Lloyd’s has recently launched its 2011 Science of Risk Research prize. You can enter on their website. £2,000 will be awarded to the best research paper in each of the five categories (below), plus a £3,000 prize will be given…
Marie Curie ITN and IRSES Project Development Workshop
UKRO recently announced an opportunity to take part in a European funding workshop hosted by the West Midlands European Service. Taking place on the 29th September, 2011 in Coventry, the workshop will focus on two FP7 Marie Curie schemes: Initial Training…
New Missenden Centre Training Programme
The programme runs from September 2011 to January 2012 and includes courses on PhD supervision, preparation for the REF and research bidding. The latter in particular looks innovative: it operates as an overlapping 3 day event, with the first two…
Research News and Funding Opportunities Weekly Digest for August 26th
Shared 3 links. Laser Energy: ‘An Opportunity for UK Industry’ DEFRA: Research Competitions Prizes – The Royal Academy of Engineering ERA Foundation Entrepreneurs Award Shared 2 links. First-Person Writing, Four-Way Reading : European Science Foundation European Science Foundation Research Conferences:…
Research News and Funding Opportunities Weekly Digest for August 19th
Shared 4 links. Rushlight Awards : Rewarding Environmental Technology and Innovation Centres and Large Grants competition | ESRC | The Economic and Social Research Council Research events: Globalisation: The Future of Research Institutions, global research, global innovation Innovate ’11: networking,…
UKRO Summarises Horizon 2020 Workshops
The UK Research Office has recently published a series of summaries of consultation workshops on the EC’s next Framework Programme, called Horizon 2020. These workshops are part of the EC’s initial preparations for its proposals on the funding programme, which…