The Research in Focus STORE

1:1 (or 1: team!) coaching:

Critical friend grant application support

Purchasing this service entitles you too: 5 x Zoom discussions (approx. 45mins each) with you as an individual proposer/your team, to support you in finalising a reasonably mature grant application proposal. In addition we will provide 2 phases of written feedback on the proposal, coordinated with the oral feedback AND support for your response to reviewers if relevant. For further details please click through for a detailed list of everything that is included. As this is a long-term commitment for both parties, please ensure you have contacted us ([email protected]) to check for availability and to receive more detailed information before signing up. We can also arrange for your university to settle the fee directly via Purchase Order via this offline route.

£2238+VAT If paying by corporate credit card [to pay by Purchase Order or personal credit card please contact us to pay at the discounted rate of £2194+VAT]. Please note: we will NOT accept payment by personal credit card where the payee expects to claim the costs back from their university and is therefore simply looking to pass the additional costs of card processing onto our small business... thank you for your understanding.

Concept to Case for Support (and beyond!)

This is a package of longer-term support aimed at PIs/CIs tacking a large grant application for the 1st time and/or anyone feeling particularly "stuck" as to how to get a potentially transformative concept into a grant application. During the 1st phase of our partnership your coach (Dr Becky Steliaros) will support and challenge you in structuring your thoughts, developing an action plan and getting clear on how to put together the most compelling proposal possible. The 2nd phase follows the same structure as our critical friend review service. We will provide comprehensive and detailed feedback, in both written and oral (Zoom hosted discussion) formats to support you in making the proposal documentation as compelling as possible. As this is a long-term commitment for both parties, please ensure you have contacted us ([email protected]) to check for availability and to receive more detailed information before signing up. We can also arrange for your university to settle the fee directly via Purchase Order via this offline route.

£4477+VAT If paying by corporate credit card [to pay by Purchase Order or personal credit card please contact us to pay at the discounted rate of £4389+VAT] Please note 1) we will NOT accept payment by personal credit card where the payee expects to claim the costs back from their university and is therefore simply looking to pass the additional costs of card processing onto our small business... thank you for your understanding, and 2) surcharges will apply to cover the additional costs on in-person mock interviews.

Pre-interview coaching

This process will support you to be as effective as possible in your funding interview. We can't wave a magic wand and guarantee that you will be funded, but we WILL guarantee that you will feel that you are as thoroughly prepared as possible! This coaching process is a partnership. We know what works well at the big questions/strategy level, we know the sort of questions you always need to have strong answers too, the nature of those questions, common pitfalls to avoid, and we know how to help you shape all of your answers so they are as compelling as possible, whilst still being “your” answers, not ours! You and the senior colleagues supporting you, need to contribute specialist research topic knowledge, both in technical terms, and any deeply nuanced cultural norms, known only to those working on a day to day basis within the topic.

£4477+VAT If paying by corporate credit card [to pay by Purchase Order or personal credit card please contact us to pay at the discounted rate of £4389+VAT] Please note 1) we will NOT accept payment by personal credit card where the payee expects to claim the costs back from their university and is therefore simply looking to pass the additional costs of card processing onto our small business... thank you for your understanding, and 2) surcharges will apply to cover the additional costs on in-person mock interviews.

Online, do at your own speed courses:

Recording of a previous “Masterclass lite” in grant applications

This is our basics course, the key elements of what you need to know to optimise your grant application success. It is a recording of a course we ran live over 3 Zoom sessions. That course contained numerous breakout discussion opportunities for participants and therefore this watch at your own pace, edited version includes instructions for how you can undertake these breakouts with either a mentor, or better still if a group of colleagues undertake the course together, how to run the breakouts amongst yourselves. If your group consists of 10 or more participants we will be able to offer your institution a discounted rate. Please contact [email protected] to request this. Our next cohort starts on: 29th April 2024. Sign up now to receive access at launch!

£475+VAT

The Full Research in Focus Grants Masterclass (including research grants and fellowships)

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know (and probably things you didn’t even know you needed to know!) about grant applications, fellowships, responding to reviewers, performing at your best for a grant interview and staying sane doing so! This course gives you practical advice, thinking frameworks and insider hints and tips that will last a career. Our next cohort starts on: 27th May 2024. Sign up now to receive access at launch!

£1295+VAT

Grant interviews ONLY module taken from our Full Grants Masterclass

Just need some tips and guidance to perform at your best during a forthcoming grant interview? Whether it’s a Future Leaders Fellowship, or an ERC Starting Grant interview these 7 bite sized video sub-modules will help you feel thoroughly prepared and at your best. Our next cohort starts on: 13th May 2024. Sign up now to receive access at launch!

£750+VAT

Need an example of our online course style? FREE Access to Module 1 of the Summer Reset Course!

We want to make sure this course reaches just the right people. Our company is set up to make a really big difference to relatively few people rather than virtually no difference to a lot of people. So, please enjoy free access to the full version of Module 1 of our Summer Reset and if the course is for you we'd LOVE to see you in the whole Summer Reset Course.

Free

Reflect & reset for exhausted academics (week by week)

Come join us to take stock of where you are, explore what you really want (what YOU WANT NOT WHAT YOUR HEAD OF DEPARTMENT WANTS!!!), explore how you might get there and develop a really firm foundation, planner and inner strength for the year!