Bid development

Unlocking your potential through a coaching mindset

17 July, 2025

Adopting a coaching mindset – focussed on empathy, open questioning and purposeful challenge – can transform your approach to research development. Doug Brown, a leadership coach, recently worked with Stephen Roberts and Cathy Boucher at King’s College London to implement a 4-step toolkit to help RMAs develop the skills necessary to support others in navigating complexity and reach their goals more effectively.

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Generative AI in research management: Smarter support for a complex funding landscape

26 June, 2025

Juggling deadlines, funder rules and endless emails? Discover how generative AI is becoming the ultimate copilot for research managers – helping you write smarter guidance, review proposals faster, and find the right funding with ease.

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The Full Emotional Cost: Finding the Motivation to Motivate… Again

2 April, 2025

Where do we find our motivation to motivate? This article explores where we charge our motivational batteries, how to navigate rejection and what we can learn from Mr Bean.

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The rise and rise of Areas of Research Interest

16 January, 2025

Areas of Research Interest are a growing phenomenon. Designed to help public organisations express their research needs, they provide a strong steer to researchers on what is most needed.

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The role of AI in research funding: Current adoption and future prospects

21 November, 2024

This article outlines survey responses from current research managers and administrators regarding the adoption of AI tools, their impact on grant applications, and the challenges and opportunities faced.

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Grant proposal writing in the age of AI

19 September, 2024

This article reflects on the growing influence of AI in the grant proposal process and considers how to adapt to the homogenisation of language an over-dependence on AI-generated text might cause, through “the hook”.

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How to ace your application for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Funding

15 August, 2024

The UK’s recent association to Horizon Europe means researchers can fully access the funding provided by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). But what do you need to win one of these prestigious grants?

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Brave New World – Navigating AI in research management and administration

26 January, 2024

For research managers and administrators, understanding AI’s evolution and its implications is now not just a matter of curiosity, but a professional necessity in navigating the future of research and innovation across all academic disciplines.

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Rebuilding our connections with Europe

12 January, 2024

So the dust has now settled on the 7 September 2023 announcement by the Government that the UK will re-join Horizon Europe on 1 January 2024. Or has it?

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Celebrations and renewed collaborations: Brilliant news on Horizon Europe

12 January, 2024

After many years of will-they won’t-they, we finally have the news that the UK has officially joined the Horizon Europe programme as an associated country.

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News, analysis and advice for UK research professionals

Bid development

Unlocking your potential through a coaching mindset

Generative AI in research management: Smarter support for a complex funding landscape

The Full Emotional Cost: Finding the Motivation to Motivate… Again

The rise and rise of Areas of Research Interest

The role of AI in research funding: Current adoption and future prospects

Grant proposal writing in the age of AI

How to ace your application for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Funding

Brave New World – Navigating AI in research management and administration

Rebuilding our connections with Europe

Celebrations and renewed collaborations: Brilliant news on Horizon Europe

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