BSI Grant Writing Support
We support our community of academics to prepare excellent interdisciplinary funding applications through a raft of grant writing activities.
Grant Writing Club
Our Grant Writing Club brings together academics to discuss the grant applications they are developing. This group purposefully includes academics from across disciplines and different career stages, to allow peer review of the interdisciplinary aspects including the accessibility of applications to reviewers from other disciplines. Throughout the year we can provide support for arranging peer review and arranging mock panels where appropriate.
Sign-up to take part in a Grant Writing Club here: https://forms.office.com/e/TnMYqXkBLm
When and where: Fridays 10-12 in MCS cafe
Interested but want to know more? Email bsi-manager@durham.ac.uk.
Collaboration Stimulating Coffee Vouchers
This scheme encourages new collaborative conversations to take place across disciplinary boundaries, with the aim of building momentum in new areas of research. Complete the form below to enter your details and request your vouchers.
- For those who know who they would like to meet and for those who would like to be introduced to someone new.
- After the form has been completed we will be in touch by email to arrange transfer of the vouchers.
Coffee voucher form: https://forms.office.com/e/HFTWPa96TR
Grant Writing Plenaries
Every month we host plenary sessions that explore topics related to interdisciplinary grant writing. These are of a range of formats and include mixer sessions to generate ideas, proposal pitching sessions, information sessions from experienced internal and external colleagues and review panel Q&A sessions. Our plenaries are open to all members of the University community and the sessions for 2025-2026 are listed below in the events table.
Register for plenary sessions here: https://forms.office.com/e/mS3s55xbev
Events
| Date | Description |
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| 10 February 2026 |
Fellowship Information Session BSI Writing Plenary PCL050 10-11 AM
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| 19 March 2026 |
Geography Mixer BSI Writing Plenary W007 1-2 PM |
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24 April 2026 |
Preparing Large Grants BSI Writing Plenary MJC2012 10-11 AM |
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28 April 2026 |
Fellowship Writing Workshop Session BSI Writing Plenary MJC2012 10-11 AM |
| 18 May 2026 |
What happens on UKRI panels? BSI Writing Plenary MJC2012 11-12 AM (lunch after for attendees) |
| 9 June 2026 |
Equipment focussed session BSI Writing Plenary MJC20004 10-11 AM |
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