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ESRC New Investigator – changes

Posted on 13th December 2019 by Jenny Lawson

From 1 January 2020 ESRC will be revising the eligibility criteria for this call to remove the 4-year time bound criteria. This remains a scheme for early career researchers who have yet to make the transition to be an independent … Continue reading →

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REF 2021 Personal Circumstances

Posted on 11th December 2019 by Joanne Morris

The UK funding bodies are committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in research careers. As part of this commitment, in recognition that research productivity can be affected by personal circumstances, staff being submitted to REF 2021 (category A … Continue reading →

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NIHR Public health research programme – commissioned workstream: 19/133

Posted on 6th December 2019 by Jenny Lawson

The National Institute for Health Research invites stage 1 applications for its commissioned call under the public health research programme. This supports research on the continuing priority research topics of interest to the PHR programme. Applications are sought for the … Continue reading →

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AHRC UK-Ireland collaboration in the digital humanities – joint networking call

Posted on 5th December 2019 by Jenny Lawson

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is pleased to announce a call for Networking Grants as part of its ‘UK-Ireland Collaboration in Digital Humanities’ programme funded through the UKRI Fund for International Collaboration. This collaborative funding programme between the AHRC … Continue reading →

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Open Access Week 2019

Posted on 21st October 2019 by Joanne Morris

By Library & Learning Services We have a series of great events for Open Access Week this year. All are welcome! Monday 21st October, 9:30-10:30amOpen Book Publishers webinarLearn about the work of this award-winning, non-profit, academic-led publisher that releases 20+ … Continue reading →

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Learning Services – Scopus

Posted on 27th August 2019 by Joanne Morris

by Liam Bullingham Learning Services have been evaluating our academic literature databases over the summer and learned there has been a steady drop in the use Web of Science, a multidisciplinary citations database. To see whether an alternative may work … Continue reading →

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NIHR announces annual social care funding competition

Posted on 12th August 2019 by Jenny Lawson

We’re pleased to announce that the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme will be running a dedicated social care funding call on an annual basis. RfPB’s first social care funding call, launched in 2018, has invested £2.5 million in … Continue reading →

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RDS NW August 2019 e-bulletin

Posted on 7th August 2019 by Jenny Lawson

In this issue: Call for Public Reviewers for RDS NW Pre-submission Review Panels, New NIHR Website and NIHRtv, How to be a good Chief Investigator, Health Research Authority: New Participant Identification Centres model agreements, Events, funding opportunities and approaching funding … Continue reading →

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UKRI launches £98m healthy ageing research fund

Posted on 6th August 2019 by Jenny Lawson

UK Research and Innovation has launched the Healthy Ageing Programme, a £98 million strand of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund that aims to increase research that will support the UK’s ageing population. https://www.researchprofessional.com/0/rr/news/uk/research-councils/2019/8/UKRI-launches–98m-healthy-ageing-research-fund.html?utm_medium=email&utm_source=rpMailing&utm_campaign=personalNewsDailyUpdate_2019-08-05#sthash.BWcDafHI.dpuf

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Development through the creative industries in Turkey workshop bursaries

Posted on 5th August 2019 by Jenny Lawson

The Arts and Humanities Research Council, under the Newton-Katip Çelebi Fund, and in partnership with the Istanbul Development Agency invites expressions of interest for its development through the creative industries in Turkey workshop bursaries. These enable researchers to attend a … Continue reading →

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