Research & Innovation research funding courses

Training courses to help you secure research funding

Research funding skills

Research and Innovation provides a range of training to help you find funding sources and write successful applications. The sessions below are delivered online and last one hour.

In addition to the courses listed below, we are also available to work with Schools, Research Institutes, Faculties and research groups to provide bespoke training, such as:

working with Research Professional to set up personal alerts to find funding opportunities
developing applications before submission and//or considering unsuccessful applications and how they can be improved
considering specific funders or schemes, e.g. Future Leaders Fellowships
focusing on specific topic of interest to early career researchers.

How to book

Bookings for 2023/24 courses can be made through Employee Self Service. Log in with your user name and password and select Learning and Development and then search courses by typing the key words 'research support' to list all of the 2023/24 Research & Innovation research funding courses.

View slides from all events (internal access only).

If you have any queries or need help with your application, please email our team inbox at researchadvice@plymouth.ac.uk.

1. How to write a successful research application

Learn to prepare your research application in a way that maximises its chances of success.

Dates:

14:00 Wednesday 1 November 2023
14:00 Wednesday 7 February 2024
14:00 Wednesday 24 April 2024

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2. How to find funding opportunities on Research Professional

Interactive sessions to set up your personal alerts for new and forthcoming funding opportunities to increase your chances of early grant capture.

Dates:

10:00 Wednesday 18 October 2023
10:00 Wednesday 17 January 2024
10:00 Wednesday 15 May 2024

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3. What the reviewers are looking for in funding applications

This course provides an insight into funding review processes and how funding decisions are made.

Dates:

10:00 Wednesday 15 November 2023
14:00 Wednesday 21 February 2024
14:00 Wednesday 1 May 2024

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4. How to cost your funding application

Learn how to prepare costs for your research funding application.

Dates

14:00 Wednesday 8 November 2023
14:00 Wednesday 14 February 2024
14:00 Wednesday 8 May 2024

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5. Fellowships – all you need to know

Learn about what type of fellowships are available, their benefits and how to apply for them.

Dates:

10:00 Wednesday 22 November 2023
10:00 Wednesday 31 January 2024

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6. Introduction to research funding in the UK

This session is for researchers who are not familiar with the UK research funding system. It covers the main sources of funding such as government departments, learned societies and academies, and charitable organisations.

Dates:

14:00 Wednesday 4 October 2023
14:00 Wednesday 24 January 2024

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7. Funding opportunities for early career researchers – arts, humanities and social science disciplines

This session provides practical help for ECRs in the arts, humanities and social science disciplines to find funding opportunities and includes a short overview about how to write a successful application.

Dates:

14:00 Wednesday 13 December 2023
14:00 Wednesday 28 February 2024

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8. Funding opportunities for early career researchers – health related disciplines

This session provides practical help for ECRs in the health disciplines to find funding opportunities and includes a short overview about how to write a successful application.

Dates:

14:00 Wednesday 29 November 2023
14:00 Wednesday 6 March 2024

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9. Funding opportunities for early career researchers – science related disciplines

This session provides practical help for ECRs in the science disciplines to find funding opportunities and includes a short overview about how to write a successful application.

Dates:

14:00 Wednesday 6 December 2023
14:00 Wednesday 13 March 2023

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10. Overview of Research & Innovation services

This session provides an introduction to the different services provided by R&I including:

Research application support and costing
Commercial research and consultancy through UoPEL
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP)
Guidance on research impact
Research ethics
Intellectual property and research commercialisation advice
Business incubation and innovation services
Enterprise Solutions.

Dates:

14:00 Wednesday 11 October 2023
14:00 Wednesday 10 January 2024
14:00 Wednesday 20 March 2024

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11. Horizon Europe drop in sessions

The drop in sessions provide an opportunity to discuss any questions and concerns related to the University of Plymouth's participation in Horizon Europe. If you’d like to attend please email researchadvice@plymouth.ac.uk for a Zoom link.

Dates:

10:00 Wednesday 21 February 2024
14:00 Tuesday 12 March 2024
14:00 Thursday 11 April 2024
14:00 Wednesday 15 May 2024
14:00 Tuesday 4 June 2024

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12. Update on Horizon Europe

Research & Innovation organised an online Horizon Europe briefing session for University of Plymouth staff.

Our European Adviser from the UK Research Office in Brussels provided an update on developments and there were opportunities to ask questions. We also highlighted some of our successful EU projects funded by UKRI guarantee.

This event was open to University staff as part of our subscription to UKRO services.

Date

10:00 Tuesday 13 February 2024

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Agenda items

Update on Horizon Europe including UK participation, overview of MSCA and ERC – Malgorzata Czerwiec, UKRO.
Top tips from an EU evaluator – Professor Will Blake, Director of the Sustainable Earth Institute.
Top tips from successful applicants:
- Professor Gerd Masselink, School of Biological and Marine Sciences – ARISE: Natural Adaptation of Atoll Islands to Sea-Level Rise Offering Opportunities for Ongoing Human Occupation.
- Dr Shanshan Cheng, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics – LITEFLOATCON: Lightweight high-performance concrete for floating modular structures.
- Dr Tom Davies, School of Biological and Marine Sciences – AquaPLAN: Impact of light and noise pollution on aquatic biodiversity.

UKRO annual visit

In addition to our regular training sessions we host an annual visit from the UK Research Office in Brussels on all aspects of EU research funding.