A weekly gathering to discuss careers and research topics, inspired by 17th and 18th century salons from Paris, with a modern twist. These sessions combine livestreams, guest speakers and group chat to exchange ideas, challenge, influence, inspire and educate.
In this session we talk about Funding opportunities beyond your PhD.
Exploring funding opportunities beyond your PhD is vital for sustaining and advancing your research career. In this workshop, we will examine the diverse avenues available for securing financial support after graduation. Should you go straight into Fellowship Applications? Stay in same lab? What if traditional funding sources are not aligned with your research focus? How can you leverage collaborations or alternative funding models to support your work? We will discuss strategies for identifying and approaching potential funders, as well as the importance of networking and building relationships in the funding landscape. This session aims to stimulate critical thinking and engage participants in a dialogue with our expert speakers, providing insights that can enhance their funding pursuits.
Speakers
Professor Patrick Lewis is an academic in the department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences at the Royal Veterinary College, working to understand the mechanisms that underlie neurodegeneration in humans and animals. He has been investigating the causes of neurodegeneration for two decades, working on Alzheimer’s disease, the Prion diseases and, since 2005, Parkinson’s disease. His major research interest is understanding how mutations associated with neurodegenerative diseases alter the way brain cells work, causing them to die. During these years, he has supervised and mentored many PhD students to discover their career paths.
Dr Kalisha Bonds Johnson is an Assistant Professor, Tenure track at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing in Atlanta, Georgia. Kalisha graduated with a PhD from Oregon Health & Science University in 2019. During her PhD program, she was funded through several mechanisms, including the SAMHSA at American Nurses Association Minority Fellowship Program and the Jonas Foundation as a Veterans Healthcare Scholar. She is focussed on the decision-making processes regarding healthcare services for African American persons living with dementia and how these decision-making processes affect the quality of life of African American persons living with dementia and their families. Kalisha is passionate about supporting early career researchers to find their path into research, and securing the funding they need.
Programme
The format of the event is a 30 minute livestream where the speakers will each present their thoughts on this topic for 10 minutes each, the host will then ask questions and the livestream will end. The speakers will then join the online chat and interact with the audience, answering questions and giving those who attended a chance to share their thoughts on the topic.
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