Are you thinking about applying for a grant or fellowship?

Is this your first time applying for major funding and would you like to learn about effective grant writing and what makes a strong application?

ECRs and PhD students across all Schools and Departments, with an interest in data science and AI are invited to this Grant Writing Workshop. We welcome all ECRs and PhD students to attend, including those with little or no experience in writing proposals to funding bodies. It is never too early to build your knowledge in this critical area of academia.

Aims

This workshop aims to help ECRs and PhD students working in data science and AI to maximise the chances of securing research funding, grants or a fellowship position.

Workshop

We will start the workshop with a small group elevator pitch exercise. This is a fantastic exercise in communicating our research interests to a broad audience who may have little or no knowledge of your area. This peer-to-peer activity will take place in a supportive and friendly environment, where everyone is gathered to improve their communication skills. If you can verbally communicate complex information quickly, you can use these skills to build a solid written funding application.

A keynote presentation will be delivered by Dr Mia Sato Tackney, MRC Biostatistics Unit. Hear her story from an awardee of a C2D3 Seed Fund in 2023 to a NIHR Advanced Fellowship in 2025.

Finally we will have a panel discussion from four leading academics, to hear their thoughts on what makes a successful funding application, common pitfalls, and strategies for ensuring your writing is persuasive.

Registration

Registration is essential and closes Wed 14th January at 17:00, please see the notes below about entry to the venue.

Register here.

Programme

Registration, tea and coffee

Welcome: Professor Zoe Kourtzi, Department of Psychology & Co-Chair C2D3

Elevator pitch practice

Keynote: Success! From C2D3 Seed Fund to Fellowship

• Dr Mia Sato Tackney, MRC Biostatistics Unit, NIHR Advanced Fellow (2025-2030)

Panel discussion: Mastering the art of applications

• Chair: Professor Zoe Kourtzi
• Professor Alexandra Brintrup, Institute for Manufacturing
• Dr Alexis Litvine, Faculty of History
• Dr Anna Moore Winter, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
• Professor Qingyuan Zhao, Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, Associate Faculty of the Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine (CCAIM).

Discussion and networking

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Venue

The Glasshouse, 100 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB

On entering The Glasshouse, report to the reception desk and they will check the guest list (registration essential to attend the event), the receptionist will open the barriers, and you can take the lift to Level 1.