Academic innovation shines through in Converge 2022 shortlist
Converge, Scotland’s largest company creation and enterprise programme for the university sector, has published its most innovative shortlist for the 2022 programme. Continue reading
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Creative Informatics Small Research Grants 2022 – Applications Open Now!
CREATIVE INFORMATICS SMALL RESEARCH GRANTS 2022 A new call for small research grants is now open for application. This call for small grants is open to academic staff at University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Napier University. This call invites submissions…
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Converge Challenge – training workshops for 2022
The Converge Challenge is Scotland’s largest entrepreneurial training programme and competition, with a prize fund of £160,000+. It is open to staff and students at Scottish Universities and Research Institutes. 2022 marks the start of their new funding cycle, and with…
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Converge heralds new era with increased support to the next generation of academic innovators
Converge has opened applications for its 2022 programme until 5th April with biggest prize pot in its 11-year history New categories include Net Zero Challenge and Create Change Challenge Expanded programme reinforces actions from Logan Review to appeal to most…
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What are the responsibilities of being a Principal Investigator on a Research & Innovation project?
The Principal Investigator (PI) of a project is the individual who takes responsibility for intellectual leadership, and the overall management of the project. This covers many aspects of project development, from concept to beyond the project end-date, and in the dissemination…
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Research Information Management Updates – September 2021
Over the summer we have been busy working on a number of different projects which are to enhance the research information management at the University. Worktribe We have updated Worktribe to the Summer 2021 version. This has user improvements for…
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Reflecting on ISCF Success at Edinburgh Napier: The Creative Informatics Project
In 2018, Edinburgh Napier was part of a consortium awarded a portion of the the largest-ever single investment in the creative industries sector. We reflect on the work and successes thus far… The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) allocated £80…
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RIO’s New ISCF Partnership Development Fund Now Open for Applications
RIO is pleased to launch a new internal fund which is now open for applications on a rolling basis until 1st July 2019. The Partnership Development Fund is dedicated to building partnerships that will ideally result in an ISCF application…
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Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership Award’s 2019 – Applications open
What is the Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership Award? Leverhulme defines the grant as ‘for talented scholars who have launched a university career but who need to build a team to address a distinct research problem’. The aim of the funding…
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Funding workshop for Schools of Computing and Engineering and the Built Environment
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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