Following a four-month sector-wide postponement of the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021), the exercise has now recommenced, with effect from Friday 31 July 2020. The revised submission deadline is midday on 31 March 2021. The recommencement is accompanied by new guidance,…
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Two projects from Edinburgh Napier University are now through to the semi-finals of Converge 2020! In the Impact Challenge category we have David Rodriguez de la Cruz and Mark Dorris of Mercel. Many congratulations! Full details about this year’s cohort…
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https://esrc.ukri.org/funding/funding-opportunities/iscf-healthy-ageing-social-behavioural-design-research-programme The Healthy Ageing Social, Behavioural and Design Research Programme (SBDRP) is part of the ISCF Healthy Ageing Challenge portfolio of activities. The SBDRP will provide £9.5m (100% fEC) to fund interdisciplinary academic-led teams to carry out research into social,…
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Engaging the public with our research has changed enormously in the past few weeks. Lockdown and the new COVID-19 restrictions present both challenges and opportunities for public engagement. The School Public Engagement Leads are still working on engagement activity and…
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APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN. DEADLINE: 4TH MAY 2020. https://www.nxnwpartners.org/our-programmes/icure Calling all PhD students and early-career researchers! Do you have an innovative idea you would like to spin-out but need to do more market research first? Then ICURe is the channel for…
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When: 23 April 2020 Times: 10:00 to 12:00 – IP Webinar | 14:00 to 16:00 – IP Clinic The IP Webinar will provide practical tips and advice on managing IP in the current challenging times. Appointments can be made for…
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Converge Challenge Announcement for Academics and PG Students-Deadline now the 14th May 2020 Converge Challenge is still open for business. The 2020 deadline has been extended to 14th May and so to help with submissions, the team have developed an…
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UKRO is providing a webinar between 10.30-11.30 (UK time) on Friday 3 April on the topic of ‘COVID-19 and EU Funding update‘. The webinar is intended to provide an overview of the current situation regarding COVID-19 in relation to EU…
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The REF Team at Research England (acting on behalf of the UK funding bodies) has announced a postponement to REF2021: https://www.ref.ac.uk/publications/further-update-on-coronavirus-covid-19-and-ref-timetable/ The new submission date and further details of other adjustments to the framework are unknown at present. However, the…
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Would you like some help with your research career? Or do you have experience you can share? This spring, we’re piloting a researcher mentoring scheme for staff. Funded by the Researcher Development Fund, the pilot aims to provide researchers with…
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