iHuman Wellcome Hub

The iHuman Wellcome Hub is a collective of people both inside and outside of iHuman who have received Wellcome funding and have good knowledge of the funding schemes and application and interview processes.

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The Hub aims to establish a stream of funded research projects supported by Wellcome that promote equity, diversity and inclusive research approaches; that centre things like open research and sustainability; and work with different kinds of partners to ensure meaningful impact.
 
More specifically, the Hub:

  • Builds a strong and diverse transdisciplinary research community that spans the social sciences, arts and humanities, and STEM subjects;

  • Establishes a stream of funded research projects supported by Wellcome;

  • Promotes equity, diversity and inclusion as central to research;

  • Emphasises the values of open research, inclusive approaches and sustainability;

  • Creates strong links with non-academic partners at local, national and international

  • levels and use innovative co-production methods to ensure real world impact;

  • Offers bespoke support from conception, through application to mock interviews for shortlisted applicants

How to work with the Hub:

  • iHuman will support colleagues to submit to the Discovery research Early Career Award, Career Development Award or Discovery Award.

  • When you are working up a proposal please let both Kirsty Liddiard and Dan Goodley know at the same time you contact your faculty research hub and School-based Director of Research and Innovation (DORI)
  • We will ask you to supply a 200 word summary of your proposed project and we will offer direct written feedback on whether or not the summary meets the key criteria of a discovery research award
  • If your summary meets the criteria - we will arrange an online meeting with iHuman Discovery Research Hub for you to present your Aims, questions, methods, collaborations and costings
  • After the presentation, a decision will be made by the iHuman Discovery Research hub to support or not
  • If supported we will read one full version of the proposal and provide feedback
  • If you are shortlisted we will offer a mock interview
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iHuman

How we understand being ‘human’ differs between disciplines and has changed radically over time. We are living in an age marked by rapid growth in knowledge about the human body and brain, and new technologies with the potential to change them.