The University Research Office has launched a scheme which aims to provide assistance to research active staff who would like to apply for external research funding but would benefit from additional assistance with literature searches, preliminary/pilot experimental work.
The BEING scheme provides support to research active members of staff to employ a Post-Graduate Research Assistant (PGRA), [...]
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Bursaries for External Income Generation (BEING)
Interdisciplinary research on ‘People, Animals, Culture and Society’ – an opportunity for a pan-Univeristy research group
A preliminary meeting is to be held on Wednesday 10th February at 2pm in the VC’s boardroom to discuss the potential interest in a pan-University research group feeding into the theme of ‘People, Animals, Culture and Society’
The theme could impact on any field, for example:
* The social and legal implications of the emergence of “status [...]
University Research Repository Reaches Milestone!
This was just blogged by Paul Stainthorp over on The Winch. It’s encouraging to hear that the repository is growing: the more high quality content is deposited, the higher the profile of the repository as a whole.
A milestone in the growth of the University of Lincoln Repository: today saw the deposit of the 1,000th item…
Massey, [...]
New Repository Icon on the Desktop
The Library staff blogged about this recently on their Research Support blog, the Winch, and I’m shamelessly reposting that here:
University staff will now see a convenient new “Repository” short cut icon on their desktop.
The University of Lincoln Repository is for the permanent deposit of research and conference papers, e-theses, outstanding student projects and teaching [...]
Funding for Lincoln researcher to develop mobile scooter technology
From the University’s Press Office – Research will help vulnerable people stay safe:
Mobility scooters could be fitted with tracking technology to help older and vulnerable people leave their homes without fear of getting lost.
Researchers at University of Lincoln and De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) aim to develop a device that fits into scooters and updates [...]
Repository Presentation at MHT Faculty Conference
On 17th September, Jill Partridge and I from the University of Lincoln Repository team attended the faculty of Media, Humanities and Technology annual research conference where we delivered a short presentation on open access, the repository and benefits to staff. Here’s our write-up of that presentation, to be published in the faculty’s newsletter, Ada’s Notes [...]
Finding Research Funding Workshops
One of the most requested topics for research-related training has been sessions on finding research funding opportunities. Following URO’s popular and successful Working Smarter with the Web workshops, we’re pleased to announce we’re now running monthly practical sessions on Finding Research Funding, starting 23rd September at 12pm in Computing Services Training Room 1.
These hour-long lunchtime [...]
Places Still Available for UKRO Visit Day: 11th September
Places are still available for the 2009 UK Research Office visit to University of Lincoln on 11th September. Please visit the Staff Development Portal or email training@lincoln.ac.uk to book a place.
The annual UK Research Office visit day on 11th September 2009 is a unique opportunity to stay up to date with the latest news and [...]
