The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is launching a unique people and knowledge exchange programme that offers exciting opportunities for those in the bioscience community to learn and share in a new environment. The new Flexible Interchange Programme…
RCUK Plans to Extend Open Access Policy
Research Councils UK (RCUK) have produced a draft policy paper which sees an amendment to open access policies whereby it will be mandatory for all RCUK-funded papers be made freely available six months after publication. The draft policy paper was published…
Horticulture and Potato Initiative
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in collaboration with the Scottish Government and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) invites proposals for its horticulture and potato initiative. This initiative aims to support industrially relevant, high-quality research projects on…
Have You Heard About the Research Outcomes System?
The Research Outcomes System (ROS) is a web-based system which allows users to provide research outcomes to four of the Research Councils – AHRC, BBSRC, ESRC and EPSRC. The ROS can be used by these Research Council grant holders to…
BBSRC Seeking Strategic Advisers
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is looking to appoint between 2 and 4 committed individuals from academic and industry to increase membership on their Strategy Advisory Panels in the following areas: Basic bioscience underpinning health Exploiting new…
Research Council Success Rates: A Balancing Act
This week Research Fortnight published an interesting story on UK Research Council success rates [login required]. The picture is diverse: from a low of 16% for the ESRC to the giddy heights of 39% for the AHRC. We’ve discussed previously…