Charlotte Stephenson, a Research Facilitator at Leeds University Business School. She demystifies the process of applying for research funding.

Sarah and Charlotte talk about

1. Why she tries to be the friendly face of research development
2. How she transferred her research communications skills to grant writing
3. The work she is doing to uncover and address inequalities in who gets research funding

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1. Connect with Charlotte on LinkedIn
2. Download the funding proposal roadmap that Charlotte and her team developed From ideas to action: Leeds University Business School's roadmap for developing a research funding proposal

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