Funding Insight

ViewOpportunity profile: Taking geosciences to new places

Public engagement grants from the European Geosciences Union encourage creative ways to reach audiences

ViewWinning over funders through open science

Earma 2021: Experts explain why embedding open science in grant proposals reaps rewards

ViewFrom the archive: Cern’s fellowships of the ring

Enthusiasm is just as important as publication record in prestigious scheme

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

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

ViewOpportunity profile: Fully equipped

Grant programme provides lab equipment for projects in basic sciences in resource-poor countries

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

ViewOpportunity profile: Equity essential for NIHR global grants

Joint leadership between partners is required across major UK global health research programme

ViewWrite grants like a boss

Tips on polishing your grantwriting to keep your reviewers onside

ViewPlan S in the UK

A quick stock-take on how three UK funders are implementing the open-access initiative

ViewOpportunity profile: Plugging gaps for Covid-19 vaccines

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

ViewLife after academia: How to change career

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

ViewGetting published in the arts and humanities

Four golden rules to guide your publication strategy

ViewIt’s time to recognise the diversity of research careers

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

ViewSo you’re new to… Plan S

A primer on the much-debated open access initiative as Horizon Europe kicks off

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

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

ViewMy winning proposal: If the bid fits, reapply with it

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

ViewChoose the good money over the big money

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