PhD course on external funding
PhD students who seek a career at the university after their PhD need to know how to write good applications for external funding. In this course, PhD students get introduced to the Danish and European funding landscape, i.e. the various funding bodies and the various types of funding. They will learn about typical application text components such as “state-of-the-art”, “deliverables”, Gantt charts, etc. The course will also address application strategy, how to write to a non-legal academic audience and how to build funding experience. Over the course of the course, participants will write a draft application and will both give and receive feedback.
Academic Aim
Participants will:
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of the post-PhD funding landscape, exploring a range of external funding opportunities available to early career researchers.
- Learn the key elements of structuring an effective funding application, including how to articulate research objectives, design methodologies, and outline expected impacts.
- Develop skills to effectively communicate complex research ideas to diverse audiences, including non-specialists, ensuring clarity and engagement in their proposals.
Target group
The course is targeted towards PhD students who are halfway or further into their PhD project.
Participants will be working hands on with a project idea, it is thus crucial that they have an idea for a project in mind prior to the course.
Course organizer
Zuzanna Godzirmirska, Associate Professor (Zuzanna.godzimirska@jur.ku.dk)
Course lecturers
Johanne Keiding, Senior executive advisor (johanne.keiding@jur.ku.dk)
Malene Vinberg Johansen, Special Consultant (malene.vinberg.johansen@jur.ku.dk)
Programme
| 9:00 | Welcome - brief presentation and programme |
| 9:15 | The funding landscapes for postdocs |
| 9:30 | The backbone of a research proposal |
| 10:15 | Short break |
| 10:30 | Meeting with successful grant holders |
| 11:30 | Lunch |
| 12:30 | Preparation of presentation of project idea to senior researhers . Poster + Pitch |
| 13:30 | Presentation round with feedback - round 1 |
| 14:45 | Short break: Coffee and cake |
| 15:00 | Presentation round with feedback - round 2 |
| 16:15 | Common Q&A session and wrap-up |
| 16:30 | End of day |
Practical information
Language: English
ECTS: 1
Max. numbers of participants: 20
Course fee: There is no course fee.
Registration
Please register via this registration form no later than 30 May 2024
Preparation
Before the workshop, each participant must submit a one-page note outlining a project idea that the participant will work with during the workshop.
Deadline: 7 June 2024 at 10:00.
After the workshop, and in light of the knowledge and feedback obtained during the course, participants will be asked to submit a 2-to-5-page project description (minimum 6000/maximum 15.000 characters incl. spaces) and a bibliography.
Deadline: 9 August 2024 at 10:00.
In addition to submitting a project description, all participants are asked to provide written feedback to two fellow course participant’s projects.
Deadline for providing feedback: 23 August 2024 at 10:00.
Further information: For more information about the PhD course, please contact the PhD Administration (phd@hrsc.ku.dk).
Literature: One or two articles will be circulated before the course.