Grant Writing Club 

Our monthly Grant Writing Club brings together academics to discuss the preparation of their interdisciplinary grant applications. This group purposefully includes academics from across disciplines and different career stages, to allow peer review of the interdisciplinary aspects including the accessibility of applications to reviewers from other disciplines. Throughout the year we can provide support for arranging peer review and arranging mock panels where appropriate.  

Sign-up to take part in a Grant Writing Club here: BSI Grant Writing Clubs - Sign-up Form 2025-2026 – Fill in form

When and where: The time slots will vary based on availability of the club members, the sessions will be held in the Mountjoy Centre, meeting rooms. 

Interested but want to know more? Email bsi-manager@durham.ac.uk.

Collab Coffee Session  

Every Friday – 10-12 this ideation session is located in the Mountjoy Centre Level 5 Collaboration space. Focussing on weekly themes, these informal discussion sessions are a place to flesh out ideas and find new collaborators. They are drop-in sessions and open to everyone.

Next Session Focus: Aria Rolling Seed call. 

Collaboration Stimulating Coffee Vouchers 

Separate to the weekly session above, this scheme encourages new 1:1 collaborative conversations to take place across disciplinary boundaries, with the aim of building momentum in new areas of research. Complete the form below to enter your details and request your vouchers. 

• For those who know who they would like to meet and for those who would like to be introduced to someone new. 
• After the form has been completed we will be in touch by email to arrange transfer of the vouchers.  

Coffee voucher form: https://forms.office.com/e/HFTWPa96TR

Grant Writing Plenaries  

Every month we host plenary sessions that explore topics related to interdisciplinary grant writing. These are of a range of formats and  include mixer sessions to generate ideas, proposal pitching sessions, information sessions from experienced internal and external colleagues and review panel Q&A sessions. Our plenaries are open to all members of the University community and the sessions for 2025-2026 are listed below in the events table. 

Weekly Writing Room

Located in the Mountjoy Centre Level 5 Collaboration space – join a community of BSI members preparing applications. Constant supply of coffee and biscuits provided.

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