In this episode of PhD Pending, we chat with Dr Samantha Dockray, Anne's former funding application mentor, about the ins and outs of PhD funding applications, the behind-the-scenes of funding bodies, reference letters, the mental fallout of rejection, and answer listener questions about cracking the code of writing a (potentially) successful application. 

About Samantha: Samantha is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Psychology at University College Cork. Samantha's research is centred on understanding health and wellbeing during adolescence, and particularly interested in how biological process, such as puberty, can influence behaviour and health. Samantha is the Chair of Research in the School of Applied Psychology, where part of her role is to develop strategy and actions to support researchers to secure funding and work toward their other research goals. Samantha has also led on the development of both structured and informal supports to PhD researchers, including support related to securing funding. Samantha was named as the 2016 UCC Research Supervisor of the Year, after a nomination from her PhD students.

Find Samantha on Twitter: @SamanthaDockray

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