Clinching a fellowship at the third attempt, Cure Parkinson’s Trust, why ‘aftercare’ matters

This week, we hear how one of the most recent crop of NERC independent research fellows won her fellowship at the third time of asking. We also learn what it takes to win a grant from the Cure Parkinson’s Trust, and we hear why aftercare is about more than just putting your feet up when your latest research project has come to an end.

This week in Funding Insight

Ingrid Cnossen did not despair after two rejections from the Natural Environment Research Council’s Independent Research Fellowships scheme. She gathered more feedback, bolstered her experience and won with her third bid, she tells Pola Lem. The scheme, which offers five years of support for early-career environmental scientists, is open now with a deadline of 1 October.