Humanity faces profound questions about how our planet can sustain nine billion people by 2050. With the trend of urbanisation, the majority of the world’s population now live in cities. There is a global nutrition crisis, with dual problems of…
Lincoln academic presents to politicians
Research by a University of Lincoln academic was chosen to appear in Parliament. Dr Enrico Ferrari, a senior lecturer in the School of Life Sciences, presented his research to a range of politicians and a panel of expert judges, as…
ARMA/Wellcome Trust Study Tour – 4th Feb 2011
Last Friday I attended a Study Tour of the Wellcome Trust, organised by the Association of Research Managers and Administrators (ARMA). Study tours allow research administrators to gain useful insight into a funder’s vision, values, goals, policies and funding opportunities…
Wellcome Images
I went down to London last Friday for a “study tour” of the Wellcome Trust. (More on that in another post.) Among many other things I learned that the Trust are curating a rather lovely database of medical and historical images:…
Nuffield Undergraduate Research Bursaries
Are you a science or engineering undergraduate student interested in pursuing a research career? Have you thought about applying for a Nuffield Undergraduate Research Bursary? The scheme is now open for applications for students in the following disciplines: Physical sciences…
Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards Scrap Detailed Budgets and Methodology
The Wellcome Trust has announced a new Investigator Awards scheme which seeks to support established academics to carry out long-term, ambitious and visionary research in the area of biomedical science and the medical humanities. Interestingly, they’re emphasising the flexibility of…