Funding Development Briefings are back from 8th September 2021.
What are Funding Development Briefings?
Each session will cover the latest major funding opportunities, followed by a brief Q&A session. Sessions will also include a spotlight on a particular funding opportunity of strategic importance to BU. The timetable for the next eleven weeks is below.
| Date | Spotlight Funding Opportunity |
| 08/09/21 | Wellcome Trust |
| 15/09/21 | ERC Starting Grants |
| 22/09/21 | Innovate UK SMART Grants |
| 29/09/21 | BA Small Grants |
| 06/10/21 | NERC Knowledge Exchanged Fellowships (subject to change) |
| 13/10/21 | NIHR RfPB |
| 20/10/21 | Ideas session |
| 27/10/21 | UKRO (tentative option) |
| 03/11/21 | BA Newton Advanced Fellowships |
| 10/11/21 | NIHR Fellowships |
| 17/11/21 | UKRO (tentative option) |
Sessions will be recorded and made available after the session for those who cannot attend.
Funding Development Briefings – Here’s what you might have missed…
Funding development briefings in April and spotlights this year
Funding development briefings are changing…
Funding Development Briefing – Spotlight on: AHRC Research Development and Engagement Fellowships










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