Registration is now open for the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Conference! The two day event, to be held in London on the 9th – 10th October 2013 will provide an ideal opportunity to learn more about how the HTA Programme…
BBSRC Survey: Have Your Say on the Next Big Things in Bioscience
The BBSRC has launched a survey seeking your views on the research areas that will be the most important and exciting in bioscience over the next 5-10 years. The results of the survey will be discussed by the BBSRC’s governing Council and…
Changes to responsive peer review mode for NERC
NERC has announced a number of changes to its peer review process which aim to ‘strengthen and streamline’ the assessment of responsive mode grants. The changes, which have been made in response to community feedback in order to increase confidence…
Latest Health Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities (Projects and Programmes) 1. NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) – Challenge Awards (Closing Date: 29 May 2013, 1pm) The NIHR i4i Challenge Awards seeks to identify those medical technologies with the greatest potential clinical benefit, along with how…
Long Term Care Revolution
The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) is inviting applications for participation in a revolutionary sandpit workshop in the autumn (PDF, 550Kb) looking for innovative approaches to shake up conventional thinking about institutional long-term care. The aim of this sandpit is to bring together…
Is the UK at risk of losing its edge in creative industries?
A recent report from Nesta A Manifesto for the Creative Economy, published on 23 April, warns that the UK’s early success in the creative industries could be wasted without strong action from government. According to Nesta the UK creative economy is one…