1. Funding Opportunities for Career Development Dr Gwen Averley Research Funding Development Manager http://www.mrc.ac.uk/skills-careers/

2. Overview The Faculty process for applying for Fellowships How to find funding opportunities via RESEARCHconnect Recent funder changes in fellowship eligibility Success rates

3. Making Fellowship Applications at Newcastle http://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical/research/fellowships/ http://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical/research/fellowships/ Faculty ECR Working Group http://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical/research/fellowships/ffgs.htm http://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical/research/fellowships/ffgs.htm Support for those applying for science Fellowships Contact FMS-ECR@ncl.ac.uk and the member of the Faculty Fellowship Group from your academic unitFMS-ECR@ncl.ac.uk Clinical Academic Office (CAO) http://www.ncl.ac.uk/biomedicine/clinical/about/index.htm Support for those applying for clinical Fellowships Contact emma.reynolds@ncl.ac.uk in the CAOemma.reynolds@ncl.ac.uk

4. FELLOWSHIPS: informing the Faculty T o submit a (non-clinical) Fellowship application the applicant must have the prior consent of the Dean of Research; sight of a near final version of the application, well before the closing date, will be required in order to obtain this consent The applicant must send an email to the email address FMS-ECR@ncl.ac.uk letting us know of the intent to apply in order to initiate this consent process FMS-ECR@ncl.ac.uk The email should specify: which Fellowship(s) and the closing dates how far you are on with drafting the application whether you have informed your Research Support Officer of your need to have costings done with whom you have discussed the proposal so far whether you have arranged internal peer reviewers and who

5. Faculty Fellowship Group http://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical/research/fellowships/ffgs.htm http://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical/research/fellowships/ffgs.htm ChairProf Deb Henderson, Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation ICaMBCaroline Austin, Kevin Waldron, Paula Salgado ICMSimi Ali, Catharien Hilkens IGMHelen Arthur, Gavin Hudson IHSJudith Rankin, Falko Sniehotta IoNCraig Robson, Steve Clifford, Lisa Russell NICRMelissa Bateson, Zosia Chrzanowska-Lightowlers SDSJohn Taylor Discuss your plans with them; they will let you know what level is competitive; they will comment on draft applications; they will give mock interviews

6. Recent Fellowship eligibility changes BBSRC removes upper limit on number of years’ research experience http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/news/policy/2015/150326-n-changes-bbsrc-fellowships-following- review/ http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/news/policy/2015/150326-n-changes-bbsrc-fellowships-following- review/ The Anniversary Future Leader Fellowship has continued as the Future Leader Fellowship (FLF), providing support for independent postdoctoral research The number of scientists eligible for the David Phillips Fellowship will be increased by removing the upper limit on the years of research experience; combined with the FLF this creates a continuum of support from PhD to Group Leader MRC removes eligibility criteria based on years since PhD http://www.mrc.ac.uk/news-events/news/signposting-medical-research-career-options/ http://www.mrc.ac.uk/news-events/news/signposting-medical-research-career-options/ Wellcome Trust - Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/Fellowships/Basic-biomedical-fellowships/WTX033549.htm http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/Fellowships/Basic-biomedical-fellowships/WTX033549.htm you must be in the final year of your PhD studies or have no more than two years of postdoctoral research experience from the date of your PhD viva at the final decision point

7. Finding Funding: RESEARCHconnect For RESEARCHconnect you need to login at this URL http://www.idoxgrantfinder.co.uk/education/ Note that the University accounts are only available from the ‘/education’ URL – your login will not work from their home page Your user name is yourname@newcastle.ac.uk i.e. using '@newcastle.ac.uk' and not '@ncl.ac.uk' yourname@newcastle.ac.uk and your immediate password is ‘ newcastle’ You can change the password in My Account once you are in For grants and fellowships you need to search RESEARCHconnect GrantFinder is more for business and local health authority type funding ReCap session https://internal.ncl.ac.uk/medical/research/grantguide/https://internal.ncl.ac.uk/medical/research/grantguide/

8. Other Funding sources Professional bodies Learned Societies National, European, International Especially for small awards, prizes, ‘esteem’ awards, public engagement, etc. New Twitter accounts @FMSgrantfunding @SAgEfunding

9. First step Learned Societies & Professional Bodies JOIN THEM Source of small funding, prizes, networking

10. CV building In addition to the all-important publications Travel grants Prizes Essay competitions (e.g. MRC Max Perutz Writing Award) Public engagement activities Entrepreneurial (e.g. Biotechnology YES) C/D 27 May Vacation Studentships Eventually Fellowships, research grants

11. Example travel / training grant calls availability depends on your research area – think laterally Biochemical Society Boehringer Ingelheim GmbJ Brain British Association for Cancer Research British Infection Society British Neuropathological Society British Society for Cell Biology British Society for Developmental Biology DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID European Association of Experimental Social Psychology) Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Genetics Society Nutrition Society Physiological Society Society for Experimental Biology Society for General Microbiology Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

12. Success rates data Research funder strategy and strategic priorities Wellcome Trust grants awarded and funding statistics http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Managing-a-grant/Grants-awarded/index.htm http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Managing-a-grant/Grants-awarded/index.htm BBSRC portfolio analyser http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/research/grants-search/advancedsearch/ http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/research/grants-search/advancedsearch/ MRC Fellowship success rates http://www.mrc.ac.uk/research/funded-research/success-rates/ http://www.mrc.ac.uk/research/funded-research/success-rates/ NIHR Fellowship success rates http://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/training-programmes.htm http://www.nihr.ac.uk/funding/training-programmes.htm

13. MRC Fellowships awarded (2013/14) 2014/15 http://www.mrc.ac.uk/research/funded-research/success-rates/#fellowship http://www.mrc.ac.uk/research/funded-research/success-rates/#fellowship MRC Fellowship type (2013/14) 2014/15 No. of application s No. of application s awarded Success rate (%) Clinical Fellowship Clinician Scientist Fellowship(33) 35(7) 11(21%) 31% Senior Clinical Fellowship(5) 4(2) 1(40%) 25% Clinical Research Training Fellowship(119) 121(44) 38(37%) 31% Non – Clinical Career Development Award(88) 100(13) 14(15%) 14% Senior Non-Clinical Fellowship(19) 18(2) 0(11%) 0% Specialist Schemes Career Development Award in Biostatistics(8) 10(4) 5(50%) 50% Early Career Fellowship in Economics of Health(5) 3(3) 1(60%) 33% Methodology Research Fellowship(8) 9(2) 2(25%) 22% Population Health Scientist Fellowship(35) 44(9) 6(26%) 14% Special Training Fellowships in Biomedical Informatics (7) 21(0) 3(0%) 14% Total(327) 365(86) 81(26%) 22%

14. Guidance on grant writing The Art of Grantsmanship by Dr Jacob Kraicer http://www.hfsp.org/funding/art-grantsmanship Grant Writing Guidance http://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical/research/grantguide/ ‘More than Lucky’ by Kay Guccione re ECR experience of obtaining fellowships http://www.lfhe.ac.uk/en/research-resources/small- development-projects/sdp2014/sheffieldA- po.cfm?utm_source=research&utm_campaign=sdp