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Target Audience: Research staff, early-career academic staff and anyone else planning to apply for the RSE Small Research Grants scheme

RSE Small Research Grants is a scheme by the Royal Society of Edinburgh supporting high-quality research through small funding pots of £500 to £5,000 over a 12-month period. The programme is targeted at researchers and academics at Scottish institutions, including those on fixed-term contracts.

This session is for those staff members at Strathclyde who are in the process of applying for an RSE Small Research Grant.

Participants will have the opportunity to receive feedback and tips on their funding proposal through a peer review process during the session.

There will also be time to ask questions regarding the funding programme, as colleagues from RKES will be present to provide their advice.

This is an excellent opportunity for early-career staff members to build up their research portfolio as well as develop their skills around proposal writing.

Course Outcome/Objectives;

At the end of the session, participants will have

• Gained peer feedback to improve their draft proposal;
• Received support with any questions around the RSE Small Research Grants scheme;
• Improved their grant development skills through review from others as well as through providing feedback themselves;
• Gotten to know grant application processes better in a practical context.

As a prerequisite for participating in this session, please send your draft proposal for the RSE Small Research Grants scheme to alison.robinson@strath.ac.uk by the 1^st October 2021.

You can find further information about the RSE Small Research Grants scheme here: https://www.rse.org.uk/awards/rse-small-research-grants/

Please make sure to read the eligibility criteria attentively to make sure that you are able to apply for the programme.

This includes the following eligibility information based on further discussion between RSE and our RKES team:
Only those staff members whose roles are funded directly through the University (on fixed-term or open-ended contracts) are eligible to apply for the RSE Small Grants Scheme. Those whose contracts are funded through an external funding organisation are not eligible for the programme.

Cancellation Policy

When applying for a course, you should note that there will be a £50* to your department if you cancel within 5** working days or you do not attend, and a £25 charge for cancellations/ non-attendance between 6 and 10 working days. There will be no charge for cancellation made 10 or more working days before the event. Notifications should be made to OSDU@strath.ac.uk

A department is welcome to send someone else in your place if they wish without incurring a charge, providing that person has the necessary pre-requisites for the course. In the case of courses split over more than one day, you must attend ALL parts of the course. If you fail to attend any part you will be charged as outlined above.

*This is the standard charge for cancellation or non-attendance of course of 1 days duration or less. For some courses there may be a higher cancellation charge and if this is the case you will be advised of this at the time of booking.

**Any bookings made within 10 days of the event will incur the charges as specified.

Prerequisites