Last month, the Grants Office organised a discussion involving experts who have won grants from the European Research Council (ERC) or served on evaluation panels. Here we distil the most important insights that emerged and supplement them with our own thoughts. ERC funds ground-breaking basic research in all disciplines. The various grants, open to individual… Continue reading Ingredients of successful European Research Council proposals
Month: November 2021
Impact: demonstrating the value added by research
Both public and private funders of research expect a return on their investment: the potential impact of a proposed project is often an explicit evaluation criterion, so you should describe it as clearly and effectively as possible. This post is a slightly modified version of the text on the Grants Office website (also available in… Continue reading Impact: demonstrating the value added by research