DSI Data Engineering – Funding Application Workshop Day

Wednesday 8 October 2025, 9:30am to 4:30pm

Venue

University Library events space, Lancaster, United Kingdom, LA1 4YT

Open to

Postgraduates, Staff

Registration

Free to attend - registration required

Registration Info

Attendance is free but please register via the Eventbrite link.

Event Details

In collaboration with the Library’s Open Research team, the Data Science Institute's Data Engineering theme is hosting a one-day funding application writing workshop.

In collaboration with the Library’s Open Research team, the Data Engineering theme is hosting a one-day funding application workshop. The day will offer a crash course in all the application essentials from proposals, data management plans, to data ethics and how to embed sustainable practices in your projects. Through a mixture of talks and hands-on workshops, the day will provide researchers with practice advice for applying for large grants for data-driven projects from the UK’s major funding bodies such as UKRI research councils and the Wellcome Trust. Brining together support from Research Services, the Library, and the Reimagining Research Practices project, this workshop would be particularly suited to those seeking to those applying for a large grant for the first time. There will also be opportunities to network with colleagues across the university in the field of data science and AI.

  • Welcome, 9.30 – 9.45
  • Project proposals and research design, 9.45 – 10.45 (60 mins)
  • Break, 10.45 – 11.00
  • Data Management Plans and reproducibility, 11.00 – 12.00 (60 mins)
  • Lunch, 12.00 - 13.00
  • Trusted Research and Data Ethics, 13.00 – 14.00 (60 mins)
  • Break, 14.00 – 14.10
  • Cuppa Conundrums: AI ethics and sustainability workshop, 14.10 – 15.10 (60 mins)

[relaxed discussion workshop with tea/coffee]

  • Embedding sustainability, engagement and EDI, 15.10 – 16.00 (50 mins)

Refreshments will be provided.

Please fill out the order form with your dietary and access requirements.

Contact Details

Name Jenny McHugh
Email

j.mchugh@lancaster.ac.uk