Category: Funding
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An introduction to applying for a NIH grant
Looking for NIH Research Funding? Try Mendeley Funding! by Seema Sharma The National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US, is one of the world’s largest funders of biomedical research grants. It awards funding of over $30B annually, for research that falls within its mission to understand living systems, enhance health, extend healthy lives, and…
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Tips for applying for EU research Funding – ERC Grants
Looking for European Union Research Funding? Try Mendeley Funding! By Seema Sharma Introduction Horizon 2020 is the EU’s current research, innovation and development framework, offering €80 billion in grant funding to researchers over a seven year period (2014-2020). It differs from its forerunner, FP7, in that it combines all funding directives into a single…
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Key steps for submitting a grant proposal to the UK Research Councils (RCUK)
by Seema Sharma In this post, we will guide you through key steps for grant submission to one of the UK Research Councils (RCUK). RCUK is made up of seven individual grant bodies that have some shared core principles, alongside differing council-specific criteria for applications that need to be followed closely. We’ll be using the…
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How to write a good research funding application
[Editor’s Note–We thought you’d like to know: this 2017 post is a bit dated. Find out about Mendeley’s solutions here, and access further free resources for funding seekers on Researcher Academy.] By Seema Sharma Grant writing for research funding can be a difficult and time-consuming task, but one that underpins your academic success. We’ve put…
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Introducing Mendeley Funding
Researchers are under more pressure than ever before to secure the money they need to do their work. The funding exists: the predicted worldwide spend on research in 2016 was $1.9 trillion. This was an increase of 3.4% on the previous year. But with so many grants available in such a myriad of subjects via…
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