This guest blogpost is from Phil Ward, winner of the ARMA award for Technological Innovation and Application. He is author of Research Fundermentals and the person behind @frootle. His writing is both informative and entertaining…
Facing your worst funding proposal fears
“I want you to imagine a hostile panel. They are reading your proposal. They are ridiculing your Case for Support…” Our correspondent proposes facing demons as a way to succeed in grant applications…
Building and promoting research partnership: interview with Scott Furtwengler
Scott Furtwengler is the Director of Institutional Research at Brazosport College in Texas, USA. He is also an affiliate researcher with the Urban Talent Research Institute at the University of…
Rewards of a role writing research funding bids. An interview with Lachlan Smith
Following on from our recent survey of ARMA members and our attendance at the ARMA 2015 conference, we’re publishing interviews here. This week, we’re pleased to feature Lachlan Smith, Research…
Contracts, Costings, Collaboration and the Juggling Act as Research Administrator. An interview with Mary Caspillo-Brewer
Mary Caspillo-Brewer is Research Co-ordinator at the UCL Institute for Global Health and responded to Piirus’ recent survey. Mary started her career in the academia as a technical researcher in the…
Learning about the role of a research manager. An interview with Alex Challis
Alex Challis is Postgraduate Research Student and Research Manager at QMUL’s School of Politics and International Relations and responded to Piirus’ recent survey. Alex previously worked as a Research Administrator in the Department…
How to start a research collaboration
So you’ve made some great research connections and built those relationships. You’ve got a brilliant idea, a potential collaborator(s) and now you’re ready to collaborate. How do you go about…