For those of you who make use of the incredibly useful online information and services provided by the UK Research Office, you may like to know that they have (finally) revamped and improved their website, or rather the “UKRO Portal”…
Horizon 2020 – New Name for Next EC Framework Programme
The EC recently held a competition to name the next Framework Programme for research funding. The winning name is Horizon 2020 – the Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. Significantly the EC confirms in its press release that this new…
Framework and the Innovation Union: Notes and Reflections
Earlier this month I attended Research Europe’s Framework and the Innovation Union conference at the International Trade Union Auditorium in Brussels. This was an opportunity to catch up with the latest developments on the European Commission’s plans for research and innovation…
Keeping Up To Date With EU Funding: UKRO
Did you know that as a member of staff at the University of Lincoln you are entitled to a free subscription to the UK Research Office information services? UKRO is the UK’s leading information and advice service on European Union funding…
How To Get Funding Out Of The European Commission: Presentation Slides Now Available
Gill Wells, Senior EU Consultant at PNO, visited the University on 10th May to provide a brief introduction to European funding. The slides from that presentation are now available to University staff and students on the Research Office Portal (login…
Marie Curie IEF, IIF and IOF Calls for Proposals Launched
The European Commission has recently launched three new calls for proposals within the FP7 People Programme: FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF – Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development (IEF) Deadline: 11 August 2011 at 17:00 (Brussels local time) Budget: ¤109.85 million FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IIF –…