Establishing your independent research career

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Writing grant proposals is an important skills to develop – and there is plenty of support you can seek

One of the hardest parts of an academic career is transitioning from early career researcher to running your own project. Rather than being given a project and the resources to deliver it by someone else, suddenly you must have your research ideas compete with those of others to secure your own funding. This is a stage at which many academic research careers founder. So, what can you do to maximise your chances of success?