callum.egan@napier.ac.uk
February 27, 2018
External funding, Funding
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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callum.egan@napier.ac.uk
February 9, 2018
Business engagement, External funding, Funding
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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callum.egan@napier.ac.uk
November 24, 2017
Funding, Internal funding, Researcher development
researcher development framework
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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callum.egan@napier.ac.uk
November 15, 2017
External funding, Funding
Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, KTP
Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Ian Anderson and myself attended the Innovate UK annual conference where announcements were made on significant funding to encourage industry to work with HEI’s, a key element of this being the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF).…
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fionamason
October 31, 2017
External funding, Miscellaneous
funding competition, Innovation, intellectual property
Murgitroyd, European patent and trade mark attorneys, have just launched their “Innovator Launchpad Competition”. Applications are now invited from all pre-profit start-ups and not-for-profits based in the UK -deadline is Wed, 15th Nov @1200 GMT and submission is through their…
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lindsayramage
October 27, 2017
Funding, REF 2021, Research information management
open access, REF 2021, Research funding
Free and open access to publicly-funded research offers significant social and economic benefits. The Government, in line with its overarching commitment to transparency and open data, is committed to ensuring that such research should be freely accessible. Research funders and…
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janettaylor
October 18, 2017
External funding, Funding, Horizon 2020
Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research and Innovation said, in a lecture at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on Monday night, that we should not give up on Europe and we should keep applying. He told the audience that to give…
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callum.egan@napier.ac.uk
September 20, 2017
Business engagement, External funding, Funding
As part of the government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, Innovate UK have just announced funding available for an extra 200 Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP) this year (17/18). Edinburgh Napier University has an excellent track record of successfully securing KTP awards…
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lindsayramage
September 13, 2017
Funding, Research information management, Researcher development
Peer-review, Research Quality
Its peer-review week 11-15th September! Peer-review is important in research to ensure the quality and integrity of research activity. Peer-review is normally associated with publishing original articles in Journals. It is also an important part of the research funding process…
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janettaylor
September 1, 2017
Events, External funding, Funding
Early Career Researcher? – Looking for a small research grant? The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland is inviting applications for its Research Incentive Grants by the 15th October, 2017. These are grants for up to £10,000. Applicants must…
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