1. Remember why you started Was it career progression? To prove you could do it – or to make your mum proud? Whatever it was, use this as fuel to power you through. 2. Give yourself a break No one…
UK in a Changing Europe – Brexit Priority Grants
Pre-call announcement The ESRC will shortly be launching a call under the UK in a Changing Europe initiative for Brexit Priority Grants. These are to support additional activity (including research synthesis and potential new short-term research activity) related to the…
Ten tips for better research
Early in 2016, Robert Macintosh published ‘Top Ten Hints on Building Your Academic Reputation’, a post aimed explicitly at postgraduate students. It was republished in the Times Higher Education blog where it lost a lot of its postgraduate context. Robert…
MRC peer review process: Top Tips for writing a useful review!
The time and effort that peer reviewers give to the MRC peer review process is invaluable in helping their research boards and panels make funding decisions. MRC Peer Review Programme Manager Rachel Prosser’s tips on writing a review include: Make it (un)personal Try…
ESRC: Changes to support for early career researchers
August 2016 Following a review* ESRC are launching a new set of measures to enhance their support for early career researchers (ECRs). A series of measures will seek to provide a more integrated support system across three distinct ECR stages:…
RCUK announce replacement for Je-S
Research Councils UK have announced that they will be upgrading their on-line submission system for RCUK submissions in 2017. This will mean the end for Je-S and the beginning of a new, more user friendly, grants submission service. This work is…