EXPLORE: Writing a Lay Summary within a Fellowship application
Workshop
Event date
Friday 4 December 2026, 10am to 10.45am
Location
Online
Audience
Open to staff, students (postgraduate researchers only)
Booking
Booking required
Event details
Aspiring research fellows are invited to explore the importance of lay summaries within fellowship applications and top tips on how to distil your carefully thought-out proposal into a short and compelling pitch.
This event is part of York’s Fellowship Launchpad: EXPLORE series, a series of nine short online sessions (45 minutes) introducing aspiring research fellows to key fellowship topics. The series is sequential helping you to build a strong foundational knowledge from which to start your fellowship application. Other topics include ‘Choosing the Right Scheme for your Research’, ‘Getting Started with your Narrative CV’ and ‘Developing a Fellowship Application: Step by Step’.
In this session you will
- Learn about lay summaries and why they matter to funders
- Reflect on what makes a great lay summary