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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Why open research? Making research results open is often requirement for research funders and Universities. Open research is a way of allowing: Others to use your data-sets to validate your findings or reused by researchers in other fields for different…
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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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Over £10,000 in prizes available for Edinburgh Napier students, staff, and alumni. The Bright Red Sparks competition, run by Bright Red Triangle, is currently in full swing. With six categories to enter, there is something for everyone – including staff!…
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European Crucible Luxembourg, 6-7th May 2020 Creating a new interdisciplinary Scottish–European Network of Research Leaders _ Calling early/mid-career research leaders from life, physical, engineering, computational, mathematical, environmental and social sciences, arts and humanities in Scotland and Europe. On behalf of…
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Changes to team staffing Alison McIlveen has joined the team to support REF as a REF officer. Ceri Bain has been promoted to REF project manager. Lindsay Ramage is now the Head of Research Governance. Training: Sessions related to research…
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