Welcome to news and updates for our UoB ECR community.
R&KE funding opportunities – *last call*
1) Launchpad – deadline 11.59pm, 24 February 2023
Aims to launch staff into producing excellent research and knowledge exchange. Awards from this scheme are of up to £10,000 for up to 12 months.
2) Knowledge Exchange and Impact Catalyst Fund – deadline 11.59pm, 24 February 2023
Aims to support the development of existing research into a project that will deliver a step change in knowledge exchange and impact outcomes. It offers awards of up to £10,000 for up to 12 months for projects.
3) Student Research Experience scheme – deadline 23.59 on Monday 6 March 2023
Aims to provide hands-on research experience to undergraduate or taught postgraduate students on projects covering all disciplines across the University of Brighton. Find out more about submitting a project for consideration as a project lead.
Peer-to-peer mentoring – *new initiative*
I am very pleased to be launching a peer-to-peer mentoring scheme for ECRs, in line with the Concordat. In addition to the mentoring you receive from your research mentors, peer-to-peer mentoring will allow you to enhance your own mentoring skills, develop your network across the University, and gain valuable insights from your peers into current research issues and development opportunities. Please get in touch with me if you would like to be part of this new scheme.
R&KE week: 17 – 21 April
The programme for Research and Knowledge Exchange Week is now ready and booking will be made available online very shortly. Highlights for ECRs include sessions on: Getting your research published; Postdoc mentoring lunch; Planning your R&KE career; What do we mean by KE?; Exploring careers outside academia.
The week will culminate in a showcase celebration event on Friday 21 April at the Sallis Benney, with presentations from recent initiative winners and a poster competition. The poster competition will be open to both research and knowledge exchange active staff and postgraduate research students.
Inaugural lectures Spring series
University of Brighton’s public lecture series returns this spring. Delivered by newly appointed professors, the lectures will delve into the groundbreaking research Brighton academics are carrying out to address some of the biggest challenges facing people and communities here in Brighton, across the UK and around the world.
You can book now to hear:
Professor Andrew Dilley
Touching a raw nerve: Controversies in the field of chronic pain
Wednesday 15 March 2023 at 6.30pm, Chowen Lecture Theatre, BSMS Teaching Building, University of Sussex
Professor Barbara Philips
Individualising chaos: Prescribing drugs in high stakes environments
Wednesday 29 March 2023 at 6.30pm, Chowen Lecture Theatre, BSMS Teaching Building, University of Sussex
Booking details for the summer series will be released in March for the following:
Professor James Ebdon Wednesday 26 April 2023: HUMANS, HEALTH & H2OPE: Combating waterborne disease in an age of phage
Professor Mark Devenney Wednesday 10 May 2023: Political equality and climate catastrophe: Democracy after ‘humanity’.
Professor Tamar Jeffers McDonald Wednesday 24 May 2023: Movie magazines and Hollywood: An interdependent history
Professor Stephen Bremner Wednesday 7 June 2023: Fishing, dredging and veering off-course: How statisticians ensure you’re waving, not drowning
Key dates
- 24 February 2023 11:59pm: Launchpad & Catalyst deadlines
- 1 March 2023 6:30pm: Prof. Becky Allen Inaugural lecture
- 6 March 2023 11:59pm: Student Research experience scheme deadline
- 15 March 2023, 6:30pm: Prof. Andrew Dilley Inaugural lecture
- 29 March 2023, 12:00-14:00: Reaching wider audiences with The Conversation
- 29 March 2023, 6:30pm: Prof. Barbara Phillips Inaugural lecture
- 17 – 21 April 2023: Research and Knowledge Exchange Week
Research dictionary
Visit our blog for a list of acronyms and research terms used at UoB. This month’s featured one is:
CEDARS – Culture, Employment and Development in Academic Research Survey. This will be launching in the coming months, so watch this space!
