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Read more on Opportunity profile: Seeing the woods for the trees
Funding Insight 19 May 2022
Opportunity profile: Seeing the woods for the trees

UKRI’s Future of UK Treescapes programme launches its first individual fellowships

ViewOpportunity profile: One Mind looks to hit raw nerves
Funding Insight 19 May 2022
Opportunity profile: One Mind looks to hit raw nerves

US funder offers major grants for emerging leaders in fundamental neuropsychiatry

ViewOpportunity profile: Embedding inclusivity in women’s health
Funding Insight 12 May 2022
Opportunity profile: Embedding inclusivity in women’s health

When writing a Wellbeing of Women grant application, diversity of perspective is essential

ViewFrom the archive: Seedcorn grants nurture early ideas
Funding Insight 19 May 2022
From the archive: Seedcorn grants nurture early ideas

Social psychology society helps researchers kick-start new lines of investigation

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ViewTreescapes fellowships, neuropsychiatry funder, European Association of Social Psychology
Funding Insight 20 May 2022
Treescapes fellowships, neuropsychiatry funder, European Association of Social Psychology

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewUKRI health-inequality consortia, Wellbeing of Women, why Wellcome changed, academic taboos
Funding Insight 13 May 2022
UKRI health-inequality consortia, Wellbeing of Women, why Wellcome changed, academic taboos

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewFrom the archive: Best left unspoken
Funding Insight 13 May 2022
From the archive: Best left unspoken

The thoughts that even successful academics must keep to themselves

ViewOpportunity profile: Reaching out on health inequality
Funding Insight 12 May 2022
Opportunity profile: Reaching out on health inequality

Consortia in UKRI scheme must have robust non-academic input

ViewFunding trends: Doubling down on discovery
Funding Insight 12 May 2022
Funding trends: Doubling down on discovery

Why the Wellcome Trust changed direction, and what this means for researchers

ViewFunding trends: Bloc buster
Funding Insight 06 May 2022
Funding trends: Bloc buster

Examining funding fluctuations over the ERC's 15-year existence

ViewNERC’s Standard Grants successor, making co-investigators matter more, small charity grants, ERC overview
Funding Insight 06 May 2022
NERC’s Standard Grants successor, making co-investigators matter more, small charity grants, ERC overview

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewFrom the archive: Small charities in focus
Funding Insight 05 May 2022
From the archive: Small charities in focus

Building a research programme with small project grants from a specialist vision charity

ViewThe importance of the co-investigator (part 2)
Funding Insight 05 May 2022
The importance of the co-investigator (part 2)

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

ViewOpportunity profile: NERC pushes forward
Funding Insight 05 May 2022
Opportunity profile: NERC pushes forward

A risk-favouring successor to NERC’s Standard Grants scheme has launched

ViewBeing a co-investigator, MRC and NIHR get methodical, Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Funding Insight 29 Apr 2022
Being a co-investigator, MRC and NIHR get methodical, Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewThe importance of the co-investigator (part 1)
Funding Insight 29 Apr 2022
The importance of the co-investigator (part 1)

Why co-investigators are crucial and how to be an effective one

ViewFrom the archive: Where violence is interrogated
Funding Insight 28 Apr 2022
From the archive: Where violence is interrogated

The specialist funder perfect for pilot studies related to human aggression

ViewOpportunity profile: Spread the method
Funding Insight 28 Apr 2022
Opportunity profile: Spread the method

A plan to impact research practice is essential for the UK’s leading methodology funding scheme

ViewAstraZeneca’s postdoc fellowships, IP explained, examining Europe’s authoritarian shift, policy impact
Funding Insight 08 Apr 2022
AstraZeneca’s postdoc fellowships, IP explained, examining Europe’s authoritarian shift, policy impact

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewOpportunity profile: AstraZeneca seeks world’s brightest ideas
Funding Insight 08 Apr 2022
Opportunity 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
Funding Insight 07 Apr 2022
From the archive: Why policymakers don’t listen

The roadblocks to policy impact and how to overcome them

ViewOpportunity profile: Exploring European democracy
Funding Insight 07 Apr 2022
Opportunity profile: Exploring European democracy

Future of the rule of law in Europe is on the agenda for Re:constitution fellows

ViewBe upfront about IP
Funding Insight 07 Apr 2022
Be upfront about IP

How to avoid missing out on commercial rewards, even when you weren’t expecting them

ViewESRC unlocks criminal justice data, BBSRC Discovery Fellowships, can you plan a research career?
Funding Insight 01 Apr 2022
ESRC unlocks criminal justice data, BBSRC Discovery Fellowships, can you plan a research career?

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewOur winning proposals: Discover the future
Funding Insight 01 Apr 2022
Our winning proposals: Discover the future

It may feel uncomfortable, but self-promotion is necessary to become a BBSRC Discovery Fellow

ViewFrom the archive: Can a research career be planned?
Funding Insight 01 Apr 2022
From the archive: Can a research career be planned?

Guidance on how much of a pinch of salt to take with any careers advice

ViewDevelopment research at a crossroads, ERC panellist talks ‘risk’, weighing up STFC and Royal Society fellowships
Funding Insight 25 Mar 2022
Development research at a crossroads, ERC panellist talks ‘risk’, weighing up STFC and Royal Society fellowships

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewTop PI Heaven Crawley: Post-Covid, post-cuts
Funding Insight 25 Mar 2022
Top PI Heaven Crawley: Post-Covid, post-cuts

Leading researcher on development looks back over two tough years and forward to the future

ViewFrom the archive: An STFC and Royal Society double-hit
Funding Insight 24 Mar 2022
From the archive: An STFC and Royal Society double-hit

The astronomer who won one prestigious fellowship at the third attempt, but accepted another

ViewERC panellist: ‘Applicants still make easy-to-avoid mistakes’
Funding Insight 24 Mar 2022
ERC panellist: ‘Applicants still make easy-to-avoid mistakes’

Solid grantsmanship can make all the difference, says former ERC Starting Grants panellist

ViewNIHR global health scheme returns, staying put for a postdoc fellowship, Cure Parkinson’s
Funding Insight 18 Mar 2022
NIHR global health scheme returns, staying put for a postdoc fellowship, Cure Parkinson’s

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewShould I stay or should I go?
Funding Insight 18 Mar 2022
Should I stay or should I go?

Is relocation always advisable for a postdoc fellowship, and what if it’s not possible?

ViewFrom the archive: Parkinson’s funder steps up
Funding Insight 17 Mar 2022
From the archive: Parkinson’s funder steps up

A clear path to patient benefit is crucial for success at Cure Parkinson’s

ViewOpportunity profile: Heading the right way on global health
Funding Insight 17 Mar 2022
Opportunity profile: Heading the right way on global health

The NIHR’s Research and Innovation for Global Health Transformation scheme returns at a critical time

ViewBecoming ‘contract conscious’, supporting at-risk academics, Royal Society Short Industry Fellowships
Funding Insight 11 Mar 2022
Becoming ‘contract conscious’, supporting at-risk academics, Royal Society Short Industry Fellowships

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

ViewFor clear heads, heed contracts
Funding Insight 10 Mar 2022
For clear heads, heed contracts

Simple steps to reduce pre- and post-award stress

ViewSymptoms of an unhealthy bid, confronting harassment, interdisciplinarity at the British Heart Foundation
Funding Insight 04 Mar 2022
Symptoms of an unhealthy bid, confronting harassment, interdisciplinarity at the British Heart Foundation

A roundup of this week’s Funding Insight articles

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UK 17 May 2022
UKRI had told Researchfish its tweets ‘set the correct tone’

Funder also told service “we got the result we needed” after academic deleted their tweet

View‘Miracle’ needed for UK to join Horizon, ERC president suggests
UK 17 May 2022
‘Miracle’ needed for UK to join Horizon, ERC president suggests

Maria Leptin also says funder’s letter to UK winners of ERC grants “was misunderstood”

ViewStellenbosch reviews research following ‘racist’ paper outrage
Africa 23 May 2019
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Stellenbosch University is reviewing thousands of projects underway at the university to check for racial...

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Opinion 17 May 2022
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