Generating ideas and responding to research funding opportunities
Understanding the funding landscape, making your plan, finding funding opportunities and working with partners
In research funding
Funding application success depends on finding a good fit between the opportunity and the research you wish to undertake. Understanding the funding landscape for your area of research is essential to be able to apply to the right funder at the right time. Engagement with non-academic stakeholders is important in a research environment that looks for solutions to societal, cultural and economic challenges.
Understanding the funding landscape for your area of research is essential to be able to apply to the right funder at the right time.
Ask yourself:
- Why do you want to undertake this research project
- What are your aims? What do you want to achieve?
- Who will benefit from your research?
- How long will it take and what resources will you need?
- Who are your collaborators?
- What other sources of funding could be available, e.g. collaboration with industrial partners?
Understanding the funding landscape
The Research Development Team in RIS maintains close contacts with the main research funders, particularly the EU, UKRI and the major charity funders. Look out for updates in the RIS Newsletter or arrange a personal funding planning meeting with a member of the Research Development Team
Virtually Writing it Right grant writing workshops
These workshops are currently on hold.
Recordings from our April 2023 workshop are available: Session one and Session two (these open in Microsoft Stream on SharePoint). Further information, including the presentations, are available on SharePoint.
Please contact Emma Warbrick with any enquiries
Talent and Development provides training, such as how to navigate the funding landscape in collaboration with RIS.
Developing your individual funding plan
If you are an Early Career Researcher, new to Dundee, new to research funding or moving your research into a new direction and making a fresh start with research funding, a meeting with a member of the Research Development Team in RIS can help you plan which funders and schemes to go for and when.
Identifying funding opportunities and receiving regular call information
Pivot-RP Funding Opportunities Database
The University now subscribes to Pivot-RP (previously known as Research Professional), which is a comprehensive online database of research funding opportunities from UK, European and International funders across all disciplines. The database is fully searchable and can be used to set up your own personalised funding updates.
Research Professional News is part of the service and provides news, analysis and comment focused on UK and international research policy and funding. The Research Insight section has a collection of articles to inform and strengthen your applications.
Creating a Pivot-RP account is easy: go to https://Pivot.proquest.com and click on ‘Create account’. You can log in with your institutional credentials or create an account with a password.
A wide range of helpful user guides can be found in the Pivot-RP Knowledge Centre – a good place to start is Getting Started with Pivot-RP. Video tutorials are also available on the Pivot-RP YouTube website. Information and support is available through the blue ‘Help’ button on any Pivot-RP page.
Any queries should be directed to Emma Warbrick.
Identifying collaborators and stakeholders to build project teams
RIS supports you with industry engagement and project planning with industry and other stakeholder involvement. Learn more:
For help with all of the above, contact [email protected]