Funding Insight

ViewMy winning proposal: Ambition is not everything

An excellent grant idea will not get far if the panel doubts its successful execution

ViewMy winning proposal: Constructing a solid EPSRC bid

Take your time working up a bid to the EPSRC’s manufacturing stream

ViewMy winning proposal: Science history heads to the stacks

The Royal Society’s Lisa Jardine Grants allow researchers to exploit history of science collections

ViewFunding at a glance: 31 January-13 February

The latest research funding news from around Europe

ViewHelp the AHRC set its course, UKRI takes on plastic, the end of Pathways to Impact

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewWhere the pathway ends: Impact goes off-road

What are the implications of UKRI’s altered impact strategy?

ViewOpportunity profile: Plastics scheme packs a punch

UKRI hopes to reinvigorate research into sustainable plastic consumer packaging with a £8 million call

ViewOpportunity profile: Help the AHRC set its course

The AHRC’s latest scoping call will provide a pipeline of bright ideas for interdisciplinary initiatives

ViewBeing a good partner, why creativity counts, postdocs in Japan

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewHow creativity can help

'Creativity' is not an empty buzzword; it is essential for academic success

ViewSeven steps to perfect partnerships

Successful collaborations of all sizes require diligent groundwork

ViewMy winning proposal: Uncovering a postdoc in Japan

Japanese universities can be excellent bases for research in many fields

ViewHandling multiple postdoc applications, education research fellowships, decarbonising transport

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles.

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

ViewOpportunity profile: Arriving at carbon-free transport

The DecarboN8 network’s first scheme targets pilot projects in social, engineering and physical sciences

ViewAt the ERC last-chance saloon, public-engagement fellowships, Cifar’s global-challenge scholarships

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

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

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: Stepping up in public engagement

To win a public engagement fellowship researchers should first accept their lack of engagement expertise

ViewGeological Society of London, philosophy fellowships, Lady Tata Memorial Trust

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewMy winning proposal: Permission to prioritise the big ideas

To be successful with the Mind Association, philosophers must dare to dream

ViewOpportunity profile: Geology bids need rock-solid grantsmanship

We drill down into what makes a firm Geological Society of London application

ViewOpportunity profile: Leukaemia funder provides steely resolve

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

ViewFunding Insight’s 2020 preview, AHRC design scoping call, Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund, Dance Your PhD

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewMy winning proposal: Confidence essential for leukaemia fellowship

The Kay Kendall Leukaemia Fund sets a high bar for its fellowships

ViewMy winning choreography: Science gets into the groove

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

ViewOpportunity profile: AHRC takes design to the next level

The AHRC launches a call to help it direct future funding in design research

ViewHorizon scan: Funding in 2020

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

ViewMajor European climate adaptation call, Muscular Dystrophy UK, the importance of pre-emptive networking

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles