This document provides tips on how to write a successful grant application for funding. It outlines the key elements reviewers consider like the applicant's qualifications, the importance of the research question, methodology, and dissemination plan. The document recommends structuring the case for support section with 25-30% on research context, 60-65% on methodology, and 10% on impact. It also advises addressing referee reports, using feedback to strengthen weak areas, and emphasizing why the application deserves funding. Finally, it lists common job opportunities for funded positions like Junior Research Fellowships.

1. How to Get Funded! Hints and Tips on How to Write a Good Application and Maximise Your Chance of Being Successful

2. Me and what I do! Dr Henriette Bruun, Principal School Research Facilitator Funding opportunities Feedback on applications Feedback on response to referee reports Research initiatives UCL

3. My background MA, PhD 3 years as lecturer 7 years working for a funder More than thousand applications Thousands of referee reports Funding recommendations on a couple of hundred applications Funding Committee meetings

4. How to find out about your options? Your university Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Research Assistant European Research Council Starting Grants

5. What makes a good application? Five key criteria The applicant(s) Research question/idea Preliminary research and project details Presentation/grantsmanship Funder, including funder’s expectations, and scheme

6. Applying for a grant What do you want to do? Why do you want to do it? Who are interested?

7. Why? Who? What?

8. What to include in the Case for Support

9. How to structure a case for support Research project and context 25-30% Methodology, sources and analysis 60-65% Outputs, audiences and impact 10%

10. Research project and context What is the project about Research questions(s) Aims and objectives Existing scholarship/field of inquiry Why your project is important

11. Methodology, sources and analysis Justify case studies/comparisons to be made Explain choice of sources and analysis Data collection and ethics Highlight specialist skills Technical stuff, including ‘legacy’ Copyright, IP Management Timetable with milestones

12. Dissemination: Outputs, audiences and impact What are the outputs How and where will your research findings be disseminated Who are interested and why What will the impact of your research and its findings be

13. The application form Complete sections and take it seriously Reverse chronological order (CV, e.g. qualifications, appointments, publications) Attachments Format – font, font size, margins

14. Technical Appendix? Project management of technical aspects Data development methods Infrastructural support Data preservation and sustainability Access Copyright and intellectual property issues Additional relevant information allowed such as Gantt charts, or additional text where character limits on the form do not allow the inclusion of sufficient information?

15. Presentation/grantsmanship Why should your application be funded? Convince peer reviewers and funding committee Positive and confident statements Writing ‘I’ is fine No typos

16. Presentation/grantsmanship Keep your audiences in mind Peer reviewers Panel members Funder Read information and follow guidelines Be kind No jargon Get feedback

17. Referee reports Use right to reply Engage with referee comments Do not be defensive Do not be aggressive if criticism is unfair/the referees have not understood what you want to do One more chance to convince the panel why your application should be funded Your reply may influence the funding decision

18. Common assessment criteria Quality of applicant and track record Importance of project, dissemination and impact Skills required to carry out the project Appropriate institution Fit to funder and scheme Quality of application/grantsmanship Value for money

19. Positions and jobs Junior Research Fellowships Offered by institutions Eligibility criteria vary Benefits vary Research assistants/research fellows THE, jobs.ac.uk, institutional websites

20. Dr Henriette Bruun Extension: 24840 Email: h.bruun@ucl.ac.uk