Category: Tips&Tricks
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Wellcome Trust Grant Funding: Applying for Investigator Awards
The Wellcome Trust is an independent, global charitable organisation that funds research in medical and health-related fields. The majority of grant funding (43%) is allocated to personal awards for investigators, fellowships and PhD studentships, with the remainder going towards supporting a number of Wellcome Trust Institutes and team research.
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Insights into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) grant research funding
Looking for NASA Research Funding? Try Mendeley Funding! by Seema Sharma The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was founded in 1958, to help accelerate the existing efforts for aerospace research and development in the United States. Now in its 60th anniversary year, NASA offers a wide range of funding opportunities to researchers in…
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Scientific research is hard …so you have to enjoy it!
Today we’re talking to Tim Donohoe, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford and Editor of Tetrahedron Letters. What are your research interests/describe a typical working day “I research organic chemistry in the broadest sense, but am particularly interested in total synthesis and catalysis.” Tim leads a research team of 16-20 people, a mixture…
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Don’t do whatever everyone else is doing
Today we’re talking to Rob Field, Professor of Biological Chemistry, John Innes Centre and editor-in-chief of Carbohydrate Research. What are your research interests/describe a typical working day “Generally a lot of it is spent on a train somewhere!” As well as working at the John Innes Centre, Rob is active as CEO of Iceni Diagnostics,…
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Insights into funding: Indian Department of Science and Technology
By Seema Sharma Looking for DST Research Funding? Try Mendeley Funding! Introduction In 2016, India spent 0.85% of its GDP on research and development. Although this may lag behind some of the research commitments of its Asian neighbours, (China spent 1.98% and South Korea lead the region with a significant investment of 4% of its…
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