The European Science Foundation (ESF) has issued its 2010 call for Exploratory Workshops with a deadline of 29th April 2010. This call funds workshops which aim to explore new areas or topics, or open up new avenues of interdisciplinary research. It funds subjects across a wide range of disciplines, including life and physical sciences, social [...]
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New Missenden Centre Seminars to Support Research
The Missenden Centre has released a list of its specialist seminars taking place in 2010 to support researchers, supervisors and senior academic staff. The full list is as follows:
1. Effective supervision | 6/7 May 11.00 start
2. Making a successful research grant proposal | 20/21 May 11.00 start
3. Research Strategy and the REF | 10/11 June 4.30pm start
4. Examining doctoral candidates | 17/18 June [...]
Beyond Blackboard: The Virtual Research Environment – 17th March
Joss Winn and CERD are running a lunchtime session on the development of the Virtual Research Environment (VRE) as part of the “Beyond Blackboard” series at Lincoln on Wednesday 17 March in MB1010, 12-1pm. If you’re interested in how a VRE could support your research, why not come along:
“VREs are evolving to manage the increasingly [...]
Need a Postdoc or Research Fellow?
Find out how to bid for Marie Curie Fellowships from experienced external bid writer, Dr. Martin Pickard.
In this lunchtime seminar open to all Lincoln academic and research staff, Dr. Martin Pickard will outline the Marie Curie Fellowships scheme and explain how to write a good proposal. Martin has over 20 years of bid-writing experience and [...]
Bursaries for External Income Generation (BEING)
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), [...]
Research Councils Announce International Collaborative Fund
Research Councils from seven of the G8 nations have announced a five-year joint funding program to address major international challenges. The Multilateral Research Funding Initiative will announce a series of calls for funding to tackle global issues such as climate change, energy security, water shortages and the conservation of the environment.
The first call in this [...]
Vitae Events To Support Researchers
Vitae, the national organisation championing postgraduate and research staff training and career development, has released information about three upcoming training events for researchers and postgraduate students:
Vitae is running three national events for researchers in March 2010.
For both postgraduate researchers and research staff:
Digital researcher, 15 March 2010, London The British Library and Vitae are running this [...]
How To Find Research Funding: A Series of Lunchtime Workshops
The University Research Office is now running monthly practical sessions on Finding Research Funding. They’ll take place on the first Wednesday of every month. The next one is on 3rd February at 12pm in Computing Services Training Room 1, on the 1st floor in the Main Administrative Building.
These hour-long lunchtime workshops will show you how [...]
