Having left the pharmaceutical industry when the James Black Foundation was closing down in 2006, I embarked on my first academic position, as a reader in medicinal chemistry at the University of Greenwich. I applied for the RSC research fund (at the time it was paper based and one could not add formulae or structures!) and was successful in obtaining this grant for the maximum three years in succession (£6,000 in total).
I had been told that at reader level I was not eligible for a First Grants Scheme application by Research Councils UK, so this money was an excellent boost. It meant I could buy some basic equipment and, more importantly, some chemical intermediates that were relatively expensive.
To read more about the original article published by RSC and find out more about their research fund please visit the following link: http://www.rsc.org/news-events/community/2018/sep/john-spencer-research-fund/?utm_content=6-Sep-2018&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mkt-dir-community
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