1. Proposal writing workshops & Rewards for Excellence 2018/19
Lynne McCorriston
Research & Business Development Manager
College of Science and Engineering

2. Proposal writing workshops
Aim – to ensure you have a full proposal ready for submission
Guidance
Consult your funding body of choice for guidance notes
College ECR webpages have additional guidance documents to download and videos with helpful hints and tips.
Peer review
Rewards for Excellence
£10k prize for equipment, travel or something else to accelerate your research programme

3. Rewards for excellence
Full proposals with draft costings
Extra section in JoR – £10k
Reviewed by College Research Committee
Feedback will be given
4 awards of £10k
You will be expected to submit your proposal!

4. The programme – sessions 1-4
3rd October 2018, – 15.00
Room 227 St Andrews Building
Programme Launch
Introduction to proposal writing workshops and Rewards for Excellence competition Prof. Chris Pearce
Top tips for developing and presenting research proposals and building your profile Prof. Lee Cronin
Developing a grant proposal and benefits of proposal writing workshops - Dr Tom Shire
ECDP Grant writing workshops, Rewards for Excellence and support for applicants – Lynne McCorriston
18th October 2018
Submission Deadline (Track Record)
Session 2:
25th October 2018,
Room 422, 423 & F121, Sir Alwyn Williams Building
Track record review & introduction to Case for support
Advice on writing a Case for Support
Introduction to Knowledge Exchange, Impact & Public engagement Rose Marie Barbeau
Supervisor training
Supervisor training is run by the Graduate School twice a year – November and May
To sign up, please contact Heather Lambie, Graduate School Manager
15th November 2018
Submission deadline (Case for Support)
Session 3
23rd November 2018,
Case for support review & introduction to Pathways to impact
Writing your pathways to impact document – Lynne McCorriston
7th December 2018
Submission deadline (Pathways to Impact)

5. Sessions 1-4 continued Submission deadline for Rewards for Excellence
** New workshop & networking session **
7th December
423 Sir Alwyn Williams Building
Carving Your Niche
You may find yourself in a position where you haven’t been able to secure funds to continue the research you have done during your PhD, or as Research Associate… hear from researchers who have used their skills and experience to redirect their research career, carving a niche for themselves.
Dr Aleksandra Vuckovic – from power plant design to creating tools for rehabilitation and pain management!
Dr Zhibin Yu
Session 4
13th December 2018,
Room 526, 633 & 459 James Watt South Building
Pathways to impact review & Nuts and Bolts of submitting a proposal
Kate Haig – CoSE Research support team
CoSE Business Development team
Library Data Management team – Data Management at UofG
31st January 2019
Submission deadline for Rewards for Excellence

6. Sessions 5-8 Session 5 Date: TBC Rooms 422 & 423 Sir Alwyn Williams
Date: TBC
Rooms 422 & 423 Sir Alwyn Williams
Building Effective Research Collaborations –
Hear from senior staff who have developed strong research collaborations with colleagues and competitors to advance their field of research and build their research profile.
Session 6
28th March 2019,
Research Integrity workshop
Sam Oakley, Researcher Development Team
Session 7
18th April 2019,
Rooms 422 & 423, Sir Alwyn Williams Building
KE, IP and Commercialisation - Impact is a key consideration for all researchers. Our Knowledge Exchange, Commercialisation and IP workshop will cover some of the activities that can lead to the creation of impact.
This session will include presentations from external speakers on IP and how to protect and exploit it. There will also be case studies from senior colleagues on how to engage with industry (through consultancy, collaborative research and spin-outs) to create impact and benefit your research activity. The University’s IP processes and support will also be presented at this session.
Supervisor Training
Supervisor training is run by the Graduate School twice a year – May and November
To sign up, please contact Heather Lambie, Graduate School Manager
Session 8
9th May 2019,
Rooms 422 & 423 Sir Alwyn Williams Building
 Or
23rd May
Building External Relationships - This workshop will help you to understand how by working with external stakeholders who can define, advise and shape your research and impact activities, you can develop your external profile and present a stronger case when seeking research funding.
Robin Henderson, MyConsultants

7. Who and what you need to know
College Business Development Team
Lynne McCorriston, David Nisbet and Linsey Robertson (maternity leave)
College Research Support Team
Project Coordinators
Engineering –  Jacqueline Heuchan / Derek Motherwell
Chemistry – Andrew Wilson
Physics and Astronomy  -  Callum Knox
Computing Science, GES – Sofia Apollonov
Maths & Stats – Kate Haig
School Administrators/finance team

8. College Business Development support
Horizon scanning, funding opportunity alerts, proposal development – disseminated via Research Committee
Current calls
Funding intelligence (RCUK, Innovate UK, KTNs)
You can do it yourself:
set up Research Professional get yourself a tailored funding alert
Deadlines, funding levels, industrial involvement etc
Support for funding proposals; general feedback, Pathways to Impact/Impact Summary, JeS documents, Letters of Support etc – please come and talk to us, and give enough time to review!
Information on funding initiatives such as GCRF, ISCF

9. College Business Development support
2. Find collaborators in academia and/or industry
Search for relevant industrial contacts through our networks and through attendance at events
Market capabilities and success stories, organise events
Apply to EPSRC or STFC Impact Acceleration Accounts (IAA), or Glasgow Knowledge Exchange fund for support for impact creation
3. Support interdisciplinary themes - aligning research towards grand challenges
Sensors, Imaging, Nanotechnology, Sustainability, Future Cities, Space, Energy, Synthetic Biology, Electronics & Photonics, Aerospace Defence & Security, Materials, Mhealth, Robotics & Autonomous Systems...
If you want to register for any of the networks – just ask us

10. Things to think about… Funds for ECRs: Capex
E.g. Royal Society Research Grant (£20k)
E.g. Marie Curie Fellowships (build your group)
E.g. Carnegie Trust funds – collaborative - Scottish Universities
Industrial Fellowships (RS / RAEng) – working with industry
Capex
are you intending to apply for equipment? You need to prepare well in advance
Orcid ID – get one!
Peer review – responding to feedback from reviewers

11. Any questions…
Just ask!
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