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Senior figures at the US biomedical funder explain their priorities for supporting grantees through Covid-19

Maisha Wester’s daring interdisciplinary Global Professorship bid needed three attempts to succeed

Why research managers and academic leaders need a holistic approach when choosing funding opportunities

Prize fund of £10 million will award creative ideas for harnessing data to combat disease...
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The Padi Foundation takes the plunge with marine research projects other funders might refuse

The New Institute in Hamburg is looking for researchers to forge connections with wider society

Children’s Tumour Foundation president ‘loves risk’ and suggests Europeans find mentors for US grant-writing

An open mind and an independent streak are critical attributes for Cern’s senior research fellows

How a PhD student followed the learning curve to win a Leakey Foundation grant

Deciding what to exclude was crucial to Melissa Colloff's successful new investigator grant bid

One-year fellowships from a Swiss medical research foundation help young researchers find their feet

The Wellcome Trust’s spinoff fund will coordinate global research teams pushing the frontiers of medicine

Is it a PR exercise or should researchers sit up and take note?

Tips from a linguist who secured Marie Curie fellowship on fourth attempt

The International Union of Academies' prizes offer a pot of cash and bags of prestige

French foundation funds short research trips for humanities and social science scholars

Two NIH insiders offer tips on applying to the world’s largest biomedical funder

The British Academy's latest development-focused scheme looks at education in conflict and crisis

Home pregnancy test sparked a flash of inspiration that transformed a stalling research career

UK government-funded scheme offers grants for economics research in low- and middle-income countries

Joint programme seeds collaborations between social scientists in Australia and China, despite troubled times

Attention to detail brings the Smithsonian Institution's prestigious fellowships within reach

The Lady Davis Fellowship Trust brings professors and postdocs from all countries to Jerusalem

Four years after launching, the NIHR's international health programme is entering a phase of renewal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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