Winning Research Funding

by Abby Day Peters

Overview

The ability to produce valid research has never been more crucial to the academic community than it is today, but how do you go about getting the funding for such projects? How do you identify which funding organisations are likely to be sympathetic to your needs, and convince them that they will benefit from funding you?

Abby Day Peters guides you step by step through the process of focusing your research and identifying your funding partner to provide the very best chance of success. But, perhaps more importantly, she also goes on to explain how to build and maintain a relationship with the partner, thereby assisting future research. In addition, the book gives advice on writing and successful publication following completion of the research project.

The text is extremely lively and enjoyable to read, with many valuable insights from both sides of the funding process, and features real-life case studies and interviews throughout.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409462736
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	10/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Abby Day Peters advises publishers, academics and universities on how to improve their working relationships and get quality books and articles published. Her career for the past twenty-five years covers journalism, editing, writing, publishing, teaching and consulting in organisations in Europe, North America, Australia, and South-East Asia. She is the best-selling author of How to Get Research Published in Journals and co-author of several other books about writing and publishing. Her How to Get Published workshops are popular events in colleges and universities worldwide. She is currently undertaking doctoral research in Sociology at Lancaster University.

Table of Contents

Contents: Part I Your Research Focus: Why do we need funded research?; Why look for research funding?; Research issues; Outcomes and outputs; What is good research?; The value of research; Teams and networks. Part II Identifying your Research Partner: The benefits of research partnerships; Primary funders; Working with the corporate sector. Part III Building the Research Partnership: Assessing partner needs; Managing your personal profile; Writing proposals; Presentations; A word from your sponsors; How proposals are assessed and chosen. Part IV Maintaining the Research Partnership: Managing the research partnership; Monitoring and evaluation; Research and quality management; Writing better, writing faster; Publication planning; Bibliography; Index.