Writing Compelling Fellowship Applications

#Fellowships are a particular type of grant funding opportunity with particular considerations to keep in mind for anyone thinking of applying.

In this new video 🎥, I unpack what fellowships are, and a number of key concepts to consider when applying for them, ranging from writing to the risk aversion level of the funding scheme, to scaling your fellowship pitch to suit the seniority of the fellowship you’re applying for, to providing evidence of your impact on the research community, industry and beyond.

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Complete topic list and timestamps:

📌 (0:00) Writing Compelling Fellowship Applications 
📌 (0:06) What’s Special About a Fellowship?
📌 (0:18) Potential Teaching Relief and Career Prestige
📌 (0:31) Fellowships Are Particularly About You 
📌 (0:47) Being About You Has Multiple Aspects 
📌 (0:50) Your Capacity and Capability 
📌 (1:14) How the Fellowship Supports Your Career 
📌 (1:43) Different to Job and Promotion Applications 
📌 (2:00) Fellowships Need to Stand Out 
📌 (2:34) Balancing Novelty With Career Alignment  
📌 (2:50) Write to the Risk Aversion Level of the Scheme 
📌 (3:23) Alignment to Capabilities and Passion 
📌 (3:48) Try Presenting Your Fellowship 
📌 (4:08) The Environment is Critical 
📌 (4:36) Impact Statements 
📌 (4:53) Evidence of Impact in the Research Community 
📌 (5:10) Real World Examples of Impact 
📌 (5:32) Track Record Benchmarking Considerations 
📌 (5:45) You Have Some Choice Around Metrics 
📌 (5:58) Impact: Research Community and/or Industry 
📌 (6:20) Whatever Metrics You Use, Be Consistent! 
📌 (6:30) Calibrate Your Reviewer: Provide Context 
📌 (7:18) Track Record Relative to Opportunity 
📌 (7:35) Be Careful Not to Double Dip 
📌 (8:11) Leadership Beyond Your PhD Supervisor Days 
📌 (8:36) Achievements Scale with Fellowship Seniority 
📌 (9:12) What People Capacity Have you Helped Build? 
📌 (9:35) How Have You Shaped the Research Field Culture? 
📌 (9:56) Justified Interdisciplinarity and Collaboration 
📌 (10:26) Writing Style: Quiet Confidence, Not Arrogance 
📌 (10:47) Wrap Up: Bigger Picture Considerations 
📌 (10:55) Your Career Plan Shouldn’t Depend on Fellowships 
📌 (11:31) A Fellowship is a Chance to Reconsider 
📌 (11:57) Not Compulsory But Worth Considering