Funding Insight

ViewKnow your audience

Why you might be writing funding bids with the wrong readers in mind

ViewFrom the archive: Sweetening social research proposals

Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s Katharine Knox explains how to prepare a tasty treat for reviewers

ViewOpportunity profile: Seeking independence in Austria

New Austrian Science Fund programme aims to help postdocs from any country find their feet

ViewGetting to grips with EU policy pays off for Horizon Europe bids

Earma 2021: Why most proposals need more than just academic excellence to beat the pack

ViewSo you’re new to… the National Science Foundation

A primer on how the national US funder for non-biomedical science goes about international partnerships

ViewOpportunity profile: Pulling habits out of rats

How the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour sniffs out the best bids

ViewFinding favour with funders through citizen science

Public participation in research projects can win over funding bodies focused on science and society

ViewOpportunity profile: Cross-cutting projects shine for Swiss funder

Velux Stiftung offers project grants in an eclectic range of subjects linked to daylight

ViewThe hard write

Advice on academic writing in times of turmoil

ViewAristotle’s guide to persuasive grantwriting

Christine Black goes back to the fundamentals, finding grantwriting tips from ancient Greece

ViewTop PI Scott O’Neill: The power of philanthropy

How a catalytic Gates Foundation grant sparked a global programme making inroads into tropical diseases

ViewLooking outside academia for a fundable future

Advice on finding avenues to apply research as politicians emphasise entrepreneurship at Australian universities

ViewA rough guide to research project management

Carving out planning time at the start of a research project pays dividends

ViewWhere next, post-postdoc?

Members of an alumni association provide advice on finding career paths inside and outside academia

ViewWrite grants like a boss

Tips on polishing your grantwriting to keep your reviewers onside

ViewLife after academia: How to change career

Christopher Caterine offers advice for researchers taking their first steps on a new career path

ViewOpportunity profile: Plugging gaps for Covid-19 vaccines

The international vaccine funder Cepi is funding clinical research to expand the evidence base

ViewGetting published in the arts and humanities

Four golden rules to guide your publication strategy

ViewOpportunity profile: Early career lifeline in Western Australia

Extra chance to win generous, but hypercompetitive, fellowships from the Forrest Research Foundation

ViewIt’s time to recognise the diversity of research careers

Research evaluation values leadership and excellence, putting those with specialist skills at a disadvantage

ViewFunder profile: International Brain Research Organization

President says major changes are afoot at an association supporting neuroscientists worldwide

ViewFrom the archive: How to write a paper (1/2)

Part one of a primer for early career researchers

ViewOpportunity profile: Anti-doping funder is open to outsiders

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

ViewOpportunity profile: Adding value in the arts

Through its research partnerships scheme, the Australia Council helps arts researchers amplify their impact

ViewCovid-19 funder update: The National Institutes of Health

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

ViewChoose the good money over the big money

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

ViewMy winning proposal: Accelerating astronomy

Making a strategic case for strengthening Australia’s astronomy community led to a successful ARC bid

ViewFrom the archive: Secrets of the deep

The Padi Foundation takes the plunge with marine research projects other funders might refuse

ViewOpportunity profile: Data-driven prize for pandemic protection

Prize fund of £10 million will award creative ideas for harnessing data to combat disease...

ViewExamining the health impact of the climate crisis

The A$10 million call for an interdisciplinary network aiming to boost Australian research capacity