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A one-day workshop to help you develop an application for the NIHR Predoctoral Award | Pre-Application Support Fund | SPARC or LA-SPARC Placement
27 October 2026, 9.15 am, online
What is the Predoctoral Fellowship Application Day?
What is the Predoctoral Fellowship Application Day?
In this series of half-day workshops, the NIHR Research Support Service will introduce you to the different types of awards offered by the NIHR for new and developing researchers. The workshop series will help you pick a good research area, choose a good supervisory team, design a great career development programme and communicate well when writing your funding application.
What’s the format?
What’s the format?
This workshop aims to prepare applicants who are intending to apply for schemes such as the NIHR Predoctoral Award, Pre-Application Support Fund, SPARC or LA-SPARC Placement award.
The workshop is held online. Content is delivered through:
Presentations
Panel discussions
Q&A sessions
Optional worksheets and exercises
What topics are covered?
What topics are covered?
Presentations and practical sessions will cover the following topics (and more):
What makes a good research area
How to search and review literature
Choosing a host and supervisory team
Planning public involvement
Developing a career development programme
How to present yourself well
Costing your proposal
Where is it held?
Where is it held?
Online.
How much does it cost?
How much does it cost?
Attending the workshop is free.
When is the next workshop happening?
When is the next workshop happening?
The Predoctoral Fellowship Application Day 2026 will take place on 27th October - click here to register.
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