Research Professional
Research Professional is a powerful web tool that is available to all staff and research students at ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø. It provides us with access to a large body of news and journalistic content, as well as a global database of both live and forecast research funding opportunities.
All researchers at ºÚ¹Ï³ÔÁÏÍø can carry out their own customised searches for funding using the , a source of intelligence on funding opportunities and research policy. Users can conduct and save their searches of the database and then sign up to receive regular email alerts, which will contain details of new funding opportunities matching the user's search criteria. Users can also save search preferences and set up an email alert so that you are automatically delivered new results from your search each week.
For advice or support, including help accessing Research Professional, please contact the Research Engagement and Innovation Office (REIO) team at researchfunding@reading.ac.uk.
The following resources provide guidance on various features of the Research Professional platform:
Searching for Funding Opportunities
The following documents provide an introduction to some of the functionality of the Research Professional web platform, as well as two examples of searches for funding opportunities.
Accessing News Content
There is a range of publications and articles that we can access on Research Professional, for example, 'Research Fortnight News'. A recent addition is the 'HE' and 'Funding Insight' content. The following documents provide a one-page overview on each, and outline how you can access this information.
Further guidance is also available through the .
Other resources
The is a useful resource which includes periodic live broadcast demonstrations and links to relevant YouTube videos.
Research Professional call information
The following link automatically updates with examples of UKRI funding opportunities listed on Research Professional. It is not exhaustive, but is intended to show the type of information available. More information can be found by clicking on the links, or by conducting a search in Research Professional. To see the current listing please visit .