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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The UK Government published its new roadmap for Research and Development on 1st July 2020 : https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-research-and-development-roadmap/uk-research-and-development-roadmap. This Roadmap is the start of a conversation. They want to explore how we can build on the UK’s strengths, learn lessons from…
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We now have an online ethics application system within our Worktribe system. This was added on 17th June 2020. This part of the system is now live for use for researchers in the Schools of Computing and Health and Social…
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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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