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The Leverhulme Trust has recently announced a Research Centres call, due to launch on 4 Sept. They are only allowing one application per university, so we will have to run an internal competition to decide on our nomination. As ever, … Continue reading →

EPSRC announced earlier this week that their First Grants scheme would, from Monday, become New Investigator Awards. They have said that the new scheme ‘will remove some of the current restrictions and will help improve the quality and ambition of … Continue reading →

2-4pm, Wednesday 10 May 2017 Venue: TBC The next call is due to open in the autumn with a deadline early in the New Year. Despite the triggering of Article 50 UK universities can still apply, and the Treasury has … Continue reading →

AMBER (“enhAnced Mobile BiomEtRics”) is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network addressing a range of current issues facing biometric solutions on mobile devices. AMBER will comprise ten integrated Marie Skłodowska-Curie Early Stage Researcher (ESR) projects across five EU universities. The … Continue reading →

14:00-16:00, Thurs 16 March  Venue TBC Dr Kay Guccione Research Mentoring and Coaching, University of Sheffield ‘Fellowship Ahoy!’ was a research project based at the University of Sheffield, exploring the development of research career independence and focussing on 5 areas … Continue reading →

  12:30-14:30, Tuesday 7 March Venue TBC The next Early Career Researcher Network events this term will explore issues around getting published in the most appropriate places for your research. Getting published is the cornerstone of a successful and sustainable … Continue reading →

12:30-14:30, Wednesday 1 March 2017 Venue TBC The next Early Career Researcher Network event this term will be run by Dr Rebekah Higgitt (History) and will look at how best to use social media to support your research. Technology is … Continue reading →

As some of you may well know, ESRC has an open call for  Secondary Data Analysis Initiative (SDAI). This funding stream aims to deliver high-quality high-impact research through the deeper exploitation of major data resources created by the ESRC and … Continue reading →