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1495 ResearchBite Identifying Research Funding Opportunities Aberdeen Grants Academy Research & Innovation Dr Andrew Phillips Research And Innovation 1495 Welcom ome e Res esea earchBite Finding F Fund nding Explore

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Research & Innovation

Aberdeen Grants Academy ResearchBite –Identifying Research Funding Opportunities

Dr Andrew Phillips Research And Innovation

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  • Explore how to identify and understand types of available internal and

external research funding sources.

  • Signposts to internal resources via the Grants Academy and to external

resources via online tools and funders web-pages.

  • A live demonstration of an online funding database and group

discussion.

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Gr Grants ts A Academ emy

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  • Against a back drop of a challenging landscape and

success rates at UK funders.

  • Identified a need to “strengthen existing supportive

mechanisms available to colleagues preparing grant applications”

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https://www.abdn.ac.uk/grantsacademy

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Gr Grants ts A Academ emy Ai Aims

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  • Offer a comprehensive programme of development, directly

linked to our strategic objectives.

  • Significantly enhance our research environment, which will

directly impact our REF submission.

  • Enhance career prospects of all researchers, but particularly

those at earlier career stages who may need more assistance to build their external research grant portfolio.

  • Offer the ability to be better prepared for opportunities and

enhance our ability to respond to calls.

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  • Support at ALL STAGES of

the research grant life cycle:

conception of ideas, through development and refinement of an application, to research delivery and realising impact of the research we undertake.

  • Measureable increase in the

quality and quantity of research grant applications.

  • Sharing best practice and

training.

Idea Preparation Submission Application Refinement Application Development

Outcome Impact

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How t the Gr Grants ts A Academ emy W Works

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  • Developed as a series of interwoven elements including sandpits to

support the development of ideas and projects, grant writing workshops, rebuttal support, support for delivery of outcomes and

  • utcomes management and more.
  • Relevant to today, supports:
  • Effective horizon scanning
  • Facilitation of early ideas development
  • Supporting interdisciplinary working

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https://www.abdn.ac.uk/grantsacademy

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To consider b before s seeki king f funding?

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  • What’s the big question?
  • Why is it important?
  • Does it fit RCUK (or charity) strategy?
  • Why are you the person(s) to address it?
  • Why should it be done now?
  • Do you have a research strategy?
  • What is novel?
  • What will the impact be?
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What t ty type of

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fundin ing / / career s stage

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  • Research Grants
  • Travel Grants
  • Equipment
  • Pump-priming
  • Early Career – named on grants
  • Fellowships
  • Impact and Knowledge Exchange
  • Translation
  • Public Engagement
  • Tenders
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Res esearch ch C Career S Stages

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Employed on grant Named on grant Applicant on grant Fellowship

First responsibility is to deliver research findings Some input into application Application for salary Joint with PI – roles? You write the application

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Fellowship T Traffic L Light P Process

  • Attend internal fellowship workshop in spring and submit documentation
  • Traffic Light ‘Interview’ with senior staff (green, amber, red)
  • Allocation of application mentor, peer reviewers and timeline!

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Funder er’s P Perspect ective

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  • Little time
  • Pressure on funds
  • Priorities and politics
  • Pressure to be impartial
  • Pressure to short list (grants which don’t play by

the rules are the easiest to eliminate)

  • The panel may not know you
  • The panel does not necessarily care about your

subject

  • Panel may have no specialist in your area
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Funder er’s P Perspect ective

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Establishing credibility (risk reduction)

  • Track record
  • previous grants
  • publications
  • Pilot study
  • existing research projects
  • summer students
  • honor's students projects
  • appendices
  • Compete or collaborate?
  • letters of support
  • offers of materials
  • offers of expertise
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Improving Chances of Success

  • Start early and plan in advance
  • Accept mentoring and internal peer review
  • Be positive but be realistic
  • Read and follow the rules
  • Present case logically and simply
  • Justify the importance of your research
  • Ensure essential collaborations are in place
  • Make sure the outcomes are clearly stated
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Bus Stop C Challe llenge

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Write 3 sentences that convey the essence of your next grant 36 words max; 5 min

  • Research Problem; Strategy; Importance.

Pass to person on left, who summarizes it (as if for grant committee).

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https://www.researchconnect.co.uk

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UK UKRI

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Aberdeen Grants Academy https://www.ukri.org/

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Funder er W Websites es

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Are you eligible?

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Fit t t to S

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trategy

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Special national and international / EU initiatives – panels chosen to represent the field – knowledgeable and strongly favour funding in that

  • area. Make sure you connect

with their mission statement. Specialised charities have specific missions – make sure that you fit their mission; but they favour your research area.

Look at delivery plans, mission statements and align

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Opport rtunities f for G Growth

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Exploring three major areas of funding to achieve growth and impact:

  • International Development Challenges – around the UN SDGs
  • Industrial Partnership funding around technology challenges and

enterprise

  • Cultural engagement and enrichment
  • Aberdeen City Deal

All of these require interdisciplinary responses

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Gl Global C Challen lenges es R Resea earch ch F Fund ( (GC GCRF)

  • challenge-led disciplinary and interdisciplinary research.
  • strengthening capacity and capability for research and innovation within both the

UK and developing countries.

  • Harnessing UK’s world-class research base to pioneer new ways of tackling global

challenges.

  • providing an agile response to emergencies where there is an urgent research

need.

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A 5-year £1.5 billion funding stream, to ensure that UK research takes a leading role in addressing the problems faced by developing countries.

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Resea earch a and I Innovati tion

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https://www.abdn.ac.uk/staffnet/research/

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  • Effective horizon scanning
  • Facilitation of early ideas development
  • Supporting interdisciplinary working
  • Pump-priming for GCRF and others
  • Supporting engagement with industry
  • Capacity building in strategic areas

And more…

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Dr Andrew Phillips Business Development Officer Biological Sciences andrew.phillips@abdn.ac.uk +44 (0)1224 273780

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