Research Services

A programme of events to support staff in developing their research and applying for funding
A new network to help early-stage researchers develop their academic career

Research Services provides a comprehensive framework of support for the University's research community, advising academics on funding, ethics and the REF.

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Grants Factory – Recycling your Proposal – 29 May

The penultimate workshop in this years Grants Factory programme will look at how to recycle your proposal. Preparing a research funding proposal takes a huge amount of time and work. Having prepared and submitted an application, it makes sense to make the most of it by reusing your work for alternative funders. But is this possible? If so, what is involved in doing so? This workshop will be led by Professors Ray Laurence (S...
European Grants Factory – 9 May

On 9 May we will be joining in the Universitys celebrations for Europe Day by holding two European Grants Factory events. 12:00 13:00 An Overview of Horizon 2020 Sobia Aslam (UKRO) Rutherford Lecture Theatre 2 Sobia Aslam from theUK Research Office in Brussels (UKRO)will provide an overview of the EUs new funding programme for research,Horizon 2020. It will succeed Framework Programme 7 (FP7) in January next year. It has a proposed 80 billion budget (a 46% ...
Support for Medway Academics

With the return of Karen Allart from maternity leave we have decided to restructure how we provide support to academic staff on the Medway Campus. Karen will now focus entirely on costing and contract negotiation for all academics at Medway. She will be based Tues-Thurs in Room M2-16 in the Medway Building (xtn 8967); Help with planning your funding, identifying funders and with drafting the text of your application will now be provided by the dedicated Faculty-specialised Funding Officers....
Research Professional’s New Service – ‘Funding Insight’

The University has a subscription to Research Professional, which is the leading database of all research funding opportunities that are currently available. We have recently extended our subscription to include a new service they are planning to launch, Funding Insight. This will provide some value added information for applicants, such as: Details from the Research Councils, Wellcome and Leverhulme on previous award winn...
HR Excellence in Research

The University is seeking accreditation with the European Commission's HR excellence in research' scheme, which acknowledges our alignment with the principles of the European Charter for Researchers and Code of Conduct for their Recruitment. Simon Black, Learning and Development Adviser in HR, has just submitted the University's proposal and action plan to Vitae, who administer the scheme in the UK. We should find out whether we have been successful in May. Acopy of the University's submissio...
NIHR Information Day 11 April 2013

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funds NHS-related research, including social care and public health. Last year it gave out over 200m of research grants through a range of programmes. This event will provide an overview of the NIHR and will offer help and advice on key elements of an NIHR proposal. A range of experienced academics, managers and administrators will be on hand to discuss your proposal, including members of the NIHR, the Resear...
Grants Factory: Responding to Reviewers’ Comments – 27 March

Most of theResearch Councils(and some other funders) allow you to respond to the comments that their reviewers give your application. Often the comments seem uninformed, and its easy and tempting ! to respond quickly and angrily to these. However, there is a knack to dealing with them effectively, and if you can master this you can turn round the negative feedback and actually get your applications funded.The workshop wil...

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