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>>> Press Release
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>>> Practice Making Sense – a guide to writing research proposals
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>>> The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is lifting the lid on
>>> how to improve your chances of a successful application at a special
>>> event at London’s Business Design Centre on February 3rd 2006.
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>>> This event is aimed particularly at practice-led researchers based in
>>> creative and performing arts departments who have little or no
>>> experience of applying for research funding and will offer provide
>>> practical tips on preparing a research proposal. It may also be of
>>> interest to artists working outside the academic sector, who are
>>> thinking about applying to the AHRC’s Fellowships in the Creative and
>>> Performing Arts scheme. It is hoped that, by the end of the day,
>>> participants will have a deeper understanding of the key issues they
>>> need to address in planning and writing a proposal.
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>>> “We want to give some support to people who don’t have a lot of
>>> experience of applying for funding”, explains Dr Gail Lambourne, who
>>> is leading the event. “It may be that they are first-time PhD
>>> supervisors, or making their first application as part of a
>>> collaboration or research team. We want to encourage people not to
>>> be
>>> daunted by all the paperwork and go some way towards demystifying the
>>> application process.”
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>>>
>>> Places at the event will be limited and on a first-come first-served
>>> basis. If you would like to attend, please contact Joanna
>>> Montgomery,
>>> [log in to unmask], tel: 0117 987 6677, or Jessica Bacon,
>>> [log in to unmask], tel: 0117 987 6538, giving an indication of your
>>> subject area, your level of experience of applying for research
>>> funding and what you hope to get out of the day.
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>>> More detailed information about the event will be available at
>>> www.ahrc.ac.uk early in 2006.
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> -ENDS-
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>>>
>>> Editors’ Notes
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>>> ·
>>>
>>> Each year the AHRC provides approximately £80 million to support
>>> research and postgraduate study in the arts and humanities, from
>>> archaeology and English literature to design and dance. In any one
>>> year, the AHRC makes approximately 700 research awards and around
>>> 1,500 postgraduate awards. Awards are made after a rigorous peer
>>> review process, to ensure that only applications of the highest
>>> quality are funded. Arts and humanities researchers constitute nearly
>>> a quarter of all research-active staff in the higher education
>>> sector.
>>> The quality and range of research supported not only provides social
>>> and cultural benefits but also contributes to the economic success of
>>> the UK.
>>>
>>> For press information, please contact Kathryn Willey, AHRC PR
>>> Officer,
>>> [log in to unmask], tel: 0117 987 6773.
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>>> Joanna Montgomery
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>>>
>>> Research Awards Officer Panel 2
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>>>
>>> AHRC
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>>> Whitefriars
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>>>
>>> Lewins Mead
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>>>
>>> Bristol
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>>> BS1 2AE
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>>> Telephone: 0117 987 6677
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>>> Fax: 0117 987 6660
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>>> Email: [log in to unmask]
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