The first annual MRC Festival of Medical Research is taking place from 18 to 26 June 2016, inspired by the MRC’s Centenary Open Week in 2013. The MRC Festival will see scientists from research establishments showcasing their research through events…
Wellcome Trust pause to improve Engaging Science schemes
The Wellcome Trust is a proud champion of public engagement which places science at the heart of the cultural landscape. The launch of a new strategic framework last October has given them an opportunity to take a pause on their current…
Lincoln professor explores ‘WWI At Home’ on BBC tour
Professor Chapman from the Lincoln School of Journalism is providing expert historical knowledge at county, agricultural and military tournament shows, encouraging members of the public to engage with the history and commemoration of the war, as part of our heritage.…
AHRC Follow-on Funding for Impact and Engagement Scheme
Fund to support knowledge exchange, public engagement, commercialisation and dissemination activities which emerge unexpectedly from an AHRC-funded research project. Extended Description The Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is the UK’s national funding agency for research across both arts and…
AHRC Opportunities: Empathy and Trust In Communicating Online (EMoTICON) Sandpit
6-10 January 2014 (Cranage Hall, Cheshire) The AHRC is working in partnership with ESRC, EPSRC, Dstl and CPNI, to commission new research to develop a greater understanding of how empathy and trust are developed, maintained, transformed and lost in social…
Wellcome Trust to provide ring-fenced funding for public engagement activities
The Wellcome Trust today announces that it is to provide ring-fenced funding to support its researchers in their public engagement activities. From 10 October, researchers applying for Wellcome Trust funding will be invited to include proposals for programmes of activity…