Health Research from Home Grant Writing Retreat
| Dates: | 2 July 2026 - 3 July 2026 |
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| Times: | 09:15 - 16:30 |
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| What is it: | Short course |
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| Organiser: | Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health |
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| How much: | £120 - Hotel accommodation, evening meal out at a Manchester restaurant & event fee included /£50 - Event fee only |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Will Dixon, Sabine van de Veer, Charlotte Sharp, David Schultz , Pete Bower |
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Welcome to your one-stop shop for developing your grant writing skills!
“The Grant Writing Retreat was a brilliant opportunity to learn more about the practical aspects of writing grant proposals while connecting with other researchers working in the same field.” - 2025 Grant Writing Retreat participant
Sign up to Health Research from Home’s Grant Writing Retreat to learn from the experts and turn your current or future study ideas using smartphones and wearables into successful grant bids.
You will learn:
• What makes a successful bid
• How to make a strong case for your research idea using smartphones and wearables for population health research
• How funders, reviewers and panels operate, think and behave
• How to incorporate best practices for engaging and involving patients as well as the public and meeting information governance requirements
Who’s it for:
Researchers at any career stage who are interested in developing strong bids in the field of population health research using smartphones and wearables are invited.
We expect you to bring a study idea to present at the start of the meeting. This can be a study that you hope to take forwards, or a hypothetical idea to help you learn about bid writing.
You will attend practical sessions and work on study ideas with the support of our experienced faculty. There will also be plenty of opportunities to network with our Health Research from Home community.
Price: £120 - Hotel accommodation, evening meal out at a Manchester restaurant & event fee included /£50 - Event fee only
Speakers
Will Dixon
Role: Professor of Digital Epidemiology
Organisation: Division of Informatics, Imaging, and Data Sciences
Sabine van de Veer
Role: Professor of Health Informatics
Organisation: Division of Informatics, Imaging, and Data Sciences
Charlotte Sharp
Role: Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer
Organisation: Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences
David Schultz
Role: Professor of Synoptic Meteorology
Organisation: Earth and Environmental Sciences
Pete Bower
Role: Chair in Health Services Research
Organisation: Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care
Travel and Contact Information
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Core Technology Facility
Manchester
