Winning Research Funding

This book gives advice on writing and successful publication following completion of the research project and features real-life case studies and interviews throughout. It explains how to build and maintain a relationship with the research partner, thereby assisting future research.

Abby Day Peters advises publishers, academics and universities on how to improve their working relationships and get quality books and articles published. Her career for the past twenty-five years covers journalism, editing, writing, publishing, teaching and consulting in organisations in Europe, North America, Australia, and South-East Asia. She is the best-selling author of How to Get Research Published in Journals and co-author of several other books about writing and publishing. Her How to Get Published workshops are popular events in colleges and universities worldwide. She is currently undertaking doctoral research in Sociology at Lancaster University.

Contents: Part I Your Research Focus: Why do we need funded research?; Why look for research funding?; Research issues; Outcomes and outputs; What is good research?; The value of research; Teams and networks. Part II Identifying your Research Partner: The benefits of research partnerships; Primary funders; Working with the corporate sector. Part III Building the Research Partnership: Assessing partner needs; Managing your personal profile; Writing proposals; Presentations; A word from your sponsors; How proposals are assessed and chosen. Part IV Maintaining the Research Partnership: Managing the research partnership; Monitoring and evaluation; Research and quality management; Writing better, writing faster; Publication planning; Bibliography; Index.