Get that grant: Introduction to grant applications for early career researchers

What? This is a grantsmanship workshop targeted at early career researchers working on population health research, anywhere within UCL.

The UCL Populations and Lifelong Health Domain workshop will include speakers from the UCL finance and research facilitation teams, funders, and academics talking about their experiences of applying for grants. There will be opportunities for questions and informal discussions about funding applications.

There will be an optional follow-up workshop for which attendees will be asked to submit and present a brief outline proposal for review by expert mentors and peers.

Why should I go? By the end of the workshop attendees will have an understanding of factors to consider when developing grant proposals.

Location Wilkins Main Quad Pavilion, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps/main-quad-pavilion

Event Outline (timings and running order subject to change)

13:00 Registration opens for attendees

13:30 Workshop start, Introduction and Welcome (Dr Ed Fottrell, ECN Chair, & Dr Sarah Chapman)

13:40 Grantsmanship Introduction (Dr Claire Westwood, UCL Strategic Research Facilitator)

14:10 Finances (Ms Pip Dyson, Dr Sarah Young, ICH Finance team)

14:30 Funder perspective (Dr Katie Bates, Grants Advisor, Wellcome Trust)

14:45 Mentor perspective (Professor Rob Horne)

15.05 Early Career Researcher perspective (Dr Dagan Jenkins)

15:15 Plans for second workshop (Dr Rob Aldridge)

15:20 Refreshments and opportunity for informal discussion with speakers

16:00 Close

Two small group workshops will be held on October 27th (morning and afternoon). These workshops will provide an opportunity for early career researchers to present and get feedback on an individual grant or fellowship proposals from senior mentors and peers within the UCL Populations and Lifelong Health Domain. You must be willing to share your proposal with the small group of peers and mentors in order to participate

Participants will be asked to submit an outline proposal in advance and will then be matched to appropriate mentors based on this application. Further details of this second session will be provided on 6th October. Please email r.aldridge@ucl.ac.uk to book a place or for more information. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.