Last week Yaso Kunaratnam, Policy Officer at UKCDR delivered a presentation on “The evolving research for development landscape”. UKCDR are a collaboration of government and research funders working in the international development arena and together they provide high-level strategic coherence…
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Peer-review is important in research to ensure the quality and integrity of research activity. It is also an important part of the research funding process both once you have submitted to the funder, but also within institutions before you submit…
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Here’s the second of our ‘meet the academic‘ interviews – where we ask researchers a few questions about their work, and tease some tips from them. Dr Katherine Staines is Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow in the School of Applied Sciences.…
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Recent announcements from Innovate UK on this industry/academia initiative offers the University an opportunity to collaborate with key customers to access significant research funding. Under the Clean Growth Grand Challenge upcoming calls will focus on : Transforming Food Production (£90…
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This week the Research and Innovation Managers for SEBE and SOC, Ian Anderson and Carol Johnstone, held a funding Workshop for staff within these schools. The main focus of the event was around funding opportunities from EPSRC and The Leverhulme…
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Here’s the first of our ‘meet the academic‘ interviews – where we ask researchers a few questions about their work, and tease some tips from them. Dr. Francesco Pomponi (FRSA PhD AFHEA MIET) is a Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow in…
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The Research and Innovation Office is delighted to announce investment towards a 2018 British Science Association Media Fellowship. The British Science Association Media Fellowship scheme provides a unique opportunity for practising scientists, clinicians and engineers to spend two to six…
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Dr Coral Hanson, a Research Fellow in the School of Health & Social Care, came across the ACU last year, submitted a short grant application and was soon on a plane to Perth, Australia. As a result, she’s keen to…
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Just to make you aware, that in response to increased KTP funding for 2017/18, and in an effort to get as many submissions by April 2018, InnovateUK have doubled up on the themed calls available and increased the number of…
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Lyndsey Jenkins, a PhD student in the School of Computing discusses a PhD Workshop Series she and fellow PhD students put together with support from Edinburgh Napier’s Research and Innovation Office. PhD Workshop Series Launch Event! A while ago, some…
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