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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 →

The University’s second annual Research Prize competition is open for nominations. The Prizes recognise exceptional achievements in research and are open to all research active staff and doctoral students at Kent. The following prizes will be offered annually: Three University … Continue reading →

Pascal Dissard from the European Research Council Executive Agency will visit the university on the 25th of September. The meeting will take place in Keynes Lecture Theatre 2, starting at 9:45. The presentation on ERC schemes, statistics and future plans … Continue reading →

With ever more time pressures preventing academics from applying for grants, it is increasingly essential for researchers to be savvy about their approach to funding. The landscape is changing, Research Councils are working together more than ever before, Innovate UK … Continue reading →

This year’s visit by UKRO, the UK Research Office, will take place on the 12th May in Grimond Lecture Theatre 3. UKRO’s mission is to promote effective UK engagement in EU research, innovation and higher education activities by providing information about … Continue reading →