Category Archives: Events

  Thursday 4 February 2016 Keynes Seminar Room 12 The second Early Career Researcher Network event of this term will take place on Thursday 4 February between 12noon and 2pm, and will focus on how to engage the public with … Continue reading →

What Makes a Good SDAI Application? 1-2pm, Thursday 4th February, Woolf Seminar Room 4 The ESRC have recently launched the revamped Secondary Data Analysis Initiative (SDAI). This scheme provides funding for researchers to deliver high-quality high-impact research through the deeper … Continue reading →

The Leverhulme Trust has recently launched the latest round of Leadership Awards. These are prestigious awards aimed at early career researchers* who have an idea for a potentially exciting and important research project, but have not yet had a chance … Continue reading →

  Wednesday 13 January 2016, 1-3pm Venue TBC   Starting off in academia can be difficult. Not only are you trying to establish your research career, but you are having to cope with the new demands of teaching and supervision, … Continue reading →

The Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research & Innovation is currently consulting staff on the draft Research and Innovation Strategy. In supporting the aims of the Strategy he has four internal funding schemes to help academics develop networks, prepare large and complex grant applications, … Continue reading →

Research and Innovation Strategy presentation The University has adopted its Institutional Plan 2015-2020, and the PVC Research & Innovation has written a draft Research and Innovation Strategy that interprets the research objectives.  Academic and professional staff are invited to a dialogue … Continue reading →

Please find below a list of Horizon 2020 Information Days and Brokerage events. These events are free but registration is essential and allocation is on a first-come first-served basis. For more information contact Conny Jumel (k.jumel@kent.ac.uk). H2020 Cloud Computing and … Continue reading →

Grants Factory EPSRC Mock Panel 7th December, 2–4 pm Venue: tbc  December’s Grants Factory session will provide an insight into how the EPSRC assesses applications. Firstly, UoK Senior Academics who are experienced EPSRC panellists, from across the Faculty will give … Continue reading →

The Quantitative Social Science (QSS) section of the Eastern ARC has £2000 of seed funding available to support staff in research activities that promote and enhance research collaboration in QSS across Eastern ARC institutions (University of Kent, Essex and East Anglia).  Details about … Continue reading →

In the past ECRs and postdocs have been able to attend Graduate School training courses, but priority has been given to postgraduate students. As such staff might not have been aware that these courses are available to them. I’m currently arranging … Continue reading →