Saturday Research Skills Lab: AI, Funding & Research Impact
Free weekly online research training for students, postgraduate researchers and early-career academics. Learn practical ways to use AI responsibly, develop stronger research questions, improve academic writing, find funding opportunities, strengthen proposals and increase research impact.
Organised by Afro-Technical Research Consortium.
Useful skills. Clear examples. A next step to take away.
- Online sessions
- One hour per session
- Planned for Saturday mornings, 07:00–08:00 Europe/London
Research is changing rapidly. Artificial intelligence is reshaping research workflows, funding opportunities are competitive, and researchers increasingly need to demonstrate the value and impact of their work.
The Saturday Research Skills Lab is a free weekly training series organised by Afro-Technical Research Consortium. It is designed to help students, postgraduate researchers and early-career academics develop practical skills for their research journey.
Across 12 one-hour online sessions, participants will explore responsible AI-assisted research, literature reviews, academic writing, research proposal development, funding searches, grant applications, research impact, policy engagement, research integrity and international collaboration.
Each session combines practical instruction, examples, discussion and an actionable takeaway that participants can use in their own research.
The sessions are designed to be practical and accessible. Participants may register for individual sessions according to their interests, although regular attendance is encouraged.
The sessions are free, but advance registration is required.
For the next stage of your research journey.
- Undergraduate students undertaking research projects
- Master’s and MRes students
- PhD and doctoral researchers
- Early-career academics and researchers
- Researchers interested in responsible AI-assisted research
- Researchers preparing proposals or exploring funding opportunities
- Researchers seeking to strengthen their academic writing, publication profile or research impact
- Researchers interested in academic and international collaboration
Registration
Registration is being finalised. Confirmed sessions will appear here when they are ready to book.
For general and booking enquiries, email info@afrotechnicalresearch.org.
Registration for a session does not subscribe you to marketing. Joining details are provided privately to registered participants.
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