In this eleventh article, as part of community voices for our international Grants Awareness Program (iGAP), Priyanka Sharma shares her experiences, some tips, and the process of applying for a successful Australia India Research Student (AIRS) Fellowship. Priyanka is an AIRS Fellow for 2023 at the Australian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology (AIBN), Australia.

The eLife Community Ambassadors Program aims to empower a global community of early career researchers to network and take action to create a culture that benefits both science and scientists. In this article, Aalok Varma, an Ambassador in the 2019-2020 cohort, shares his experiences and learnings while working on various initiatives of eLife.

In the fourth article as part of community voices for international grants and fellowships, Karishma shares an experience of a cold email that she wrote leading to a collaborative South - South international grant.

In this series, we ask scientists from different backgrounds, disciplines and career stages to reflect upon their life in lockdown and how it has influenced how they approach doing science. In this article, Mayuri Rege from Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai, writes about how the lockdown has transformed scientific networking, especially for those for whom international travel was always a barrier. This article was first published on COVID Gyan.