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BSI Grant Writing Support

We support our community of academics to prepare excellent interdisciplinary funding applications through a raft of grant writing activities.

These include our Grant Writing Club, a BSI Writing Room as well as focussed sessions aimed at specific interdisciplinary research topics and calls.
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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
10 February 2026

Fellowship Information Session 

BSI Writing Plenary

PCL050

10-11 AM

 

19 March 2026

Geography Mixer 

BSI Writing Plenary

W007

1-2 PM

24 April 2026

Preparing Large Grants 

BSI Writing Plenary

MJC2012

10-11 AM

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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