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Brushing up on the US development funder’s priorities is job number one before submitting bids
ViewOpportunity profile: With peace in mind
Opportunity profile: With peace in mind
An international funder is striving to move peace research forward
ViewOpportunity profile: Indian promise
Opportunity profile: Indian promise
How the India Alliance is angling for ambitious biomedical researchers from overseas
ViewGetting familiar with MSCA international partnerships
Getting familiar with MSCA international partnerships
European Commission experts outline dos and don’ts on MSCA Doctoral Networks and Staff Exchanges
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What to pay attention to when consulting call documentation
ViewMy winning proposal: Chance for junior researchers to think big
My winning proposal: Chance for junior researchers to think big
Early career researchers can build networks around societal challenges through Europe’s Institutes for Advanced Study
ViewFrom the archive: Big money for the big questions
From the archive: Big money for the big questions
The John Templeton Foundation is a funder like no other
ViewOpportunity profile: Pan-African scheme picks future leaders
Opportunity profile: Pan-African scheme picks future leaders
African Academy of Sciences encourages continental collaboration in five-year projects that address development priorities
ViewPublishing a first monograph: from proposal to print
Publishing a first monograph: from proposal to print
The final instalment of a two-part primer for early career academics
ViewSo you’re new to…the European Innovation Council
So you’re new to…the European Innovation Council
An EIC programme manager explains how to handle the funder’s ‘challenge-driven’ calls
ViewPublishing a first monograph: from thesis to proposal
Publishing a first monograph: from thesis to proposal
The first instalment of a two-part primer for early career academics
ViewOpportunity profile: Migrating scholarship to the global south
Opportunity profile: Migrating scholarship to the global south
Canada’s IDRC is funding research-chair positions on forced displacement in Africa and the Middle East
ViewOpportunity profile: UKRI breaks the ice in Canada
Opportunity profile: UKRI breaks the ice in Canada
Joint UK-Canada call offers rare opportunity to work with Inuit communities hit by climate change
ViewMy winning proposal: Seeing astronomy up close
My winning proposal: Seeing astronomy up close
Enthusiasm and independence are needed to win a postdoctoral fellowship at the European Southern Observatory
ViewFrom the archive: IP addressed
From the archive: IP addressed
Why all researchers need to know the basics of intellectual property
ViewMy winning proposal: Where violence is interrogated
My winning proposal: Where violence is interrogated
The specialist funder perfect for pilot studies related to human aggression
ViewOpportunity profile: Prepping for surgical innovation
Opportunity profile: Prepping for surgical innovation
How Switzerland’s AO Foundation supports the development of tools and services for surgeons
ViewOpportunity profile: Taking geosciences to new places
Opportunity profile: Taking geosciences to new places
Public engagement grants from the European Geosciences Union encourage creative ways to reach audiences
ViewOpportunity profile: Shifting paradigms in mental health
Opportunity profile: Shifting paradigms in mental health
1907 Research wants early career scientists’ most daring mental health ideas for its Trailblazer Awards
ViewOpportunity profile: African innovators line up to scale up
Opportunity profile: African innovators line up to scale up
A competition from the UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering offers training, mentoring and cash prizes
ViewWinning over funders through open science
Winning 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
From the archive: Cern’s fellowships of the ring
Enthusiasm is just as important as publication record in prestigious scheme
ViewKnow your audience
Know your audience
Why you might be writing funding bids with the wrong readers in mind
ViewFrom the archive: Sweetening social research proposals
From 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
Opportunity 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
Getting 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
So 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
Opportunity 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
Opportunity 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
The hard write
Advice on academic writing in times of turmoil
ViewAristotle’s guide to persuasive grantwriting
Aristotle’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
Top 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
Opportunity profile: Fully equipped
Grant programme provides lab equipment for projects in basic sciences in resource-poor countries
ViewA rough guide to research project management
A rough guide to research project management
Carving out planning time at the start of a research project pays dividends
ViewWhere next, post-postdoc?
Where 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
Opportunity 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
Write grants like a boss
Tips on polishing your grantwriting to keep your reviewers onside