David Gauntlett, a media and communications professor at the University of Westminster, and a seasoned peer reviewer, offers his top tips to prospective applicants.
Competition for research funding in the arts and humanities is fierce. The Arts and Humanities Research Council’s statistics for 2013-14 show that only three out of every 10 applications for a standard research grant or fellowship were successful. This can seem depressing: all these talented researchers, being turned down. You might wonder what hope there is for you.
Well, the good news is that not all of the rejected applications were masterpieces anyway. I’ve been a member of the AHRC Peer Review College for 11 years, and have both chaired and participated in AHRC panel meetings at which applications have been ranked based on the peer reviews—and I can assure you that some applicants still make basic errors.
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