The Department runs a number of initiatives to support your research. If you have any questions, or would like to discuss them further, please contact the Chair of Departmental Research Committee, or the Department's Research Support Team (environment-research@york.ac.uk). | Support Available | Details | Contact/Further Information |
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| Special Interest Groups (SPIGs) | The key purpose of SPIGs is to facilitate interdisciplinary working and to respond to opportunities such as emerging topics, grant applications or high impact papers.
They should contain members from across at least 2 or more of our 4 Challenge Area Research Groups (CARGs), as well as members from other UoY Departments, centres and external stakeholders where necessary. SPIGs are intended to form as and when needed to generate a clear deliverable - such as a grant proposal, a publication, a policy initiative or an industry commitment - and disband when no longer needed. We expect they will typically have ~3-18 month lifetimes. Modest amounts of funding are available to help achieve deliverables (indicative maximum £500). Open to anyone in the Department, including technicians, ECRs and PGRs, and run on the principles of equality and diversity.
| Application form Email completed forms to environment-research@york.ac.uk
| | Proposal Writing Buddies | We have a group of buddies available within the Department who have experience of writing successful grant proposals and can work with and support you in your proposal development. This support is flexible and could be used at the early ideas development stages through to support in drafting of your application documents. | Contact the Chair of Departmental Research Committee who can help to match you with a buddy | | Pitching Research Grant Application Ideas | Pitching your research grant ideas to colleagues can be an excellent way to get feedback and help you to progress your plans. | Contact your CARG Leader to discuss opportunities | | Library of Successful Grant Proposals | Looking at successful grant applications can help structure your grant proposals and understand what the funder is looking for. Research Support can ask other departments for example applications if we don't have any in the Department.
| Email environment-research@york.ac.uk | Early Career Researcher (ECR) Support | Our Department has an Early Career Researchers (ECR) Group that meets regularly to discuss relevant issues, share information and to build a strong early career community of researchers. | Departmental Early Career Researcher Representatives | | Drop-in Sessions | Our research drop-in sessions are an opportunity for you to ask questions, discuss your ideas with colleagues and the Department's Research Support Team and Chair of Departmental Research Committee. We sometimes hold also run 'themed' drop-in sessions that focus on particular topics. | Advertised by email | Research Forum
| Our termly Research Forum brings academics and researchers together to network and meet new starters, discuss specific topics and potential collaborations.
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