Research Support
MHRC offers various kinds of support to researchers in the medical humanities, including:
- Advice on the medical humanities funding landscape, whether through ArtsLab workshops or under Centre auspices. This support has also included hosting of presentations, workshops, and 'clinics' delivered by Wellcome Trust grants officers.
- Critical friend feedback through the Application Development Service and Workshops offered by ArtsLab, as well as through pitching workshops held under Centre auspices.
- Mock interviews for competitions such as the Wellcome Trust Research Fellowships and University Awards
- A dossier of successful past applications across multiple funders and schemes. Redacted documents can be made available to subsequent applicants with the permission of the original awardee.
- Archival enhancement workshops with collections inside and outwith University of Glasgow. These workshops have used innovative formats such as 'speed dating', and encourage the use of archives for both research and public engagement.
- Public engagement events bringing together researchers and stakeholders, as well as experts in public engagement best practice from within and outside the University.
- Research presentation and networking events, including a yearly medical humanities symposium open to researchers across the city.
- A Medical Humanities Discussion Group meets regularly for informal presentations and discussion of work-in-progress. As well as hosting presenters from within College of Arts & Humanities, the Discussion Group has offered an opportunity to visitors from other HEIs in Glasgow and the UK, as well Europe and North America.