14- Prof. Marysia Placzek- Approaching grant writing with confidence

Grant writing is a pillar of any research life. Convincing funders to give you the cash to work on what interests you is a painful process. Building resilience in the process of grant writing is a must to thrive in research.In this interview, I ask Marysia what her own approach has been to get started with grant writing. Based on her extensive experience as a research leader, I ask her how she advises early career researchers to think about grant writing and transition into research independence. About Marysia:Marysia is a Wellcome Trust Investigator and Professor of Developmental Neurobiology in the Department of Biomedical Science at The University of Sheffield. What a pleasure to interview Marysia as she was my very own PI when I started working as a Postdoc a great many years ago. She was an amazing PI who gave me lots of opportunities and supported me a great deal during my postdoctoral time.Get in touch with Marysia:https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/people/bms-staff/academic/marysia-placzek Find out about:·      How thinking small may lead to great rewards in fellowship applications·      What shifting to collaboration mode instead of competition mode can bring·      How (as a PI) you can support your Postdocs explore their transition to research independence·      Why “Just do it” may need to be repeated over and over to researchers who lack confidence·      How exposing yourself to deep criticism in research is part of building your research resilience If you want to be updated each time I publish a podcast, you can join my mailing list and I will share with you the Podcast link and the shownotes. Get the Podcast insights directly into your mailbox by joining my mailing list here You can find all of my Podcast episodes on my website: www.tesselledevelopment.com/podcast You can get this episode shownotes here on the website.