A new agreement between the UK and Japan aims to promote international medical research collaboration, by combining world-class scientific expertise to help advance human health. On 1 February, the MRC and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) signed…
Britain’s three leading national academies have announced a joint scheme to support multidisciplinary work that is unlikely to be supported by other funders. The Academies Partnership in Supporting Excellence in Cross-disciplinary Research, or APEX, award scheme, was launched…
Climate change, environmental degradation and resource pressures have created unprecedented situations for societies worldwide. Conventional knowledge and capacity building to tackle the challenges associated with sustainability have proven inadequate, and a comprehensive and concerted research initiative is needed to boost…
Early in 2016, Robert Macintosh published ‘Top Ten Hints on Building Your Academic Reputation’, a post aimed explicitly at postgraduate students. It was republished in the Times Higher Education blog where it lost a lot of its postgraduate context. Robert…
The Research Design Service East Midlands (RDS EM) provides information and support to clinicians and academics who are seeking funding for Health Service Research. As part of this provision we are providing the following seminar in LINCOLN: Thursday 27th October…
Would you like to understand more about Knowledge Transfer Partnerships and how it could potentially provide a platform for applied research interests and opportunities for research impact? Philippa Ryan (KTP Advisor for the East Midlands), Michelle Davis and Mike Poole will…