The Joseph Rowntree Foundation have released a call for Anti-Poverty Strategies Reviews. The aim of these reviews is to examine the connections in poverty across an array of different areas. They need to assess evidence for the impact of intervention…
Commission requests €678m Framework 7 top-up
The European Commission has asked for an extra €678 million for Framework 7, as part of nearly €1 billion of additional funds requested to boost research, innovation and education programmes in 2013. The request is part of a proposal to…
HEFCE to appoint 150 more ‘impact assessors’
In an interview with Research Fortnight, Graeme Rosenberg, HEFCE’s REF manager, said the council is busy recruiting the top people among some 700 nominees from a recent exercise. The assessors for impact, or “research users” as they are called, will…
Clean water for all – EPSRC Call
The Engineering and Physical Science Research Council are calling for collaborations between academic groups in the UK and the USA in the area of Water Engineering. The call is placed within the context of the global grand challenges of Resilience…
Lifetime achievement award – British Psychological Society (BPS)
The British Psychological Society invites nominations for its lifetime achievement award. This award recognises distinctive and exemplary contributions to psychological knowledge. Award winners are expected to have not only an outstanding record of personal achievement, but will have also made…
European Health Psychology Society offering Conference/Workshop Grants
The purpose of the conference/workshop grants is to encourage talented researchers and graduate students who do not have access to funding to attend the EHPS conference and the CREATE and SYNERGY workshops. These grants are available: EHPS Conference grants for graduate…