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ViewFrom the archive: Agropolis prizes for agricultural research

Food security is once again a focus for the Agropolis Foundation's biennial funding scheme

ViewThe seven deadly sins of multi-partner bids

Identify the hazards involved in consortium bids before you stumble over them

ViewMy winning proposal: Open your mind to US Alzheimer’s funding

With the right skills, non-US scientists can unlock overlooked US funders, like the BrightFocus Foundation

ViewNegotiation stations

Tips for negotiating with funders and partners over research projects disrupted by Covid-19

ViewMaking the most of the media spotlight

Oceanographer Erik van Sebille explains how being catapulted into the international media accelerated his career

ViewMy winning proposal: Kick-starting collaborations in China

How a Chinese Academy of Sciences grant opened up fresh research avenues

ViewMy winning proposal: Baroque funder fosters cultural historians

Showing potential for new perspectives on the Baroque age impresses Turin-based funder

ViewMy winning proposal: Food for thought in foreign lands

Travel fellowships in sustainable agriculture with the OECD Co-operative Research Programme favour policy-focused projects

ViewMy winning proposal: A bid worth meditating on

Bial Foundation offers up to €50,000 for frontier research in parapsychology and psychobiology

ViewEquipping medical researchers for the marketplace

$32 million initiative links Australian universities and industry to build business acumen

ViewOpportunity profile: Merck seeks out emerging game-changers

Pandemic preparedness included in research grants call from pharmaceutical giant

ViewMy winning proposal: Crossing continents with EU partners

NHMRC top-up grants allow Australian health researchers to take part in EU-funded projects

ViewLockdown lessons: Finding funding wins in a pandemic

Remote working has given research offices the opportunity to deliver more, says Dipti Pandya

ViewMy winning proposals: An STFC and Royal Society double hit

The astronomer who won one prestigious fellowship at the third attempt, but accepted another

ViewCovid-19 lays bare fragile financing of university research

Falling international student fees and lack of government support worry former ARC chief

ViewCovid-19 R&D: the global funding picture

How $8bn in funding commitments for Covid-19 R&D have played out globally

ViewReturning to research requires planning and patience

A gradual approach is needed to get research back on the rails, says Ross McLennan

ViewGrant proposals through the looking glass

How to get everything wrong when preparing a bid

ViewMy winning proposal: Seeing the bigger picture in art history

Humanities scholars should emphasise contemporary relevance in their Discovery Early Career Researcher Award bids

ViewMy winning proposal: The forward-thinking history funder

The Gerda Henkel Foundation is an international funder with a straightforward approach

ViewTop PI Suzanne Cory: Blazing a trail in molecular biology

One of Australia’s leading scientists explains how calculated risks and collaboration propelled her career

ViewGetting involved in a Covid-19 mega-trial

Norwegian researchers explain how to get rapid clinical trials off the ground

ViewOpportunity profile: Finding a fellowship match in Paris

EU supported programme offers international fellowships across 13 fields at institutions in the Paris region

ViewEarly careers: The imposter’s guide to method acting

How to accept and succeed on projects outside your comfort zone

ViewMy winning proposal: Getting in early with an NHMRC Ideas Grant

One in five NHMRC Ideas Grants were awarded to early or mid-career researchers in 2019

ViewAustralia gets $12m shot in the arm for social science

Australian Research Council scheme offers rare opportunity for social sciences and humanities researchers

ViewThe four helpful people you need as an early-career researcher

When you start your career, you need to ask for help—but from whom?

ViewOpportunity profile: Residential fellowships broaden the mind

Germany’s Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg offers fellowships to researchers across a range of fields, at any level

ViewPreparing to be a PI

How to make it over the high bar between postdoc and principal investigator

ViewWhat hard science says about success

A rigorous understanding of success provides pointers for winning grants and career accolades