Compared to recent years, 2020 Pride Month is going to be very different. We are in the midst of a pandemic which is affecting Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people disproportionately. This week, we are also at a tipping point in the state and federal-led brutalities against the Black communities both in the US and other western countries. This is no ordinary Pride Month. For me, as an ally of Black communities and as a queer woman of colour, June 2020 will not be the celebration it usually is. …
This is not an exhaustive guide on how to write a research fellowship, rather my personal experience of the process which led me to receiving a UKRI Future Leader Fellowship (FLF) in 2019.
Background: I had been a principal investigator (PI), a Lecturer in Cardiovascular Sciences in the University of Leeds (UoL), UK, since mid-2015 and had one failure after another in getting my research funded. Between 2014 and 2018, I had reached the final stages (interview or final panel) of a BBSRC David Philips fellowship, an ERC starting grant and an MRC New Investigator Grant. Despite some success with…
Dr Izzy Jayasinghe
Microscopy researcher, based in the North of England. Interested in equality, diversity & inclusion in UK Higher education and STEMM.
