Category Archives: Events

We’ve almost finalised the programme of Grants Factory and Early Career Researcher Network events for 2016/17.  More details will be available soon, and a full listing will be in Research Active, which will go out in mid-October. The first event … Continue reading →

The government has launched a significant new funding stream, the Global Challenges Research Fund. The GCRF offers a five year, £1.5bn programme. To find out more and link up with others at the University with similar or complementary interests, I would … Continue reading →

A number of colleagues have asked about how the Referendum result affects the UK’s ability to access European research funding, Horizon 2020. The UK is still a member state, and will remain so until the Article 50 negotiations are completed, … Continue reading →

Given Kent’s ambitious target of doubling research income by 2020, the University recognises that it needs to do everything necessary to remove or reduce, wherever possible, barriers or disincentives that may prevent this. One such are the central charges levied … Continue reading →

Clock Tower Lecture Theatre CT102 Lecture Theatre https://www.kent.ac.uk/timetabling/rooms/room.html?room=CTLT We are planning a Medway Research Network meeting on the 9th June. It’s been a couple of years since we last had a networking lunch and since then there have been many … Continue reading →

  Following the two previous GROW events that focussed on the Newton Fund and Japanese Research Funding, the third in the series will look closer to home, at funding available from the EC. Every year we host a visit by … Continue reading →

We are calling for expressions of interest ahead of this year’s Being Human festival, running from 17th until 25th November. Its core aims are: to demonstrate the value of humanities research to society and culture in the UK and globally … Continue reading →

In December we invited nominations to the University’s new Peer Review College (PRC). There was a great response, and the Faculty Associate Deans have now agreed the membership of a University-wide PRC. With this in place, the updated internal peer … Continue reading →

Thinking of applying to the BBSRC? Monday 29th February, 11am to 1pm Venue: tbc We are holding a BBSRC workshop on Monday the 29th Feb between 11 and 1pm (lunch will be provided). The workshop will be an informal discussion … Continue reading →

An Introduction to Japanese Research Funding 1-4pm, 24 February 2016 Venue to be confirmed After the success of the first Global Research Opportunities Workshop (GROW) in November, Research Services and International Development will be running a second event that will focus on opportunities for research … Continue reading →