Quite often we have staff come to us with a great idea for a research project but no idea of how to turn their idea into a funding proposal. Our first piece of advice to anyone who finds themselves in…
Researcher Development Day next Wednesday!
Research and Enterprise will be hosting a series of workshops and training sessions on Wednesday 1st February to help set you on the path to funding success! 1) Introduction to research grant writing, 1 hour, 9.30am – 10.30am. Targeted…
FP7 ERC: UKRO Information and Proposal Writing Events on Advanced Grants and Synergy Grants
Places are still available at the upcoming UKRO proposal writing events on European Research Council (ERC) Advanced and Synergy Grants. The aim of the event is to provide participants with an overview of the ERC in the Seventh Framework Programme…
New Missenden Centre Training Programme
The programme runs from September 2011 to January 2012 and includes courses on PhD supervision, preparation for the REF and research bidding. The latter in particular looks innovative: it operates as an overlapping 3 day event, with the first two…
Orbital: some reflections on the bid-writing process
Joss Winn and Paul Stainthorp have both blogged recently on their experiences of writing a JISC bid for the recent call in their Managing Research Data programme. I’d encourage you read their posts for some interesting insights into the bid-writing process.…
URO Training Events in June
The University Research Office runs a number of training and staff development events every month. These events are open to all University of Lincoln staff and cover everything from finding funding opportunities for research projects to becoming a better bid…