How to deal with an unsuccessful research bid
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How to deal with an unsuccessful research bid

Andrew Finney Senior lecturer and researcher, School of Nursing and Midwifery and School of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK, School of Nursing, University of Wollongong, Australia
Gwen Wynne-Jones Professor of nursing, Keele University School of Nursing and Midwifery, Staffordshire UK

It can be dispiriting if a research proposal is rejected for a grant. Here are our tips for what to do next

Research income from external grants or fellowships has become the exemplary metric of an individual’s research success (Moore et al 2017, Edwards 2022) because to do the research you need the funding.

Nurse Researcher. 32, 1, 6-7. doi: 10.7748/nr.32.1.6.s2

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