The Vice-Principal Research Portfolio is offering a two-day grant-writing retreat for early-career and established faculty members at Queen’s. The retreat will be held at the Donald Gordon Hotel and Conference Centre on May 25 and 26, from 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

On day one, guest speaker Lorelei Lingard (Western University) will present the workshop ‘It’s not just the Study, it’s the Story’, designed to help researchers improve their grant-writing skills. While researchers usually focus on carefully articulating their research proposal, Dr. Lingard argues that successful applications also present a clear, compelling, and coherent story.

Day two will offer participants quiet time away from the office to work on their grant applications. Research Projects Advisors will also be available to meet researchers individually to discuss current and future proposals.

Continental breakfast, beverages, snacks, and hot lunch will be provided. Spaces are limited. To learn more about the program and register, visit the Vice-Principal Research website.

The speaker

Lorelei Lingard is a professor in the Department of Medicine and senior scientist at the Centre for Education Research & Innovation, at Western University. For 25 years she has led a research program to understand how team communication patterns shape collaborative healthcare and novice socialization. In 2018, she was the first woman to be recognized with the Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education. In 2021, she was made an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in recognition of the impact of her research on healthcare and medical training in Canada. She is a prolific author with a PhD in rhetoric, which she has leveraged to help other researchers improve their writing for more than a decade.