Want to get that fellowship?
Writing a fellowship can feel messy, complex and overwhelming. Brilliant ideas get buried under structure, jargon and uncertainty.
The Researcher Canvas Workbook helps you step back and see the whole picture.
Built around a one-page visual framework, this workbook guides you through everything funders care about not just your research solutions but the wider problem, your independence, your stakeholders, and what makes you the right person to lead the work. Not just the research but the whole story.
Designed for late-stage PhD students and postdocs applying for their first independent funding, it offers practical prompts, space to think, and a clear way to connect ideas that often stay fragmented.
By the end, you'll have more than notes and scribbles. You'll have clarity, confidence, and a funding-ready narrative.
Because great applications start with clear thinking, not perfect wording.
Autorentext
Hello! I'm on a mission to enable researchers to take the next career step positively and proactively. Harnessing my 30+ years (gulp!) in and around Higher Education - from physicist to training business owner - I speak, write and train on all things researcher development. My favourite soapboxes include women's development in Universities and encouraging researchers to investigate all things enterprising. I bring creativity, empathy and usually a large coffee to my work. I have named my coffee machine - Jacob.Despite choosing physics because you didn't have to write I have found myself enjoying the writing process. Following on from What Every Postdoc Needs to Know, I published The UNIque Guide for Women: Confidently embracing your career in research and beyond. Taking the successful cohort course and making the materials more widely available. Leaving Academia: ditch the blanket, take the skills is the latest 'baby' in the fold. This short but powerful book resonates with those thinking about their careers - not just in academia. Written alongside the rest of my book cohort - the very best way to write a book.I live near Cambridge with my family, two house rabbits called Frodo and Gimli and a flock of mad chickens (the latter dilute the house of boy - three sons and a husband - a little bit!). Very much the house of nerd! When I'm not reading development books to feed into my work, I can be found reading sci fi and fantasy.