Summary The Medical Research Council (MRC) and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) are pleased to announce a call for community building Networks in Vector Borne Disease (VBD) Research. The funders have earmarked up to a total of £9 million for this…
ESRC joins forces with the US’s Rockefeller Foundation and NERC to achieve the UN’s Global Goals
The UK’s Economic and Social Research Council and Natural Environment Research Council have joined forces with the US’s Rockefeller Foundation to support the United Nation’s 17 Global Goals, which aim to eliminate poverty and hunger and help fight climate…
New Generation Thinkers 2017 Programme for ECRs
Are you an Early Career Researcher? Would you like the opportunity to develop the skills to tell the story of your research to new audiences? Apply now for the AHRC and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers 2017 Programme.…
MRC peer review process: Top Tips for writing a useful review!
The time and effort that peer reviewers give to the MRC peer review process is invaluable in helping their research boards and panels make funding decisions. MRC Peer Review Programme Manager Rachel Prosser’s tips on writing a review include: Make it (un)personal Try…
MSCA 2017 ITN Call Open (Innovative Training Networks)
The EC has now opened the 2017 Call for Proposals for Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Networks (ITN). ITN are trans-european/trans-national, inter-sectoral, inter-disciplinary (where appropriate) partnerships or networks of research organisations and the non-academic sector, which build knowledge through…
University launch the Innovation programme for Lincolnshire
The University of Lincoln’s new support programme was introduced in this week’s Lincolnshire Business magazine! Here’s what they had to say: The University of Lincoln has launched a wide-ranging support programme, aimed at helping Lincolnshire businesses to innovate. The programme…