Salon – Research Grant Review Board Insider Tips

A weekly webinar to discuss careers and research topics. These sessions combine livestreams, guest speakers and group online chat to exchange ideas, challenge, influence, inspire and educate. In this session we invite two researchers to share tips learned from their time behind the curtain on reviewing grant applications.

This time in the Salon we unlock the secrets to successful grant applications. Whether you’re navigating your first submission or seeking to refine your approach, this is a rare chance to gain practical advice from those who’ve been on the inside. Join us to deepen your understanding of the review process and equip yourself with the strategies to make your next application a success. Hear from our speakers, share your own tips and get answers to your questions.

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 Rachael Kelley is a Reader in the School of Health at Leeds Beckett University. Her research focuses on improving the care and support offered to people living with dementia and their families, predominantly in hospitals and other healthcare settings. This includes work to improve the care of people living with dementia and comorbid health conditions such as cancer. Prior to starting her research career she was a qualified mental health nurse specialising in the care of people living with dementia. She is a member of a NIHR Research for Patient Benefit funding panel (Yorkshire and North East Region) as well as undertaking regular reviews for numerous academic journals and research funding panels. She also teaches health research methods to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

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.