Research training and development

Research Development offers a number of regular training sessions outlined below as part of the University of Bristol's integrated development programme ‘Research in practice’. The sessions are usually delivered online, lasting approximately one hour. They are repeated throughout the year, and are bespoke to each faculty. To sign up to sessions, or find recordings of webinars, visit our SharePoint page

  • Intro to Research Funding
  • Intro to writing a grant proposal
  • Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) New Investigator
  • Working towards a fellowship
  • Funding scheme training sessions
  • Arts writing shed
  • EU writing retreats

We also offer ad-hoc training, this includes interview training and mock interviews. For information visit After submitting your application in the left hand menu. 

Further support is offered to external applicants, by contacting research-development@bristol.ac.uk