Online materials are now available under the ‘Funding from the Major Charities’ pathway of the RKE Development Framework.
Online sessions for ‘Introduction to the Wellcome Trust’ and ‘Introduction to the Leverhulme Trust’ are now available. The materials are available through myBU. To access the materials please login to myBU, and access the
community ‘BU: Research and Knowledge Exchange Development Framework’. From here, you can navigate through the pathways (see left hand side of screen) to the Funding from Major Charities pathway to find the session materials.
Keep an eye out for upcoming sessions under this pathway including ‘Applying to a major charity – hints and tips’ as well as a Bid Writing Retreat for major charities. Further information on these sessions will be posted on the Research Blog in due course.
RKE Development Framework – online materials launched under ‘Funding from the Major Charities’ pathway
RKE Development Framework – online materials launched for ‘Introduction to the UK Research Councils’
Research and Knowledge Exchange Development Framework – funding from the major charities










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