Tag: Research Funding
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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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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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Is Crowdfunding a Good Option for Your Research?
By: Nick Dragojlovic, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of British Columbia Picture this… It’s 8am. You take your first sip of coffee, ready to start your day. You check your email and… You find out your latest grant application didn’t get funded. Bummer. You give it a couple of days to get over the…
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The Power of Crowdfunding: A Chat with Ethan Perlstein
We love hearing about crowdfunded research projects. As an academic community that aims to bring together researchers from around the world, we get excited about the grass-roots appeal of science funded by enthusiastic peers. This week, we invited scientist and crowdfunding star Ethan Perlstein to sit down with us for a chat. His work has…
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