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ViewMy winning proposal: Unlocking the Smithsonian’s secrets

The Baird Society Resident Scholar Programme supports scholarship on rare books and special collections

ViewCooperative Research Centres can be early-career boosters

Genetic biotechnologist Upendra Shekhawat tells how a CRC postdoc opened up his career

ViewMaking Cooperative Research Centres tick

How can younger researchers engage with the Cooperative Research Centres programme?

ViewCoping with commuting

If you have a long commute, laying down the law is essential for survival

ViewOpportunity profile: Secrets of the deep

The Padi Foundation takes the plunge with marine research projects other funders might refuse

ViewMy winning proposal: Time away for art scholars

A well-fitted fellowship for art and visual culture researchers

ViewOpportunity profile: Fellowship will be an education

National Academy of Education and Spencer Foundation’s Postdoctoral Fellowships aim to help education researchers’ careers

ViewEarly-career researchers push back against the pressure

Australia’s Early and Mid-Career Researcher Forum is raising its voice, its chair tells Gerd Winter

ViewWhat we talk about when we talk about recruitment

Academics tempted to join the research office shouldn’t be discouraged by inexperience, says Jonathan O’Donnell

ViewOpportunity profile: Wellcome reboots the medical humanities

Next year, the Wellcome Trust will pause its major humanities and social sciences grant schemes...

ViewResearch ethics: Aftercare is essential

Researchers have a duty to ensure aftercare of participants, findings and themselves, says Helen Kara

ViewResearch ethics: Producing powerful presentations

Research ethics should not be confined to how research is undertaken, says Helen Kara

ViewResearch ethics: Learning from Indigenous researchers

Western academics can benefit from examining Indigenous researchers’ holistic approach to ethics, says Helen Kara

ViewThe monsters and zombies that can kill your major bid

Developing major research bids requires a touch of magic, says Funding Insight columnist Adam Golberg....

ViewMaking the leap from postdoc to principal investigator

Moving from a PhD to a permanent academic position is incredibly difficult. In her research...

ViewAll change at the NHMRC

The National Health and Medical Research Council launched its revamped competitive grants programme last year....

ViewLet’s talk about the kids

Should you mention caring responsibilities in your funding proposal? Yes, suggests senior adviser in research...

ViewMy winning proposal: Big funding for ambitious postdocs

Branco Weiss Fellowships give postdocs in any field the chance to lead well-funded five-year research...

ViewOpportunity profile: A better future for Parkinson’s patients

The Michael J Fox Foundation is now a major global funder of Parkinson’s Disease research....

ViewBridging the gap

The Australian government’s Bridging Grants may be small, but they can bring real world impact....

ViewCritical friends and their benefits

The world of academia is competitive and sometimes brutal. Funding Insight columnist Tseen Khoo explains...

ViewIs Australia beyond the horizon?

The European Union oversees the world’s largest multinational research programme, Horizon 2020, but can researchers...

ViewResearch assessment: Mapping the differences

What effect do contrasting systems for assessing research have on excellence and academic mobility? Such...

ViewBridging the gap between research and practice

According to dietitian Kelly Lambert, funders find research into allied health ‘unsexy’ despite it having...

ViewDon’t fear the bogeyman

Impact is terrorising Australia’s grant applicants, but they should keep things in perspective, suggests Research...

ViewBeyond the bolt-on engagement exercise

Public engagement with research has a crucial role to play in overcoming widespread mistrust of...

ViewOpportunity profile: Charity pumps £30m into heart research

The British Heart Foundation is offering £30 million for transformative research in heart and circulatory...

ViewResearch funding in Australia: the need for change

Applying for research grants in Australia is time consuming and rarely successful. There’s got to...