Grant Writing Retreat 2025
Introduction
Our Grant Writing Retreat took place on Thursday 10 July to Friday 11 July, 2025 with delegates from across the country coming together for productive and inspiring sessions.
Speakers
We are grateful to the following speakers who led talks and sessions:
- Dr Charlotte Sharp, Hannah Turner-Uaandja, Dr Jane Taylor & Leila Hamrang
- Dr Elaine Mackey
- Professor Richard Dobson, Dr Amos Folarin & Yatharth Ranjan
- Dr Karen Finney
- Professor Chris Yau
- Professor Cathie Sudlow
- Dr Sabine van der Veer
- Professor David Schultz
- Professor Peter Bower
These sessions covered important topics such as, robust information governance, PPIE involvement, technology solutions , and advice from funders and funding panel members. Researchers were also given valuable tips from the speakers’ own experiences.
📑 Presentations
Please find the presentation slides for each speaker and further resources down below.
| Speaker | Presentation Link |
|---|---|
| Dr Charlotte Sharp & Jane Taylor | PPIE |
| Professor Richard Dobson, Amos Folarin and Yathrath Ranjan | Technical challenges in healthresearch and RADAR-Base |
| Dr Elaine Mackey | Information Governance Top Tips |
| Karen Finney | Perspectives from funders and panels |
| Chris Yau | Perspectives from funders and panels |
| Jane Taylor | Perspectives from funders and panels |
| Cathie Sudlow | Keynote: The power of ‘big data |
| Dr Sabine van der Veer, Professor David Schultz & Professor Peter Bower | Putting pen to paper |
| Will Dixon | Welcome |
Resources
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Application Plain English Summaries This is a plain language summary selected by NIHR as an example of good practice, written by Peter Bower
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Speaker top tips Grant writing tips shared by some of our speakers on our LinkedIn
- NIHR Domestic Outline Application Form Template
- Gene app and logic model
- Logic model guide
- Population and systemsmedicine: research grant
- Research plan template domestic
- Reporting checklist for PPIE
- NHS digital literacy tool
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