Video recordings from 2nd annual Researcher Realities event On the 23rd May 2024, the Institute for Academic Development (IAD) hosted the second Researcher Realities annual event. Under the umbrella of 'Researcher Realities' we seek to provide a platform for conversation among and across the research community about the hows of research. The event on the 23rd May featured an online session on Reconciling Research Funding and the Real World. In this session researchers offered perspectives on the impact of different life events on the course of their research and offer reflections on how they maintained projects through challenging times or restored their passion for research after the dust had settled, and video recordings are now available to view: Researcher Realities - Reconciling research funding and the real world Publication date 22 Jul, 2024