just above the “Back [...]
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 [...]
NIHR Funding: Tips from East Midlands Research Design Service
I attended a very useful meeting yesterday led by the NIHR-funded East Midlands Research Design Service (RDS). The local RDS is there to help researchers in the region increase the quality and success rates of bids to NIHR programmes. They specialise in bids to Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB), but are willing to comment and advise [...]
Find out more about EPSRC funding at a study day
EPSRC (the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) recently announced a series of one-day workshops running throughout 2009 which aim to give academics an overview of the organisation. You should seriously consider attending if you’re interested in applying for EPSRC funding and would like to:
Find out more about the EPSRC as a whole
Learn about the peer [...]
How to Write a Good Justification of Resources – Guidance from EPSRC
In the latest issue of Connect EPSRC have published a handy one page guide on how to write a good Justification of Resources (JoR). The JoR is an often overlooked but very important part of most Research Council bids (not just EPSRC), and the principles in the guide can be applied broadly to other non-RC [...]
