This week Research Fortnight published an interesting story on UK Research Council success rates [login required]. The picture is diverse: from a low of 16% for the ESRC to the giddy heights of 39% for the AHRC. We’ve discussed previously…
Updated Guidance on RCUK Efficiency Measures
Back in May I blogged about Research Councils UK’s response to the Wakeham Review, Efficiency: Ensuring Excellence with Impact. This report detailed reductions to indirect costs, indexation and equipment funding which have been introduced this year in various stages. Full…
Research and Enterprise Merger
From today (19th Sept) the University Research Office and Enterprise @ Lincoln have merged to become Research & Enterprise. The new joint department will provide support for research and enterprise income generation activity, including research grants and contracts, KTPs, IP…
How Do Humanities Researchers Manage Information?
Humanities researchers don’t conform to the typical stereotype of the lone scholar, more interested in depth than breadth and collaborating only in dispersed networks. That’s according to a recent Research Information Network (RIN) report on how researchers in the humanities…
Public Engagement With Research: Exhibitions and Catalysts
A couple of opportunities have arisen recently to help you promote your research to a non-academic audience: the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition and RCUK’s CATALYSTS Call. Public engagement with research is increasingly seen as a vital part of the…
Research News and Funding Opportunities Weekly Digest for September 16th
Shared 17 links. ESRC-JSPS collaborative seminars | ESRC | The Economic and Social Research Council ESRC and Office for National Statistics internship initiative | ESRC | The Economic and Social Research Council ESRC and Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)…