New International Highlight notice New funding Interested in establishing or expanding networks to China, Brazil, India or Taiwan? The AHRC has just announced a new highlight notice in the research networking scheme that covers all these countries. Find out more…
ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is to celebrate what it calls “high-impact” research with six new awards. Launched on 12 December, the Celebrating Impact Prize aims to reward ESRC-funded researchers whose work has strongly affected economics or society.…
Researchers take a dip into the history of Lincoln’s Brayford Pool
Staff and students from the University of Lincoln have helped to tell the story of one of Lincoln’s most iconic geographical features by contributing to a new history book about the Brayford Pool. The book Brayford Pool: Lincoln’s Waterfront Through Time,…
RCUK releases beta ‘Gateway to Research’
Research Councils UK (RCUK) has just released a ‘beta’ version of a new web-based portal that gives the public better access to information about research funded by the UK Research Councils. Gateway to Research aims to provide a mechanism for businesses…
Research Professional
Research Professional is perhaps the largest database of funding opportunities for research, including funding from large EU schemes to smaller, specialised charitable funds available to fund your next project! All staff at the University of Lincoln can use Research Professional without setting…
Humanities and social sciences to get own budget in Horizon 2020
A report in ResearchFortnight has stated that the Humanities and Social Sciences will get their own budget in the next EU research funding programme, Horizon 2020. It has been proposed that the sixth challenge in Horizon 2020’s societal challenges pillar—inclusive, innovative and secure…