Raising the Quality of Research Proposals
Presenter
Dr Susan Alexander
Research Development Manager, University of Stirling
Lorna Wilson
Chair of ARMA and Director of Research Development and Operations, Managing Director of Research and Innovation Services, Durham University
Susan Mitchell
Research & Development Consultant, Teeside University
Registration
29 October, 2019
End
29 October, 2019
Time
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Address
The Met Hotel Leeds, King Street, Leeds, UK
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Phone
0131 357 9854
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£444.00 inc. VAT
Non-member price: £444
Member price: £276
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Draft Agenda
09.30 Coffee and Registration
10.00 Getting started…Speaker introductions & Quiz!
10.20 Setting the scene
10.30 Case Study
10.50 Group Discussion
11.00 Case Study
11.20 Refreshment break
11.35 Exercise: Let us help you…
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Group Discussion
14.10 What happens after submission?
14.30 Exercise: Reviewers comments and the response
15.30 Refreshment break
15.45 Group Discussion
16.05 Case Study: Mock panels
16.20 Wrap up and questions
Raising the Quality of Research Proposals
Event Details
This technical workshop will provide information, advice, guidance and examples of good practice on improving the quality of research proposals. We will look at mechanisms for providing support for proposal writing, feedback on draft proposals, facilitation of internal review, and an understanding of how funders make decisions. This workshop is for research managers and administrators who play a key role in helping academics to raise the quality of their research proposals.
Research managers and administrators can play a key role in supporting academics in raising the quality of their research proposals by providing advice and guidance on how funders make funding decisions and by facilitating and contributing to the proposal development and internal review, throughout the application process.
Research funding is much more likely to be secured when the quality of the research application is demonstrable. Additionally Research Councils and other funders are increasingly urging universities to submit fewer research proposals of higher quality, with sanctions being put in place for those that don’t comply!
This workshop will be delivered via a combination of presentations, case studies and discussion. Comprising several case studies to illustrate different institutional and departmental approaches to proposal development and internal review. Participants will be given the opportunity to explore and discuss in relation to their own institutional practice.
By the end of the workshop participants will:
- Understand why raising the quality of research proposals is important
- Appreciate the roles that the academic, research manager and administrator, and the institution play in the process
- Have knowledge of several different approaches to proposal development, internal peer review and feedback
- Have had the opportunity to discuss challenges and issues in their own institutional practice
Target Audience
This workshop is aimed at research managers and administrators who support the development of research proposals at either central or departmental / faculty level.
