Articles and tools to help researchers strengthen funding competitiveness, clarify research positioning, and communicate their work more effectively.

Articles - Communication

Why Important Research Gets Lost in Translation

And why a clear research narrative is central to research positioning and visibility.

Beyond the Publication: Why Research Needs to Be Understood Beyond Academia

Ensuring research is accessible and understood by the people who may benefit from it, support it, or help translate it into practice.

Engaging with the public: give people a reason to listen

Start with one clear statement that helps people immediately understand why your research matters to them.

Articles - Funding

Maximise your ability to secure research funding

Tips to make the most of grant opportunities and increase your chance of attaining research funding.

Strong grant applications shouldn’t end with one submission

Strategic repositioning creates additional funding pathways – particularly within the philanthropic sector.

Unsuccessful grant application?

The importance of post-outcome strategic reviews. Understanding why an application wasn't competitive shapes what happens next - another rejection, or a competitive resubmission.

Most grant applications don’t fall down because the science is weak.
In a competitive funding environment, the value of your research must be clear - and impossible to ignore.

Articles - Strategy

Why strong research isn’t enough

The role of strategy in funding, impact and career progression.

Tools

Research Narrative Framework

Clarify the narrative behind your research program - connect the problem being addressed, the research's contribution, and why that contribution matters - and make the significance of your research easy for everyone to understand, recognise, support and advocate for.

Are you ready to build a more sustainable and competitive research program and communicate your research in ways that resonate with the audiences that matter?