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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

ViewOpportunity profile: Funders join forces on infectious disease

Teams from US, UK, China and Israel can collaborate on big projects studying disease dynamics

ViewNegotiation stations

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

ViewEurope-Africa R&D partnership waits while EU debates

Executive director looks to the future of clinical research initiative focused on sub-Saharan Africa

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: Getting a museum fellowship shipshape

A National Maritime Museum fellowship bid should show the applicant will hit the ground running

ViewTop PI Gerd Gigerenzer: Bridging the social-science funding gap

The unlikely funding source that helped a leading psychologist apply his research findings

ViewThe final countdown: Mastering ‘last-minute’ grant applications

Last-minute bids can succeed, but need careful planning before the late burst of activity

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

ViewOpportunity profile: Joining up spinal injury research

Basic, translational and clinical research into spinal injury are all covered by Wings of Life

ViewMy winning proposal: A bid worth meditating on

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

ViewOpportunity profile: Merck seeks out emerging game-changers

Pandemic preparedness included in research grants call from pharmaceutical giant

ViewAfrica needs better links between research and business

Innovators in Africa are yet to fulfil their potential, write Moses Alobo and Simon Ndoria

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

ViewOpportunity profile: Big money for international networks

The chief scientific officer of the Leducq Foundation explains what he looks for in applications

ViewMy winning proposal: Wellcome workshop works wonders

Fostering genuine team spirit in the run-up to a Wellcome Trust Collaborative Award

ViewLanding a US faculty job post-Covid-19

US universities lean on NIH awards for hiring faculty, but recent events could upend policies

ViewRough seas ahead after DfID’s Foreign Office merger

International development researchers and practitioners should prepare for a coming storm

ViewCovid-19 R&D: the global funding picture

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

ViewStructurally speaking

A strong case for support needs the right elements in the right order

ViewExposure to entrepreneurs can deliver big benefits

Head of Eureka network of innovation funders on the benefits of SME-led projects

ViewMy winning proposal: Academic freedom for social scientists

Fellowships at the European University Institute offer more than the average postdoc position

ViewOpportunity profile: Digital humanities go transatlantic

A scheme linking UK and US funders looks to help museums improve digital access

ViewOpportunity profile: New lymphoma funder presses ahead

Originality and innovation are watchwords for one of Europe’s newest cancer research funders

ViewOpportunity profile: Fellowships for Africa’s future research stars

Career development scheme aims to build clinical research skills in sub-Saharan Africa

ViewGrant proposals through the looking glass

How to get everything wrong when preparing a bid

ViewOur winning proposals: Future leaders need their A game

Lock down every aspect of a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship bid to secure a win