The Hows and Whys
A series of short practical talks to help you better prepare for grant and fellowship applications open to everyone.
Students, post docs and staff all are urged to attend.
Week 1
Tuesday 15th June 2021- 12.00-13.00
Professor Paul Matthews
Title: ‘Dos and don’ts’ of UKRI MRC grant applications
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Week 2
Tuesday 22nd June 2021- 13.00-14.00
Andrea Bell, Contracts Negotiator, Research Office
Title: ‘How to participate in or develop a strong EC grant’
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Week 3
Tuesday 6th July 2021- 13.00-14.00
Professor Mike Crawford and Professor Dave Sharp
Title: ‘How to write a NIHR grant’
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Week 4
Tuesday 13th July 2021 - 13.00-14.00
Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes
Title: ‘Writing a strong training grant or fellowship application’
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Week 5
Tuesday 20th July 2021- 13.00-14.00
Professor Mike Johnson and Professor Simone Di Giovanni
Title: ‘Grant writing to achieve sustainable research growth’
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Week 6
Tuesday 27th July 2021- 13.00-14.00
Dr Pete Lally and Dr Nathan Skene
Title: ‘What it is like to write, defend and win a major career development fellowship’
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Week 7
Tuesday 3rd August 2021- 13.00-14.00
Mrs Dawn Tharpe, Divisions Manager, Brain Sciences
Title: ‘How we cost your grants, what the numbers mean and why we need time to do it well!’
How temperature and circadian rhythms intersect to regulate a protein shown to protect against neurodegeneration
A new study led by Dr Marco Brancaccio (UK DRI at Imperial) and Dr Marieke Hoekstra (former UK DRI at Imperial, now VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research) offers a deeper insight into how a neuroprotective pathway is regulated both by temperature and the body clock. This research, published in the journal PNAS, could open up new therapeutic avenues for neurodegenerative disease. Read more on the UK DRI website
Introducing Cynthia Sandor: Pioneering earlier detection of Parkinson’s
Dr Cynthia Sandor, former Emerging Leader at the UK DRI at Cardiff, joins the UK DRI at Imperial as a Group Leader, where she will be tackling early diagnosis of Parkinson’s.
With a background in genetics, Dr Sandor uses computational methods to bring greater understanding to the underlying molecular mechanisms of Parkinson’s. Read more about Cynthia's work on the UK DRI website.
