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Just to clarify on the ethics question; the EC is clear that the ethics evaluation is a separate phase unless the reviewers see something that they think would be a problem for the research. This final additional ethics phase is almost certainly only for those who have the grant (or maybe on the re...

Just to add, if you can, also try to get reviewer reports alongside proposals.

It was quite of a nightmare for me too, but I didn’t get so many proposals to read!! I just had one proposal from social sciences (I am in ENG) and it was older than the 10 pages limit we have now, so not very helpful That sounds tough. Particularly as this one has so much focus on sections other t...

Hi everyone, I just have a general question about the preparation of the proposal. I submitted a proposal this year and to be honest I found it so challenging! I am curious how people actually improve their proposal writing skills. Do people use resources, do courses etc.? Just interested to know h...

I have applied for the first time, also posting here for the first time. I came to know from my project coordinator that candidates with research proposals that deal with animals, stem cells, or human studies, children etc. might receive emails on ethical issues. Proposals in the fields of physical...

ECM, status is still submission. I’m sure it will be for a while yet. My ethical query was because I made a silly mistake and referenced a type of experiment in my ethical declaration which I had removed from the proposal but would have required specific ethical clearance. I wouldn’t worry if you ha...

Guys! I have a question. I just saw from FB that one person was connected for ethical issues and she asked to complete in next two weeks. So it's not possible to receive the results before that time, nope? Interesting. I had an email with an ethics enquiry in mid december with only 2 days to reply....