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Five top tips to apply for small grants

Stephanie Zihms November 8, 2017

<a href=" https://tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/ux-discussion.jpg "> Don’t underestimate the importance of securing those first grants, even if they are only for a small about of money </a>. Credit: tctechcrunch

Stephanie Zihms, the ECS Representative for the EMRP Division (and incoming Union Level Representative) has applied for a range of small scale grants (<£15,000, ca. 16,965€). At this year’s General Assembly, she was one of two speakers at the ‘How to write a research grant’ short course, where she shared insights from her successes and failures. In today’s post she tells us about the top five ...[Read More]

Finding Funding: a how to guide to applying for research grants

Laura Roberts-Artal June 22, 2016

Drafting your first grant proposal can be daunting. Our how to guide to applying for research grants is full of tips to help! Image credit: <a href=" http://skitterphoto.com/?portfolio=money-money-money ">SkitterPhoto</a>.

Drafting your first grant proposal can be daunting. Grant writing improves with experience, so how do early career scientists compete on an equal footing with those who are more established? At this year’s General Assembly we tackled this very question at the Finding Funding (SC46) short course. Grant Allen, an atmospheric scientist, who has plenty of experience in applying for funding spoke abo ...[Read More]