[Academic] Fwd: FW: BBSRC Grant Challenge - 24 April 2013 deadline

[John Jeffers]

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Subject: 	FW: BBSRC Grant Challenge - 24 April 2013 deadline
Date: 	Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:51:08 +0000
From: 	Rein Ulijn <rein.ulijn at strath.ac.uk>
To: 	Duncan Graham <duncan.graham at strath.ac.uk>, John Jeffers 
<john.jeffers at strath.ac.uk>, Michael Heath <m.heath at strath.ac.uk>, Neil 
Ghani <neil.ghani at strath.ac.uk>, William Harnett 
<w.harnett at strath.ac.uk>, Keith Mathieson <keith.mathieson at strath.ac.uk>
CC: 	Iain Hunter <I.S.Hunter at strath.ac.uk>



Dear Directors of Research

Please find below an invitation for academic staff to take part in a 
BBSRC Grant Challenge- an effort to improve our submission and success 
rates.

A number of staff have been emailed directly about this opportunity.

There are likely further people who would benefit and I would appreciate 
it if you could alert them to this scheme and encourage them to join in.

Best wishes

Rein

Dear All

You have been identified as someone who might be thinking about 
submitting a grant proposal to the *BBSRC* for the next deadline of 
*24^th of April*.

As you might be aware, both submission and success rates for BBSRC are 
currently poor for Strathclyde. We intend to address this issue via 
'*Grant Challenge*' scheme, a mechanism of deadlines, peer-to-peer 
support and low level guidance. The Challenge mechanism has worked very 
well in achieving the objective of grant submission (and grant success) 
over the last summer period. Feedback suggested that deadlines and peer 
support help to prioritise grant writing. Friendly feedback in a group 
context has helped to improve the quality of grants submitted.

The challenge scheme would involve working in themed peer groups, with 3 
intermediate deadlines, that help you put the grant together in steps, 
while obtaining peer support at each stage. If you are interested in 
taking part, please email Josephine Dick (copied) *by February 22nd* and 
she will keep you informed when dates become available.

Please feel free to pass this message on to additional colleagues who 
may benefit from this scheme.

Best wishes

Rein

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