The European Commission, Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, has published a call for tenders regarding the second generation of the ‘European Cluster Observatory’. The subject of the contract is to launch the second generation of the ‘European Cluster Observatory’ aimed…
RAEng Enterprise Fellowships – Call for Applications Announced
The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Enterprise Fellowship scheme is now open for applications. Enterprise Fellowships provide funding and support to entrepreneurial engineering researchers, working at a UK University, to enable them to develop the commercial potential of their research. The…
EPSRC: Healthcare impact partnerships
EPSRC are inviting outline proposals for Healthcare Impact Partnerships in the area of advanced materials and nanotechnology for healthcare. A budget of £5 million is available to support projects that will progress previous EPSRC funded research in advanced materials and…
TSB and AHRC: Developing novel approaches to multi-disciplinary software development
The Technology Strategy Board and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) are to invest up to £1m in feasibility studies to stimulate the development of new multi-disciplinary approaches to software development. We are looking to fund projects that seek…
University of Lincoln research: Land animals kept fish-like jaws for millions of years
Research has confirmed how early land vertebrates, which evolved from fish, developed weight-bearing limbs and other adaptations long before their feeding systems adjusted to a vegetation-based diet. Now, for the first time, fossil jaw measurements have demonstrated this gap in…
Garden grown by social media is all a Twitter at Chelsea
Twitter will be in control of a unique digital garden at the 100th RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year. Fresh garden ‘Digital Capabilities’ will respond to live Twitter activity, enabling the public to directly influence how the garden appears at…