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ViewDo you need an NDA?

Non-disclosure agreements are sometimes advisable when entering discussions on research partnerships—but not always

ViewOpportunity profile: Wellcome’s climate programme heats up

Second competition on climate and health launches with more calls to follow

ViewFrom the archive: Uncovering fellowship myths

Uncovering the ageless yet unfounded stories that dissuade people from applying for fellowships

ViewLife as a grant writer

Grant writing is not many researchers’ favourite task—what if it was your whole job?

ViewOpportunity profile: One Mind looks to hit raw nerves

US funder offers major grants for emerging leaders in fundamental neuropsychiatry

ViewFrom the archive: Best left unspoken

The thoughts that even successful academics must keep to themselves

ViewThe importance of the co-investigator (part 2)

Why universities undervalue co-investigators, why they shouldn’t—and what to do about it

ViewFrom the archive: Where violence is interrogated

The specialist funder perfect for pilot studies related to human aggression

ViewOpportunity profile: AstraZeneca seeks world’s brightest ideas

Pharmaceutical company looks to back early career researchers in its R&D Postdoctoral Challenge

ViewFrom the archive: Why policymakers don’t listen

The roadblocks to policy impact and how to overcome them

ViewFrom the archive: A nutritionally balanced grant application

Cooking up a fellowship bid so good you could eat it

ViewLegal eagles

Don’t fear university contracts officers—we’re here to help

ViewOpportunity profile: Changing course on common diseases

International alliance of funders offers $50m funding pot to tackle non-communicable diseases

ViewThe art of the sift

How to select bids when funders restrict the number that each university can submit

ViewFrom the archive: Global cancer funder opens arms to all

Worldwide Cancer Research accepts bids on any cancer type from researchers varying seniority

ViewFrom the archive: Anti-doping funder is open to outsiders

The Partnership for Clean Competition works with applicants to help them submit their best bids

ViewOpportunity profile: Crossing the frontier

Be bold to have your international life-sciences collaboration funded by the Human Frontier Science Programme

View‘Take Australia with you’: gaining postdoc experience in Europe

Top tips to get junior researchers on a plane to Europe for an EU-funded fellowship

ViewGive better feedback

How to support colleagues in improving their grant applications

ViewGet better feedback

How to nudge your draft-bid reviewers to deliver their sharpest insights

ViewFrom the archive: Hidden treasure for cancer researchers

The little-known funder that offers top-ups to clinical projects

ViewMy winning proposal: The long road to ARC’s top-tier grant

Kliti Grice landed her prized Australian Laureate Fellowship at the fifth attempt

ViewOpen access: The four myths of transformative agreements

Why researchers should not fear the new era of open publication

ViewFrom the archive: On building a track record

Evergreen advice on how to grow mighty oaks from tiny acorns

ViewFrom the archive: Rallying to fight ovarian cancer

The US specialist funder whose main programme is researcher-led and open to international applications

ViewA peek inside a funding panel

What really goes on when your application is discussed?

ViewStepping up: Managing collaborations

The second of two articles about taking on responsibilities as an early career academic

ViewStepping up: Supervising PhD students

The first of two articles about taking on responsibilities as an early career academic

ViewFrom the archive: I got published in Nature as a PhD student

How good fortune and determination combined to unlock a career goal for one young researcher

ViewNHMRC reviewer: ‘No one wants a wall of text’

An experienced peer reviewer on making proposals shine and standards of indigenous health research