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ViewMy winning proposal: Jacobs Foundation is a flexible friend

The education and learning funder gives its fellows space to stretch out with their research

ViewMy winning proposals: A Marie-Curie/EMBO double bill

How to handle multiple postdoc fellowship applications

ViewMy winning proposal: Global scholarship focuses on upskilling

Canadian funder looks for scientists keen to break down barriers for its Azrieli Global Scholarships

ViewMy winning proposal: Building an ERC bid before Brexit bites

Techniques used in a high-pressure Consolidator Grant bid may be applied to other ambitious schemes

ViewOpportunity profile: Leukaemia funder provides steely resolve

The Lady Tata Memorial Trust offers small grants to young leukaemia researchers each year

ViewMy winning choreography: Science gets into the groove

Dance Your PhD competition entrants learn more than just how to refine their rhumba

ViewHorizon scan: Funding in 2020

Researchers may have a rocky road ahead, but there will be waymarks to guide them

ViewOpportunity profile: Climate adaptation in Europe

Ten European countries have joined up to support humanities and social science led bids

ViewMy winning proposal: Unlocking the Smithsonian’s secrets

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

ViewMy winning proposal: Restarting from scratch

The UK Academy of Medical Sciences’ professorships scheme helps international arrivals set up shop

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

ViewSpeaking up

With public speaking, feel the fear and do it anyway, says David Gauntlett

ViewOpportunity profile: International interdisciplinarity in Toulouse

The Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse offers three-year postdoctoral fellowships in several fields

ViewHow not to engage with industry

Four tips to take on board before talking with commercial counterparts, from James Brooks

ViewOpportunity profile: Patients are priority for US melanoma charity

The Melanoma Research Alliance welcomes bids from anywhere in the world

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

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

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...

ViewLet’s talk about the kids

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

ViewBrexit on the front foot

The University of Leeds has dealt with Brexit by redoubling its efforts to secure European...

ViewSo you’re new to…public engagement with research

What do we mean by public engagement and how can universities build a robust public...

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...

ViewSummary time, and the writing ain’t easy…

The summary is the most important part of your research grant application, argues Funding Insight...

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....