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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I would like to remind you of the Faculty grant writing challenge 2017. This is a very worthy process and I would like to emphasize that this is not only for junior staff. Last year the class included several professors incl. two HoDs.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Given where the Faculty is financially it is paramount that we all do our best. Increased grant income is the most fun way of improving the budget situation.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Erling<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Faculty of Science, Grant Challenge 2017<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Do you need help getting research grants funded? Do you need a timetable to get a grant submitted?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If so, then join the Grant Challenge which this year features additional support and recordings for off-line working! Highlights over the last two years<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* 30 grants submitted<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* £3m of grants funded directly attributed by the PIs to their attendance at the Grant Challenge<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* 5 new PIs who had previously not had a significant grant funded as PI<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Selected comments:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">* “The </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Grant Challenge, and additional mentoring, was the key for the successful funding of my grant”. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">* “The Grant Challenge was fundamental in obtaining my grant and represents the most substantive and effective support from Strathclyde in preparing and submitting grants to
this body for this PI.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white">* “The Grant Challenge is truly excellent … it took me step-by-step through </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the process and gave me tips at each stage for
improving me grant writing. I ended up transformed as a grant writer!</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more details, and the sign-up page please check below … note the pre-work deadline of April 21<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://bookings.strath.ac.uk/Home/Course/394">https://bookings.strath.ac.uk/Home/Course/394</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">===============================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Professor Erling Riis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Head of Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Department of Physics, tel: 0141-5483490<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Strathclyde University,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">John Anderson Building, e-mail:
<a href="mailto:e.riis@strath.ac.uk"><span style="color:blue">e.riis@strath.ac.uk</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Glasgow, G4 0NG<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The Department is a partner in SUPA, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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