Internal Peer Review Panels

As part of the Grants Factory 2010 we're putting on a series of 'Peer Review Panels', as follows:

• Wednesday 3 March 2010: Engineering, digital arts, computing, mathematics – EPSRC ‘Mock’ Panel (to help understand the process that proposals go through at panel). Brian Spratt Room, Cornwallis, 2-4pm - Chaired by Prof Peter Clarkson (SMSAS) and Prof. Simon Thompson (Computing)
• Friday 19 March 2010: Social sciences - ESRC, Nuffield or Leverhulme Internal Peer Review Panel (to review your proposal). Venue TBC, 12:30am-2pm. Chaired by Prof Dominic Abrams (Psychology) and Prof Peter Taylor-Gooby (SSPSSR).
• Wednesday 5 May 2010: Biomedicine & experimental psychology – Wellcome/MRC/NHS Internal Peer Review Panel (to review your proposal). Howard Rodgers Room (Room 234), Ingram, 2-4pm. Chaired by Prof. Mick Tuite (Biosciences), with input on the NHS from Annette King (CHSS)
• Thursday 27 May 2010: Engineering, digital arts, computing, mathematics – EPSRC Internal Peer Review Panel (to review your proposal). Brian Spratt Room, Cornwallis, 2-4pm. Chaired by Prof Peter Clarkson (SMSAS) and Prof. Simon Thompson (Computing)
• May 2010 (Date TBC): Humanities - AHRC Internal Peer Review Panel (to review your proposal), Venue TBC. Chaired by Prof Paul Allain (Arts).
• Tuesday 8 June 2010: Biology, ecology & conservation sciences – BBSRC/NERC Internal Peer Review Panel (to review your proposal). Senate Committee Room 1, 2-4pm.
  Chaired by Prof. Peter Bennett (DICE) and Prof Martin Warren (Biosciences)

Participating in these sessions will help you understand how your project might fare under panel conditions. All the chairpersons have extensive experience as funding committee members, reviewers and successful applicants.

If you’re planning to have a proposal almost ready for submission around that time then please let me know so that we can anticipate demand for the events. To take part in any but the first of these events could you send me the following (as a minimum) three days before the meeting:

• 200 word lay summary;
• (at least) 2 pages of Case for Support (12 pt min, single spaced). This should include some Background to the project and an outline of the Research Programme/Work Plan. No need for preliminary data or references;
• If possible, a 200 word impact statement

No other advance preparation is required, and there’ll be coffee/tea etc available.