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June 11, 2025. European Journal of Neuroscience

Equitable Research Funding: Strategies, Challenges and the Role of Funding Agencies

An ALBA Network paper on how major funding agencies address EDI in grant allocation. Based on funder interviews, the team reviews current practices, highlights persistent challenges, and offers evidence-based recommendations to make research funding fairer and more transparent for underrepresented groups.

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January 15, 2024. The Black Hole Blog.
University Affairs Canada

Building a lab: 6 months of triumphs and trials. As head of a lab, you're the one-man band responsible for everything from marketing to finance to product development.

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September 27, 2023. The Black Hole Blog.
University Affairs Canada

The Art of Grant Writing: write, rewrite and write again. Blog Post summarizes key points based on my experience writing a handful of successful and many unsuccessful grant applications.

February 16 2023. The Black Hole Blog,
University Affairs Canada

Breaking EDI barriers in science. Blog Post that discusses the importance of clear metrics to evaluate the success of initiatives to remove inequities in the research enterprise.

September 27, 2022. The Black Hole Blog.
University Affairs Canada

Sustainable Science: the future of high-quality research. Blog Post that discusses the need for the scientific community to talk about the sustainability implications of our research practices.

April 23, 2021. Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL
Visual circuits for action – an evolutionary perspective. An interview with Dr Sarah Ruediger by April Cashin-Garbutt.

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