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SENIOR ACADEMICS HAVE CRITICISED the government’s stanceon mental health research, saying they are disappointed

at the lack of concrete recommendations for improvingthe condition of research on mental health in England.

The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, pub-lished on 15 February by the government’s MentalHealth Taskforce to the NHS in England, made a seriesof recommendations for improving mental health ser-

 vices, which it said were in a poor state. In particular,the taskforce admitted that research in the area isunder-funded—receiving less than 5.5 per cent of all

health research funding. The report said that for every£115 million spent on mental health, £970m is spent

on research on physical health.

 As well as identifying research areas to address—suchas prevention in young people—the document said that

the UK should create “a coordinated plan for strength-ening and developing the research pipeline”. TheDepartment of Health should start planning a 10-year

strategy on mental health research in 2017, it said. Although academics have welcomed the renewed

government focus on mental health, they say thatthe research chapter of the report needs to be moredetailed in order to effect real change.

“It needs to be far more prescriptive,” said Kathryn Abel, professor of psychiatry at the University of

Manchester and national specialty co-lead at the ClinicalResearch Network on mental health. “It’s a bit wishy-

 washy. We know we should be looking at young people

and prevention; we know that early intervention is keyin mental illness,” Abel said. “The fact is that it doesn’tmatter what the strategy is, we need more money.”

Jonathan Roiser, professor of neuroscience andmental health at University College London’s Institute

of Cognitive Neuroscience, echoed this point. He saidthat it was an “interesting omission” that the reportacknowledged the low funding levels for mental health

research without setting out how this should change.However, one source, who saw an early draft of the

chapter on research and asked not to be named, told Research Fortnight  that there had been more detail onfunding, but it had been taken out before publication.

Simon Wessely, president of the Royal College ofPsychiatrists, who advised on the report, acknowl-edged that parts had been changed to cut down the

number of recommendations. “It is always a compro-mise,” he said, adding that the group had tried to focuson recommendations likely to be accepted. Referring to

the research chapter, he stressed that some importantelements remained, such as a recommendation that theHigher Education Funding Council for England reviews

the criteria for assessing mental health research in theResearch Excellence Framework.

“Neuroscience and mental health lost quite a con-

siderable settlement in the last REF because of howthe units of assessment were organised,” he said. “It

 was a real own goal and the taskforce has called on thegovernment to reverse this.”

 Wessely added that the taskforce’s work—includ-

ing its recommendations—was not principally aboutresearch. “There is excellent rhetoric from the top

about mental health but money has been withdrawnfrom primary and community care since 2010,” hesaid. “This has to be addressed and there needs to be

clear accountability on what money is spent on.”Cynthia Joyce, chief executive of the mental health

research charity MQ, acknowledged the breadth ofthe report, saying that it was “great” that researchhad been included. Joyce said that she particularly

 welcomed the report’s recommendation to follow theguidance set out by the European-Commission-fundedproject Roamer in 2015, which produced a roadmap for

mental health research spanning biological, psycho-logical and social research.

Joyce said that she hoped thisholistic view would emphasise thefact that the field needed more than

 just a cash injection. “Not only do weneed more funding but also a long-

term strategy to look at what we cando with research and how we can tapinto areas of real promise,” she said.

by Anna McKie amnews@ResearchResearch.com

Researchers back HEFCE’spostponed REF consultation – p4

Identity crisis Are we a community? – p22

 Ten-year turnaround Reforming an eliteclub into charity with a mission – p6

Mental health reportlacks research specificsAcademics say change hard to achieve without detail on funding

Issue No. 473

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“The same engineers who built strong

encryption into the iPhone to protect ourusers would, ironically, be ordered toweaken those protections and make ourusers less safe.” Apple director Tim Cook  says that the US gov-ernment has overstepped the mark by asking Apple to build a “backdoor” to the iPhone togrant access to the phone of a suspect in the2015 San Berndino terrorist attack. Appleopen letter, 16/2/16.

“To see that women do better than menin a field where there is a bias againstwomen is very exciting because it ques- tions social norms around this field.”Commenting on a preprint published in PeerJ PrePrints, University of Warwick datascientist Adrian Letchford  says that it’s worth celebrating that female software pro-grammers have their code accepted morefrequently than their male counterparts.Nature, 15/2/16.

“Making a tiny but high-profile cutdiverts attention from this continuingproblem—the solution to which is in thegovernment’s rather than the House ofLords’ hands.”To start writing bills on paper, rather than onthe ancient material vellum, would contrib-ute less than 0.01 per cent of the necessarysavings in the House of Lords—the real prob-lem is the ever-increasing number of peers,

says Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg.The Guardian, 17/2/16.

“Being in the EU is not, of course, of itselfa solution. It will only be a platform forenvironmental and scientific collabora- tion if we continue to push it in thatdirection.” Fiona Reynolds, chairwoman of think-tankGreen Alliance, says that a Brexit would bea risky step that could undermine environ-mental policies that have been negotiated aspart of the EU. New Scientist, 17/2/16.

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“The problem is if you’reworking in land use, you’rebasically dealing withmanure and you might notget your paper into Nature.”

 After a review of the Biotechnology andBiological Sciences Research Council’sinstitutes found some to have poor publi-cation performance, chief executive JuliaGoodfellow  says the criticism was of the written output, rather than the science.

 Research Fortnight, 22 February 2006

Watch this spaceNicholas Stern could shake things up for the REF 

So now we know: as Lindsay McKenzie and Cristina Gallardo report on pagefour, the Higher Education Funding Council for England did not plan to

ask radical questions in its consultation on the next Research ExcellenceFramework, and for understandable reasons. After the changes to the 2014REF, the managers who have to administer the framework are tired, if not

 wary, of further change. HEFCE appears not to want to add to their worries.But, as Marie Breen-Smyth writes on page 23, many academics

being assessed do not have a sunny outlook on research evaluation.Fundamentally, the REF exists to function as a performance managementsystem. Like most such mechanisms it contributes to stress and anxiety,

not to mention the loss of some high-profile academics. Breen-Smyth, aninternationally recognised scholar on political violence, lost her positionas a professor of politics at the University of Surrey, in part because of the

REF. She now works in the United States.In that sense, universities and science minister Jo Johnson has made a

sound choice in putting the brakes on HEFCE’s plans and instead appoint-

ing economist and British Academy president Nicholas Stern to take abroader view of research evaluation.

Stern brings at least three strengths to the table. First, as a working

researcher he will have an instinctive grasp of the REF’s effects on hispeers. Second, as an economist who works in the area of climate change

he knows a thing or two about the drivers for interdisciplinary research.Third, Stern is an authority on the effects of metrics on behaviour.

This latter point is an important one. There are some who fear that

Stern’s appointment could open the doors to a more metrics-driven pro-cess, which has the potential to create yet more stress in the system.

There are reasons behind such fears. We know that former scienceminister David Willetts was anticipating a greater role for metrics. Andalthough The Metric Tide review group made it clear that metrics are not

 yet of sufficient robustness to be used for research assessment, we alsoknow that an impatient Whitehall machine remains interested in metrics

to help it to keep a lid on ever-increasing REF costs.But, it must be remembered that Stern contributed to the influential

2010 report Mismeasuring Our Lives, which took governments to task forrunning economies based on flaky indices. A recommendation in that report

 was to focus on solid, granular data—for example in healthcare—and doaway with composite indicators such as GDP. The report argued that com-

posite indicators have little value beyond the production of league tables,and that they also encourage gaming. All of this is also true for the REF.

But the REF provides a degree of transparency and accountability. It is amethod of identifying excellence, and it ensures that very small institutionscontinue to get quality work funded. But it is costly, and especially so for

institutions looking to boost their scores.The questions HEFCE proposed for the consultation assumed a continu-

ation of the status quo. They didn’t address more fundamental issues ofassessing research excellence. Stern’s review has the potential to rethinkthe basics. We await with interest whether it will.

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Scottish universities face deep funding cuts

Public spending on Scottish universities in the 2016-17 financial year will be reduced by almost

£30 million, according to indicative figures from the Scottish Funding Council. Universities

 will face an average budget cut of 3.1 per cent, with the universities of Aberdeen, Dundee andEdinburgh and Robert Gordon University seeing 3.9 per cent reductions.

 Javid and Johnson to campaign for Remain

Business secretary Sajid Javid and science and universities minister Jo Johnson have backed

the campaign for the UK to stay in the European Union, ahead of the referendum on 23 June.

 Writing in The Mail on Sunday , Javid said that the UK should never have joined the EU, but that

global economic forecasts made it “too risky” to leave now.

Academics question ‘unclear’ anti-lobbying clause

Researchers have called for clarification of how research will be affected by the government’splan to introduce an anti-lobbying clause into grant agreements. Academics have asked the

government to confirm that the changes will not prevent the use of government-funded research

to influence policymaking, which they say would contradict its own impact agenda.

Health R&D strategy for Northern Ireland launched

Northern Ireland has said that it wants to increase collaboration between health and social care

 workers and academics, as well as strengthening links between research and policy, as part of its

revamped health and social care R&D strategy. The 10-year strategy, published on 11 February,

also outlines plans to bid for a National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Unit.

BIS names Davies director-general for science

Gareth Davies has been appointed director-general for business and science at the Department

for Business, Innovation and Skills on a permanent basis. Davies became interim director-

general of knowledge and innovation in February 2015, when John O’Reilly stepped down.

BBSRC appoints interim chief executive

Melanie Welham will become interim chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological

Sciences Research Council on 1 March until a permanent appointment is made. Jackie Hunter,

the incumbent chief executive, announced in November 2015 that she would step down to

become chief executive of the artificial intelligence and drug discovery firm Stratified Medical.

McDonnell says BIS should have more say in economic development 

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell has said that Labour would consider splitting the Treasury’s

present responsibilities to give the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more control

over economic development. Speaking at the London School of Economics and Political Science on

16 February, McDonnell said he would like BIS to be a “proper economic development department”.

Don’t merge research and innovation budgets, BIS told

The Russell Group has said that the budgets of Innovate UK and the research councils must be

completely separate if the agency is brought under the proposed umbrella body Research UK. In its

response to a Department for Business, Innovation and Skills consultation, the group said that it was not convinced the move would improve the relationship between the councils and Innovate UK.

w h a t ’ s g o i n g o n

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The Higher Education Funding Council for England’splanned consultation on the next Research Excellence

Framework has garnered positive reviews from research-ers contacted by  Research Fortnight , even though theprocess has been delayed indefinitely.

The document, obtained through a Freedom ofInformation request, suggested that there should be an

overall continuity in the approach to the REF. However,several ideas put forward would change research evaluation

markedly. These include the introduction of a 5* rating,increasing the weighting of impact from 20 to 25 per cent,and the possibility of “decoupling” staff and outputs.

James Wilsdon, director of impact and engagement atthe University of Sheffield, said the document was “inline with what one would have expected from the exten-

sive series of evaluations that HEFCE commissioned ofthe REF”. Clair Thrower, research information manager atthe University of Kent, agrees. “It’s a good document—

HEFCE obviously got a long way ahead with it. Not toomany surprises and some pretty sensible questions.”

HEFCE had planned to consult on the document at the

end of 2015, but that was postponed at the request of uni- versities minister Jo Johnson, to allow for a broader review

of UK university research assessment. The economistNicholas Stern, president of the British Academy, is car-rying out that review and is due to report in the summer.

One question HEFCE had planned to ask respond-ents was whether a 5* quality rating would “better

reflect the panels’ ability to make more granular judge-ments”. Thrower said there were pros and cons to thatsuggestion. “It’s a good way of distinguishing at the

top and teasing out the bunching of profiles—particu-larly of impact. But it would make comparisons between

exercises more difficult. In REF 2014, 4* research wasdescribed as world-leading, which is a tricky one to top.”

HEFCE also intended to seek opinions on whether to

increase the impact weighting from 20 to 25 per cent, which was the figure originally suggested for REF 2014.In addition the document sought views on whether

the names of staff and their outputs should be decou-pled. This was recommended in REF manager Graeme

Rosenberg’s 2015 report as a way of reducing the stressof staff selection in the REF.

 Another question was whether the categorisation of

research areas under the units of assessment schemeshould be revised, having been reduced from 69 to

36 areas for the 2014 exercise. “I don’t think you would want to reduce the number of units any further,” said Alan Penn, dean of University College London’s Bartlett

faculty of the built environment and chairman of thesub-panel for the architecture unit in REF 2014.

Frans Berkhout, executive dean of King’s CollegeLondon’s faculty of social science and public policy,and a member of the social sciences panel for REF 2014,

agrees. “I think they got the structure more or less rightin the past REF,” Berkhout said.

Berkhout said the structure of the panels did not needsignificant change, but added that he did have con-cerns that the REF was not supporting interdisciplinary

 work enough, an issue highlighted in the document.“Assessments in systems like the REF should be doingmuch more to value interdisciplinary work,” he said. “I

don’t think that means you need to change the structureof the subpanels, but it does mean something about therepresentativeness of people on the sub-panels and the

guidance given to the value of interdisciplinary work.”The consultation document also reveals HEFCE’s

intention to mandate open-access monographs in the

exercise after next. HEFCE and two of the research coun-cils commissioned Geoffrey Crossick to write a report on

open-access monographs, which was published in January2015. Crossick said that the consultation documentmarked the first time he had seen the principles laid out

so that the funding councils can “move forward to shapepolicy”. He said that the main points raised in his report

have been dealt with “in a very flexible and sensible way”.Martin Eve, senior lecturer in literature, technology and

publishing at Birkbeck, University of London, said that

he hoped HEFCE’s approach to open-access monographs would find its way into any consultation document pub-

lished after Stern’s review. He said that HEFCE’s proposedapproach was in line with a recent review led by AdamTickell of the University of Birmingham ( see View, page 20).

 As for whether HEFCE’s consultation on the next REF will take place at a later date, David Sweeney, director ofresearch, education and knowledge exchange at HEFCE,

said, “We will just have to wait and see what Stern rec-ommends and then consider what to do after that.”

Despite uncertainty cast over HEFCE’s future by thegovernment’s green paper on higher education, Wilsdonpredicts that an updated version of the consultation will

surface at a later date, reflecting recommendations thegovernment agrees to from the Stern review. “If we want

a REF in 2021, the machinery needs to keep on grindingfairly fast after the review comes out. At the moment thereis no-one to operate that machinery other than HEFCE.”

Researchers praise ‘steady as

she goes’ REF consultation

4 news Research Fortnight, 24 February 2016

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by Lindsay McKenzie and Cristina Gallardo

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ESRC emphasises consent in revised

research-ethics framework

Research Fortnight, 24 February 2016

 Academics should think of consent as an ongoing pro-

cess throughout the lifetime of a project, according toupdated guidance on research ethics from the Economicand Social Research Council.

The revised ESRC Framework for Research Ethics, pub-lished this month, contains advice on how researchers

should gain and consider consent from participantsin their studies. John Oates, senior lecturer in devel-opmental psychology at the Open University, helped

develop the framework. He said that the guidance now“recognises that consent should be an ongoing pro-

cess, perhaps extending even to the dissemination ofthe results”. Gaining written consent at the start of apiece of research is no longer seen as a sufficient way to

respect individuals’ autonomy, he said.David Carpenter, university ethics adviser at the

University of Portsmouth, agreed that ethics reviews

shouldn’t be a one-off. However, he said that most uni- versities don’t have the resources to monitor ethics forso long. “In some cases the best that can be asked for is

a report at the end of the study and an annual report ifit’s a long-running project,” Carpenter said.

This is the third major revision of the ESRC’s ethicsguidance. In it, the council said that in some contexts

other forms of consent—such as audio recordings—mightbe ethically preferable, for instance in cultures where

 written consent has negative connotations. In addition, when securing explicit consent would put the partici-pants at unnecessary risk, such as with political activists,

the ESRC said that researchers should submit a full state-ment as part of their review justifying the approach taken.

Oates said that the revised framework also aims tobring researchers and ethics committees closer together,by including detailed guidance for both groups. “There

is a real emphasis now on committees acting as facilita-tors, to aid research and not to impede it,” he said.

Tony Wainwright, senior lecturer in psychology at the

University of Exeter, said that the revised framework was“extremely comprehensive”, but that issues surroundingbig data, the treatment of vulnerable groups like refu-

gees and the rapid development of genetic techniques would need updating regularly.

by Cristina Gallardo cgnews@ResearchResearch.com

news 5

Universities are to be banned from boycotting goodsand services on political grounds, but will not be heldaccountable if their academics take action on confer-

ences, the Cabinet Office has said. A se t of pr oc ur em en t gu id el in es pu bl is he d on

17 February prevents any public organisation—includinguniversities, arm’s-length bodies and local councils—from imposing a boycott on a country signed up to the

 World Trade Organization govern ment-procurementagreement. Breaching the rules will incur penalties

including damages, fines and contract cancellations,but will not be considered a criminal offence.

The decision was announced during Cabinet Office

minister Matt Hancock’s visit to Israel, but extendsbeyond products from Israel. The Cabinet Office said in apress release that boycotts “undermine good community

relations, poisoning and polarising debate, weakeningintegration and fuelling anti-Semitism”.

Michael Deas, campaign officer at the PalestinianBoycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee,

 which campaigns against Israel’s policies, says that the

committee will still ask public bodies to boycott compa-nies that contribute to human rights violations in the

Palestinian occupied territories. This, he said, includedboycotting the British multinational security servicesfirm G4S and the French water services provider Veolia.

Simon Johnson, chief executive of the Jewish

Leadership Council, a charity made up of the heads ofJewish organisations based in London, welcomed the

regulation, saying that universities should not have theirown foreign policy. “Boycotts are an impediment to com-munity relations and sow division and discord,” he said.

 A spokeswoman from the Cabinet Off ice said thatthe ruling would not affect universities whose aca-

demics refused to attend events organised by Israeliinstitutions. A number of campaigns of this kind havebeen organised since the early 2000s. The most recent

launched in October 2015 and has been supported bymore than 300 UK researchers. The academics in supportof the movement said that they would not accept invita-

tions for academic visits to Israel or engage in activitiesrelated to Israeli universities, including conferences

funded, organised or sponsored by them.Claire Fox, director of the libertarian think tank

Institute of Ideas, said that boycotts against Israeli

institutions “are a disgrace” that go against the princi-ples of academic freedom and collaboration. However,

she added that boycotts should be discouraged throughdiscussion rather than regulation, which she called “verydangerously prescriptive and interventionist”.

Ban on boycotts won’t cover academic collaborationby Cristina Gallardo cgnews@ResearchResearch.com

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Research Fortnight, 24 February 20166 news

Unfinished revolutionTen years ago, Matthew Taylor left his job advising Tony Blair to reform a society whosefellows were found from mailing lists. He tells Lindsay McKenzie he’s not done yet. When I walk into Matthew Taylor’s office he’s just putting

the finishing touches to a blog post. A prolific writer,Taylor’s room looks suitably creative. There’s a busy flip-

chart, a wall of post-it notes behind a large desk, and aguitar propped against a well-stocked bookshelf.

Taylor pulls up a chair and tells me what drew him to

 work at the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts,Manufactures and Commerce 10 years ago. His decision

to leave his role as chief political-strategy adviser toTony Blair, then prime minister, was surprising to some,he tells me. “When I first came here, everyone asked me

 why, because I had a top job,” he says. “But I came herenot because of what the RSA was, but because of my

 vision of what it could become.”

The RSA is a difficult organisation to pigeonhole.Taylor describes it as an apolitical charity with a missionto mobilise 21st century enlightenment by supporting

people’s power to create. He stresses that it is neither anarts organisation nor a learned society. It was the RSA’s

unusual combination of thought leadership, research,

innovation, mobilisation and engagement that first drewTaylor to the organisation, he says. This is still what he

finds most exciting about it today.But being chief executive of such a complex organi-

sation hasn’t always been plain sailing, he admits,

especially in the early years. “I tried to change thegovernance of the organisation before I changed the pol-

itics. It meant everything took a few years longer than itshould have, and there was a point when the old guard—those who wanted the RSA to be an elite club rather than

a charity with a fellowship—almost won.”The RSA used to recruit some of its fellows by buying

mailing lists and writing to people to tell them that they

had been chosen for a fellowship. “It was misleading andbred a lot of cynicism about the RSA,” says Taylor. “I went

through a hard battle to change that. We lost some fellows along the way—those for whom the status of being a

fellow was more important than shar-ing our values and working with us.”

Fellowship of the RSA is now open toanyone who can demonstrate that theysupport the mission of the RSA with a

 written application and two characterreferences. Membership costs £168 a

 year, and in exchange members receivea quarterly magazine, access to exclu-sive facilities, lectures and networking

events and get to write FRSA after their name. Although

Taylor says the goal is not to get as many fellows as possi-ble, it seems that the RSA’s offering is popular. So far more

than 27,000 people have signed up.Taylor views this shift in attitude to RSA fellowship as

one of his biggest achievements to date, but he says that

the organisation has also become much more collabora-tive in the way it operates. “When I arrived there was a

lot of departmentalism,” he says. “I think any organi-sation that wants to be innovative and powerful in themodern world has to find ways of working across silos.”

Taylor still has lofty ambitions for the RSA. He saysthat the RSA aspires to be as good at mobilising peopleas the community action group Citizens UK, as good at

engaging mass audiences as The Guardian, as good atproducing robust research as the Institute for PublicPolicy Research, and as influential in government as

Policy Exchange. When asked about his policy and research successes,

Taylor doesn’t hesitate before picking out the society’s

 work with the City Growth Commission on an approachto economic growth and inclusion driven by cities. “That

 was some of the most successful think-tank work thatI’ve ever been associated with,” he says. The series ofreports the commission published in 2014 garnered

cross-party support and contributed to the government’sNorthern Powerhouse strategy.

 When asked what he thinks of that strategy, Taylor’sresponse is measured. “There are enormous challeng-es to overcome, but it would be completely churlish to

focus on the problems with it,” he tells me. “Back when we embarked on the work with the commission, people would have thought the Northern Powerhouse was some

kind of soul club.” Since that time, Taylor says, enormousstrides have been made. “I think when people look back,

they will see George Osborne’s commitment as the mostimportant domestic reform agenda of this government.”

 After a decade at the RSA, I wonder what Taylor will

turn to next. Perhaps even a move back into politics?“In a perfect world, I’d like to have more time to read

and write, support my crap football team and continue tofind out that I’ve got absolutely no musical talent what-soever,” he says, gesturing to the guitar. “But I guess

I’ve always been rather tribal. I love this organisation.It massively motivates me, and I think it’s continuing to

become more exciting and more effective than ever. Butthere are still unfinished revolutions to be won.”

 More to say? Email comment@ResearchResearch.com

i n t e r v i e w m a t t h e w t a y l o r

Matthew Taylor 

* 2006-present Chief exec-utive of the RSA* 2003-06 Chief political-strategy adviser to the

prime minister

* 1998-2003 Chief execu-tive of the Institute forPublic Policy Research

* 1995-98   Labour Partydirector of policy andassistant general secretary

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Innovate UK photonicsInnovate UK, the WelshGovernment and theWelsh Opto-ElectronicsForum invite proposalsfor their North Walesphotonics launchpad.The total budget is worth£500,000. Each projectmay receive up to £90,000over a maximum period of

one year [9].NERC doctoral trainingThe Natural EnvironmentResearch Council invitesoutline proposals forits centre for doctoraltraining studentshipson modelling andquantitative skills inecology and evolution.Studentships are worth up

to £84,936 each [11].BBSRC trainingThe Biotechnology andBiological SciencesResearch Council invitesapplications for itscollaborative trainingpartnerships. Studentshipsprovide a training supportgrant worth £5,000 per year over four years [20].

MRC/NIHR healthcareThe Medical ResearchCouncil and theNational Institute forHealth Research inviteapplications for theircall on methodologicalresearch for health andcare systems modelling –identifying and measuringspillover effects [23].

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  EU Horizon 2020: Societal Chal-lenges H2020-CIRC-2016 industry2020 in the circular economy –single stage 1184915

  EU Horizon 2020: Societal Chal-lenges H2020-CIRC-2016 industry2020 in the circular economy – twostage 1186034

  EU Horizon 2020: Societal Chal-lenges H2020-SCC-02-2016 smartcities and communities 1186037 

  EU Horizon 2020: Societal Chal-lenges H2020-SCC-2016 smart citiesand communities call – topics 3 and4 1186038

  NIHR programme developmentgrants for applied research 260944

  EU Horizon 2020 Societal Chal-lenges H2020-SC5-2016 greening

the economy, topics 1, 14 and 21- two stage 1186006 

  EU Horizon 2020: Societal Chal-lenges H2020-SC5-2016 greeningthe economy – single stage 

1184952

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Academy of Medical SciencesNewton international fellowships1186801

  Henry Moore Foundation confer-ences, lectures and publicationsgrants 1157850

  Henry Moore Foundation smallresearch grants 1174482

  EU Horizon 2020: Societal Chal-lenges food scanner prize 1180929

  Innovate UK surface engineeringand coating technologies for high-value manufacturing 1188036 

  Royal Society Newton internationalfellowships – Brazil, China, India,

Mexico and Turkey 1188363

  Royal Society/Academy of MedicalSciences/Newton Fund interna-tional fellowships – China and India 1188330

10  Action on Hearing Loss

international project grant  198200  Anatomical Society of Great Britain

and Ireland Symington bequest  1178584

  Anatomical Society research grant  1187680

  EU Joint Programme for Neuro-degenerative Disease Researchtransnational call on harmonisationand alignment in brain imagingmethods for neurodegeneration 1187770

  Intensive Care Society new investi-gator awards 211290  Leverhulme early-career fellowships 

210573

11  CERN corresponding associates

programme 259704  CERN scientific associates pro-

gramme 251966   DFID social protection system

capacity strengthening 1188723  Healthcare Infection Society career

development fund 1182303  Institute of Historical Research

Scouloudi historical awards – publi-cation awards 1170240

  Institute of Historical ResearchScouloudi historical research

awards 211511  Wellcome Trust society awards 

261000

13  Society for Applied Microbiology

president's fund 202163

14  Action on Hearing Loss

translational research initiative forhearing grant  1175049

  Association of Anaesthetists ofGreat Britain and Ireland projectgrants 1176027 

  Association of Anaesthetists ofGreat Britain and Ireland travelgrants 205767 

  EU Directorate-General for Hu-manitarian Aid and Civil Protectionprojects on preparedness and

prevention 213189  EU Directorate-General for MaritimeAffairs and Fisheries study onthe economic benefits of marineprotected areas 1188231

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Data science scholarshipsThe Alan Turing Institute invites applica-tions for its doctoral studentships. Theseenable students to pursue doctoral stud-

ies in data science at the institute's hub,as well as at one of the founding partneruniversities. Grants cover tuition feesand a stipend for three and a half years.Web id: 1188902Email: doctoral-scheme@turing.ac.ukNo deadline [1]

Postgraduate summer schemeThe British Society for Immunology invitesapplications for its medical elective andsummer placement award scheme. Fund-ing enables medical students, and PhDand MSc students, to undertake a place-ment in a selected laboratory for theirmedical elective or a summer placement.Awards are worth £1,500 each.

Web id: 1188729Contact: Hannah HopeEmail: h.hope@immunology.orgNo deadline [2]

Emerging technologiesThe Royal Society of Chemistry invitesproposals for its emerging technolo-gies competition. This aims to acceler-ate the commercialisation of innovativetechnologies in the areas of health andwellbeing, energy and environment, foodand water, and materials. Prizes are worthup to £20,000 each.Web id: 1188734Deadline: 14 March 2016 [3]

STFC Artemis laser facility The Science and Technology FacilitiesCouncil invites proposals for access tothe Artemis laser facility. Funding enablesresearchers to access the Artemis laserfacility and conduct experiments relatedto ultra short laser and XUV pulses, as wellas those related to a range of end-stationsfor time resolved spectroscopy in gases,liquids and condensed matter, and for XUVimaging. Up to 14 weeks' access is avail-able, of which three weeks is for EU access,provided through Laserlab Europe.Web id: 1188742Email: emma.springate@stfc.ac.ukDeadline: 14 March 2016 [4]

NERC knowledge exchangeThe Natural Environment Research Coun-cil invites applications for its open knowl-edge exchange fellowships. These enablethe sharing and flow of knowledge andexpertise between NERC-funded research-ers and their user communities. Fellow-ships cover salary on a pro-rata basis, aswell as up to £40,000 for travel and othercosts, over three years.Web id: 1188776Contact: Lynne PorterEmail: keschemes@nerc.ac.ukDeadline: 17 March 2016 [5]

CRUK/DH experimental centresCancer Research UK and the Departmentof Health, under the experimental cancermedicine centres (ECMCs) network, inviteexpressions of interest for their 2017-22Quinquennium. This enables experimen-tal cancer medicine centres to contrib-

ute to a leading network of early-phaseclinical trials, and enhances the existingbench-to-bedside pathway by supportingkey infrastructures tailored to the needsof each ECMC site. The award providessupport over a period of five years.Web id: 154831Email: centresandecmcs@cancer.org.ukDeadline: 18 March 2016 [6]

Gastroenterology traineesCore and the British Society of Gastro-enterology invite applications for theirtrainee research grants. These supporttrainees who are conducting research onan area of clinical need within gastroen-terology which has clear patient benefit.Grants are worth up to £5,000 each.Web id: 1188799Contact: Alice KingtonEmail: research@corecharity.org.ukDeadline: 31 March 2016 [7]

Novice dissemination awardThe European Oncology Nursing Societyinvites applications for its novice dis-semination award. This enables oncology

nursing researchers to attend the EONS10congress, to be held from 17 to 18 October2016 in Dublin, Ireland. Awards cover reg-istration fees and up to €1,500 (£1,200)for travel and accommodation.Web id: 1188693Email: eons2016@abbey.ieDeadline: 31 March 2016 [8]

Innovate UK photonics R&DInnovate UK, the Welsh Government andthe Welsh Opto-Electronics Forum inviteproposals for their North Wales photonicslaunchpad. Funding supports innovativeand industrial R&D projects that aim tostimulate photonics, electro-optics andopto-electronics businesses in North Wales

by enabling them to go further towards com-mercial success. The total budget is worth£500,000. Each project may receive up to£90,000 over a maximum period of one year.Web id: 1188842Email: support@innovateuk.gov.ukDeadline: 6 April 2016 [9]

Innovate UK sharing economy Innovate UK invites proposals for itscall on digital innovation in the sharingeconomy. Funding aims to encourageinnovation in the sharing economy acrossthe themes of trust, tourism and travel;opening up new sectors; home improve-ments; construction; and data and analyt-ics. Awards are worth up to £30,000 each.

Web id: 1188836Email: support@innovateuk.gov.ukDeadline: 12 April 2016 [10]

NERC doctoral training awardsThe Natural Environment Research Coun-cil invites outline proposals for its centrefor doctoral training studentships onmodelling and quantitative skills in ecol-ogy and evolution. These aim to train thenext generation of UK environmentalscientists in various aspects of data col-lection, modelling, statistical analysisand inference with input from a rangeof quantitative disciplines, producingresearchers with substantial quantita-tive expertise capable of developing newtheoretical modelling methods. Student-ships are worth up to £84,936 each.Web id: 1187488Email: stag@nerc.ac.ukDeadline: 13 April 2016 [11]

AHRC leadership fellowsThe Arts and Humanities Research Councilinvites applications for its priority arealeadership fellowships on design, herit-age and modern languages. These supportresearch related to design, heritage ormodern languages. Fellowships are ten-able for up to three years and cover up to80 per cent of full-time equivalent, withthe option to include up to 40 per cent FTEfor personal research activity.Web id: 1188917Contact: Jessica ClarkEmail: j.clark@ahrc.ac.ukDeadline: 15 April 2016 [12]

Philosophy conference awardThe British Society for the History ofPhilosophy invites applications for itsmajor conference award. This funds aninternational conference held in the UKon any aspect of the history of philosophy.The award is worth £1,000.Web id: 1188034Contact: Michael BeaneyEmail: bjhp@bshp.org.ukDeadline: 15 April 2016 [13]

Soil health and biology The Agriculture and Horticulture Develop-ment Board and the British Beet ResearchOrganisation invite applications for theirresearch partnerships on managementfor soil biology and soil health. Fundingsupports research partnerships that aimto better understand soil biology and keysoil health metrics, in order to improvemanagement for soil health across arange of systems including arable rota-tions, grassland systems and productionsystems for perennial crops. Each part-nership may receive about £200,000 per

 year over a maximum period of five years.Web id: 1188743Email: amanda.bennet@ahdb.org.ukDeadline: 28 April 2016 [15]

Rare diseases researchThe Pfizer Rare Disease Research Unit andthe Chief Scientist Office invite propos-als for their collaborative drug discoveryresearch projects. Funding supports collab-orative projects in the area of rare diseasesthat aim to advance the RDC model intorepositioning and repurposing of legacy,clinic ready Pfizer assets for rare diseases.Web id: 1188860Email: alan.mcnair@gov.scot Deadline: 29 April 2016 [16]

Arts impact research grantsArts Council England invites applica-tions for its research grants programme.These support projects that aim to betterunderstand the impact of arts and cultureand promote greater collaboration andcooperation between the arts, culturalsector and research partners. The budgetis £1.11 million and grants are worth upto £200,000 each.Web id: 1183462Email: enquiries@artscouncil.org.ukDeadline: 5 May 2016 [17]

Regional studies grantsThe Regional Studies Associations invitesapplications for the following grants:

•fellowship research grants, worth upto £7,500 each. Web id: 1188831•membership research grants, worth

up to £5,000 each.Web id: 1188828Deadline: 8 May 2016 [18]

BBSRC collaborative trainingThe Biotechnology and Biological Scienc-es Research Council invites applicationsfor its collaborative training partnerships.These aim to train the next generationof skilled people for the research baseand wider bioeconomy by providing PhDstudents with a first-rate, challengingresearch training experience within the

context of a mutually beneficial researchcollaboration, between academic andpartner organisations. Studentships arecalculated on a four-year basis, and pro-vide a research training support grantworth £5,000 per year.Web id: 1188797Email: simon.cutler@bbsrc.ac.ukDeadline: 25 May 2016 [20]

 Travel awardsThe Rank Prize Funds invites applicationsfor its travel awards. These enable early-and mid-career scientists to establish con-tacts with international counterparts byspending time in an institution outside theUK. Awards are worth up to £7,500 each.

Web id: 1188919Email: enquiries@rankprize.org.Deadline: 6 June 2016 [21]

General surgery fellowshipThe Royal College of Surgeons of Edin-burgh invites applications for the AlbanBarros D'Sa memorial travelling fellowshipin general surgery. This supports travelabroad to gain further experience or train-ing. The fellowship is worth up to £1,000.Web id: 1188889Email: mail@rcsed.ac.ukDeadline: 15 June 2016 [22]

MRC/NIHR healthcare systems

The Medical Research Council and theNational Institute for Health Researchinvite applications for their call on meth-odological research for health and caresystems modelling – identifying andmeasuring spillover effects. This high-light notice supports research into meth-odologies for developing models whichmay enable identification, measurementand understanding of spillover effects inhealth service and public health systems.Web id: 1188840Email: david.crosby@headoffice.mrc.ac.ukDeadline: 21 June 2016 [23]

Political studies grants

The Political Studies Association invitesapplications for its international visitorgrants. These support the presentationof research at the annual Political Stud-ies Association conference by membersof partner associations across the world.Grants are worth around £500 each.Web id: 1186334Email: info@psa.ac.ukDeadline: 1 September 2016 [24]

Graduate music awardThe Society for Education, Music and Psy-chology Research invites applications forthe Aubrey Hickman award. This promotesresearch in the fields of education, musicand psychology. The award is worth £500.Web id: 1188750Contact: Graham WelchEmail: g.welch@sempre.org.ukDeadline: 21 October 2016 [25]

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 Japan fellowshipsThe Japan Society for the Promotion ofScience and the Royal Society invite appli-cations for their postdoctoral fellowshipprogramme. This enables young post-doctoral researchers from the UK to con-duct cooperative research with researchgroups in universities and other Japaneseinstitutions. Fellowships are tenable for12 to 24 months and provide subsistenceworth JPY362,000 (£2,200) per month,a settling-in allowance of JPY200,000, areturn air ticket and insurance.Web id: 260856Email: international.jsps@royalsociety.orgDeadline: 14 March 2016 [26]

Scottish researchThe Carnegie Trust for the Universities

of Scotland invites applications for itsresearch incentive grants. These supportshort research projects, either stand-alone projects or initial studies that maylead to a more extensive project, that arelikely to be of benefit to one or more of theuniversities of Scotland. Grants are worthbetween £500 and £7,500 each.Web id: 253138Deadline: 15 March 2016 [27]

MRC regenerative medicineThe Medical Research Council, under thebiomedical catalyst programme, invitesproposals for its call on regenerativemedicine research. This supports thetranslation of fundamental discoveries

that aim to develop regenerative medi-cine therapies in order to improve humanhealth. Proposals are funded on the basisof 80 per cent of full economic costs,except for exceptional costs which arefunded at 100 per cent. MRC aims to meetthe academic costs of the project only.Web id: 1167138Email: grants@headoffice.mrc.ac.ukDeadline: 17 March 2016 [29]

Research merit awardsThe Royal Society, in partnership withthe Wolfson Foundation and the Depart-ment for Business, Innovation and Skills,invites nominations for the Wolfsonresearch merit awards. These enable

universities to attract, or keep in the UK,respected researchers in all areas of thelife and physical sciences, including engi-neering. Awards are worth up to £30,000per year over a maximum of five years.Web id: 255189Email: seniorfellowships@royalsociety.orgDeadline: 30 March 2016 [31]

Ecology fellowshipThe British Ecological Society invitesapplications for its fellowship at the Par-liamentary Office of Science and Technol-ogy. This enables a postgraduate studentto work with POST on a three-month place-ment. The fellowship provides £5,000 to

cover living costs.Web id: 211926Contact: Ben ConnorEmail: ben@britishecologicalsociety.orgDeadline: 31 March 2016 [33]

EPSRC large-area electronicsThe Engineering and Physical SciencesResearch Council, under its Centre forInnovative Manufacturing in Large-AreaElectronics, invites proposals for its callon large-area electronics pathfinders.This enables academic and postdoctoralresearchers to undertake short pathfinderprojects for innovative manufacturing in

large-area electronics. Grants are worthup to £50,000 per project at 80 per centfull economic cost for a maximum periodof six months.Web id: 1185278Email: info@largeareaelectronics.orgDeadline: 31 March 2016 [34]

Physician grantsThe Royal College of Physicians of Edin-burgh invites applications for the Myre SimFund research and travel grants. These sup-port activities that assist viable researchprojects, such as payments for secretarial,library or computer facilities; nursing,laboratory or student assistance; travelexpenses to attend scientific meetings;

courses of postgraduate education; visitsto special clinics; other educational activi-ties. Grants are worth up to £2,000 each.Web id: 1179916Contact: Roselin CombeEmail: r.combe@rcpe.ac.ukDeadline: 31 March 2016 [36]

Royal Society fellowshipsThe Royal Society, in collaboration withthe Engineering and Physical SciencesResearch Council and Rolls-Royce, invitesapplications for its industry fellowships.These enable academic scientists to workon collaborative projects with industry, orindividuals employed in industry to workon collaborative projects with univer-

sity departments or non-profit researchorganisations. Fellowships support aperiod of up to two years and cover basicsalary and research expenses of up to£2,000 per year.Web id: 255580Email: innovationgrants@royalsociety.orgDeadline: 31 March 2016 [37]

Higher education prizeThe Society for Research into HigherEducation, in collaboration with the Rout-ledge Taylor & Francis Group, invitesapplications for its prize for newerresearchers. This supports early-stageresearchers in the field of higher educa-

tion, by enabling them to undertake aresearch project in their own right, or todevelop research skills which will helpadvance their research career. Grants areworth £3,000 each over one year.Web id: 1161423Contact: Rob GreshamEmail: rgresham@srhe.ac.ukDeadline: 31 March 2016 [38]

Biochemical grantsThe Biochemical Society invites applica-tions for the Eric Reid fund for methodol-ogy. Funding supports benchwork, withan emphasis on methodology and prefer-ably cellular or bioanalytical work. Grantsare worth up to £2,000 each.Web id: 251628Email: rowena.mitchell@biochemistry.orgDeadline: 1 April 2016 [39]

Education disadvantagesThe Education Endowment Foundationinvites proposals for its general projectfunding. This supports the evaluation ofinterventions or approaches that improvethe learning and development of childrenaged three and four, as well as pupils inmainstream schools from ages five to 16.Grants are worth up to £1.8 million each.Web id: 1171336Email: info@eefoundation.org.ukDeadline: 1 April 2016 [43]

Civil engineering travel The Institution of Civil Engineers invitesapplications for the QUEST travel award.This enables candidates to travel overseasand undertake an activity that furtherstheir professional development. Theaward is worth up to £6,000.Web id: 1169776Email: quest.awards@ice.org.ukDeadline: 1 April 2016 [44]

Oxford Near Eastern studiesThe University of Oxford's Faculty of Ori-

ental Studies invites applications for theGerald Averay Wainwright research grantsfor Near Eastern archaeology. Theseencourage the study of non-classicalarchaeology of Middle Eastern countries.Web id: 208714Email: wainwright.fund@orinst.ox.ac.ukDeadline: 1 April 2016 [47]

Cereals and oilseedsThe Agriculture and Horticulture Develop-ment Board's cereals and oilseeds divisioninvites applications for its student researchbursaries. These enable postgraduate orpostdoctoral researchers working on cur-rent cereals and oilseeds-funded projectsto supervise undergraduate students whilethey conduct a short research project thatmay benefit the cereals and oilseeds indus-try. Bursaries are worth up to £10,000 each.Web id: 1172993Email: cereals.research@ahdb.org.ukDeadline: 4 April 2016 [48]

Art/medicine grantsThe Harold Hyam Wingate Foundationinvites applications for its medicalresearch travel grants. These enable can-didates to visits laboratories to gain newclinical and laboratory skills, and to set upinter-institutional collaborative research.Grants are worth up to £1,000 each.Web id: 213946Deadline: 5 April 2016 [49]

 Veterinary awardThe British Veterinary Association invitesapplications for the Harry Steele-Bodgermemorial travel scholarship. This enablesan individual to undertake a visit to a vet-erinary or agricultural school, or researchinstitute, or some other course of studyapproved by the governing committee.The scholarship is worth £1,000.Web id: 192663Contact: Helen CottonEmail: helenc@bva.co.ukDeadline: 6 April 2016 [50]

NIHR applied researchThe National Institute for Health Research

invites applications for its programmegrants for applied research. These supporthigh-quality projects, feasibility or pilotstudies that aim to provide evidence toimprove health outcomes in England

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through the promotion of health, preven-tion of ill health, and optimal diseasemanagement, with particular emphasison conditions causing significant diseaseburden. There is no fixed upper limit,although funding in excess of £2.5 mil-lion is unusual.Web id: 254032Email: info@nihr-ccf.org.ukDeadline: 6 April 2016 [51]

UK-China student awardThe Great Britain-China EducationalTrust invites applications for its studentawards, and administers awards on behalfof the Sino-British Fellowship Trust, theUniversities' China Committee in London,and the Han Suyin Trust. These enablestudents to pursue doctoral researchby contributing towards their universitytuition fees and living expenses. Awardsare worth up to £3,000 each.Web id: 143335Email: trust@gbcc.org.ukDeadline: 7 April 2016 [52]

Economic history The Economic History Society, with theInstitute of Historical Research, invitesapplications for its fellowships. Fundingoffers one-year postdoctoral fellowshipsin economic and social history, tenableat the Institute of Historical Research.Web id: 1175190Email: ihr.reception@sas.ac.ukDeadline: 13 April 2016 [54]

 Tudor history prizeThe Institute of Historical Researchinvites submissions for the Sir JohnNeale prize in early modern British his-tory. This recognises a historian in theearly stages of their career for studiesrelating to early modern British history,with a specific focus on the years from1450 to 1700. The prize is worth £1,000,with an additional payment of £500 tosupport the development of the winner'sscholarly career.Web id: 212032Email: ihr.fellowships@sas.ac.ukDeadline: 15 April 2016 [55]

STFC beam time accessThe Science and Technology FacilitiesCouncil invites applications for beam timeaccess. Academic and industry research-ers may apply for free access to neutronand muon instruments, provided by theISIS Centre for Research in the Physicaland Life Sciences, in order to investigatethe properties of materials on the atomicscale. The instruments are free to use,provided results from experiments arepublished in the public domain.Web id: 253215Email: isisuo@stfc.ac.ukDeadline: 16 April 2016 [56]

Surgical fellowshipsThe Royal College of Surgeons of Englandand the Dunhill Medical Trust invite appli-cations for their joint research fellow-ships. These support research that focuseson conditions that predominantly affectpeople aged over 70 as well as interven-tions that address these. Fellowshipscover salary and some running expensesfor a two-year period.Web id: 1164973Email: research@rcseng.ac.ukDeadline: 18 April 2016 [57]

English language educationThe International Research Foundation forEnglish Language Education and the BritishCouncil invite proposals for their doctoraldissertation grants. These support studentswhose dissertation research is related toEnglish language education. Grants areworth up to US$5,000 (£3,500) each.Web id: 1184598Email: info@tirfonline.orgDeadline: 20 April 2016 [58]

NERC environmental risksThe Natural Environment Research Coun-cil invites expressions of interest for itscall on environmental risks to infrastruc-ture innovation. This supports a balancedportfolio of projects which cover the rangeof environmental hazards and sectors ofinterest to Environmental Risks to Infra-structure Innovation Programme mem-bers. The total budget is worth £1 million.Web id: 1179157Contact: Kay HeuserEmail: kaus@nerc.ac.ukDeadline: 20 April 2016 [59]

Epilepsy research bursariesEpilepsy Action invites applications for itspostgraduate research bursaries. Thesesupport non-laboratory research focusingon clinical, healthcare, medical, educa-tional, social or psychological aspects ofepilepsy. Bursaries are worth £3,000 each.Web id: 206331Contact: Amanda StonemanEmail: researchadmin@epilepsy.org.ukDeadline: 22 April 2016 [60]

Diabetes care grantsThe Novo Nordisk UK Research Founda-tion invites applications for grants forhealthcare professionals. These support

clinical projects, training and educationwithin the field of diabetes mellitus.Grants may support the costs of clinicalprojects, meeting attendance, courses,or study at home or overseas.Web id: 1165007Contact: Jackie ShuttlewoodEmail: ukresearchfoundation@novonordisk.comDeadline: 22 April 2016 [61]

NIHR public healthThe National Institute for Health Researchinvites proposals for commissionedresearch under its public health researchprogramme. This supports research onlocal interventions to reduce intake andharm from alcohol, interventions to buildresilience in children and young peopleor preventing the uptake of smoking bychildren and young people.Web id: 1186774Email: info@phr.ac.ukDeadline: 26 April 2016 [62]

Biological fellowshipsThe National Centre for the Replacement,Refinement and Reduction of Animals inResearch (NC3Rs) invites outlines for theDavid Sainsbury fellowships. These sup-port early-career scientists with the transi-tion to an independent career within oneof the three areas of replacement, reduc-tion and refinement and in any area ofmedical, biological or veterinary research.The total budget is worth £1 million.Web id: 1169823Email: fellowships@nc3rs.org.ukDeadline: 26 April 2016 [63]

Cambridge Asian anthropology Cambridge University invites applica-tions for the Evans fund fellowship. Thissupports the study of anthropology andarchaeology in Cambridge. The fellowshipis worth up to £18,000 over three years.Web id: 1172154Contact: Madeline WattEmail: mmw23@cam.ac.ukDeadline: 27 April 2016 [65]

Psychology research awardThe British Psychological Society invitesnominations for its lifetime achievementaward. This recognises distinctive andexemplary contributions to psychologicalknowledge. The award is worth £1,000Web id: 1172419Email: elizabeth.beech@bps.org.ukDeadline: 29 April 2016 [67]

NIHR medical fellowshipsThe National Institute for Health Researchinvites applications for its in-practice fel-lowships. These offer academic trainingto qualified general practitioners, dentalpractitioners and community dentists whohave spent some time in NHS practice inEngland and who have had little formalacademic training at the current point oftheir careers. Fellowships cover salary forapplicants currently in vocational train-ing at senior clinical lecturer spine point2 or equivalent for a maximum period oftwo years. For all other applicants, thesalary funding is limited to the top of theconsultant UK scale.Web id: 210916Email: iatenquiries@nihrtcc.org.ukDeadline: 29 April 2016 [68]

Charity/medical grantsThe Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trustinvites applications for the followinggrants:

•general grants. Web id: 1160928• minor medical research grants, worth

up to £15,000 each. Web id: 1177353Contact: Michelle BertenshawEmail: secretary@peeltrust.comDeadline: 30 April 2016 [71]

Geriatrics researchThe British Geriatrics Society invitesapplications for its specialist registrartravel and start-up grants. These provideshort-term assistance to early-stage spec-ulative and innovative research, in orderto enable geriatricians to take advantageof unique or rare opportunities. Grants areworth up to £10,000 each.Web id: 196002Deadline: 1 May 2016 [75]

Economic history grantsThe Economic History Society invitesapplications for the Carnevali smallresearch grants scheme. This encour-ages small-scale research initiatives orpilot studies in economic or social history.Grants are worth up to £5,000 each.Web id: 1175188Deadline: 1 May 2016 [76]

German studiesThe German History Society invites appli-cations for its postgraduate bursaries.These may support language courses,archive study trips, fees or general main-tenance. Bursaries are worth £2,000 each.Web id: 1170660Contact: Matthew Stibbe

Email: secretary@germanhistorysociety.orgDeadline: 1 May 2016 [77]

Continence researchThe International Continence Societyinvites applications for the followingopportunities:

•fellowships, worth up to £5,000 each.Web id: 1168377

•international, multidisciplinary res- earch project grants, worth up to £10,000each. Web id: 1168369Email: awards@icsoffice.orgDeadline: 1 May 2016 [78]

Glaucoma research awardsThe International Glaucoma Associa-tion, in collaboration with the Collegeof Optometrists, invites applicationsfor its glaucoma care research awards.These facilitate research into supportingpatients during their glaucoma care.Awards are worth up to £25,000 each.Web id: 1171665Contact: Richenda KewEmail: r.kew@iga.org.ukDeadline: 2 May 2016 [80]

Wellcome master's awardsThe Wellcome Trust invites applicationsfor its master's awards in humanities andsocial science. These enable individualsto undertake any humanities or social sci-ence master's course which has a predomi-nant focus on human or animal health.Awards include a stipend, as well as UKhome student level fees, for one year.Web id: 1165131Email: hssgrants@wellcome.ac.ukDeadline: 2 May 2016 [81]

Pharmacy researchPharmacy Research UK invites applica-tions for the following opportunities:

•personal research awards.Web id: 195473

•research training bursaries, worth upto £30,000 each. Web id: 255178Email: yen.truong@rpharms.comDeadline: 4 May 2016 [82]

Scottish enterprise fellowsThe Royal Society of Edinburgh invitesapplications for the following fellowships:

•BBSRC enterprise fellowships.Web id: 259761•Scottish Enterprise fellowships.

Web id: 256331•STFC enterprise fellowships.

Web id: 1161927Email: resfells@royalsoced.org.ukDeadline: 4 May 2016 [84]

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An initiative to help early-career researchers at theUniversity of Cambridge connect with policymakerswill need institutional support if it is to last in thelong term, one of the group’s founders has said.

The Cambridge University Science and PolicyExchange was formed in 2012 by a group of PhDstudents and postdocs interested in improvingengagement with policymakers. The exchange aimsto provide insight on evidence-based policy throughpublic lectures and professional-developmentworkshops, which are all free to attend.

However, because the exchange depends onstudents and early-career researchers, it loses

expertise and experience on a fairly regular basis.“The big problem is that members are relativelytransitory,” said James Dolan, who co-foundedthe group and is now its deputy president. “They’rearound for three or four years at most and it’sdifficult to pass on knowledge.”

The exchange has enjoyed the support of seniorcolleagues, especially from academics at theuniversity’s Centre for Science and Policy, but Dolansays that he believes support and funding from theuniversity itself is necessary to extend the group’slife. “Some sort of promise of continuity from theuniversity would be immensely helpful,” he said.“IT support or a small amount of funding so the

group didn’t have to worry about the first term ofeach year—you want sufficient impetus that it won’tdisappear with the loss of a couple of people.”

Jackie Ouchikh, head of programmes at theCentre for Science Policy, agrees that institutionalsupport is important, and is optimistic thatthe exchange will secure it as interest in policyengagement grows across the university.

“I think we’re getting closer to institutionalnetworks of support,” she said. “There are lots ofcentres and groups getting involved in this sortof work.” The challenge now, she added, was towork out how to be more joined-up with variousgroups at the university. The Centre for Science

Policy was trying to kick this off, she said, and hadrecently hosted a meeting for people from acrossthe university to work out how to work together onprofessional development in policymaking.

In the meantime, Dolan says that he is hopefulthe group will continue to gain momentum andbuild a reputation that will attract more membersas well as funding. Alumni have gone on towork as policy officers at the Royal Academy ofEngineering, the Wellcome Trust and the RoyalCollege of Surgeons; others have gone into thecivil service Fast Stream, he said. “Of course Ican’t link their success directly to membershipof the exchange,” Dolan said, “but these were

the sorts of people involved from the start, andnow they’re real role models for us current PhDstudents and postdocs.”

by James Field  jfnews@ResearchResearch.com

Student-led policy exchange calls forinstitutional buy-in to survive

Could you change the world in just threeminutes? That is the challenge for entrants toPolicy Idol, a competition organised by the PolicyInstitute at King’s College London.

Open to students and staff at King’s, entrantsare asked to come up with ideas for policies andthen pitch them to a panel of judges—which this

 year includes chief medical officer Sally Daviesand Labour MP for Barking Margaret Hodge. Tenfinalists will be offered the chance to have theirwork published by the Policy Institute, and one willwalk away with a cash prize of £1,000.

The competition was launched last year with£15,000 from King’s 2014 impact-acceleration grantfrom the Economic and Social Research Council. Itaims to get researchers to think about how they cantalk about their research with policymakers.

One of last year’s finalists, Erin Montague, cameup with an idea to create a tax break for young peopleto encourage them to vote. “I wanted to present anissue that was a personal concern of mine, and thiswas a great way for me to do that,” she said.

Montague, who now works at the Policy

Institute, was doing a masters in public service,policy and management when she applied. Shesaid that the competition taught her how to make

a strong pitch. “A business degree might prepare you for how to make an elevator pitch, but I’dnever had this kind of training before,” she said.“It really made me appreciate the importance ofgetting to the issue right away, then answeringthe question of why decision makers should care,and what we plan to do about it.”

Matthew Lam, communications manager at thePolicy Institute, is organising the second roundof the competition, the final of which will be heldon 22 March. “The feedback from participants hasbeen great so far,” he said. “Not only has it helpedthem to practice their communication skills, it’salso raised their confidence and helped them tothink about their research in new ways.”

Kieron Flanagan, senior lecturer in science andtechnology policy at the University of Manchester,said that the competition had a lot of potential,not just to get people interested enough to takepart, but also to raise awareness and “create abuzz”. However, he cautioned that Policy Idol’s

format implies a very linear, one-way transmissionof ideas into policy, “which we know is rarely howthings happen”.

by Lindsay McKenzie lmnews@ResearchResearch.com

Have you got what it takes to be a policy idol?

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Senior Contracts Manager – OpsGroup  £37,024-£43,520  Laboratory of Molecular Biology,Medical Research Council (MRC)Closing date: 02/03/2016

Email: mrcrecruitment@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk

Director of the NTU ResearchOffice  £76,612-£82,824 Nottingham Trent UniversityClosing date: 03/03/2016Email: job.vacancies@ntu.ac.uk

Research Contracts Officer  £32,600-£37,768 Research Services,University of KentClosing date: 03/03/2016Email: jobs@kent.ac.uk

Research Development Manager  £38,896-£47,801 Research Services,University of ReadingClosing date: 04/03/2016Email: recruitment@reading.ac.uk

Business Development Manager– RAL Space  £28,384-£38,426 Science and Technology Facilities

Council (STFC)Closing date: 06/03/2016Details: Please visitwww.topcareer.jobs.

Senior Policy Manager – Policyand Analysis £36,033-£43,164 RCUK Executive Directorate,Engineering and Physical

Sciences Research Council(EPSRC)Closing date: 06/03/2016Email: jobs@uksbs.co.uk

Senior Policy Manager –Operations, Policy and Analysis £36,033-£43,164RCUK Executive Directorate,Engineering and PhysicalSciences Research Council(EPSRC)Closing date: 06/03/2016Email: jobs@uksbs.co.ukTel: 01793 867000

CPRD Head of BusinessDevelopment£63,000-£75,000 Medicines and HealthcareProducts Regulatory AgencyClosing date: 06/03/2016Email: fibi.tekle@mhra.gsi.gov.uk

Commercialisation Manager  £38,896-£50,702Research and Enterprise,

Queen's University BelfastClosing date: 07/03/2016Email: personnel@qub.ac.uk

Business Development Manager  £32,600-£37,768 Law and Criminology Department,Swansea UniversityClosing date: 08/03/2016

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Economic Development FundingManager   £38,896-£46,414Business and InnovationServices, Durham UniversityClosing date: 10/03/2016Email: e.recruitment@durham.ac.uk

Assistant BusinessDevelopment Manager  £28,467-£35,566 Public Health EnglandClosing date: 10/03/2016Contact: Darren ClahaneEmail: darren.clahane@phe.gov.uk

Business Development Manager£36,243-£43,483 Strategic Development,University of the Arts LondonClosing date: 16/03/2016Contact: Recruitment TeamEmail: ual_jobs@arts.ac.uk

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Research Study SeniorCoordinator £28,982-£37,768 Department of Haematology,University of CambridgeClosing date: 17/03/2016Contact: Human ResourcesEmail: hrenquiries@admin.cam.ac.uk

Pro-Vice-Chancellor – Researchand Impact  NS University of UlsterClosing date: 21/03/2016Email: jobs@ulster.ac.uk

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identification and validation of new targets,and the discovery of novel small moleculetherapeutic and preventive agents. Awardsare typically worth £100,000 per year, andcover salaries and running expenses.Web id: 1184483Email:matthew.ashenden@cancer.org.ukDeadline: 9 May 2016 [89]

Leverhulme leadership

The Leverhulme Trust invites applicationsfor its research leadership awards. Thesesupport researchers with establisheduniversity careers who wish to builda research team to address a distinctresearch problem. Awards are worth upto £1 million each for four to five years.Web id: 168388Contact: Gillian DupinEmail: gdupin@leverhulme.ac.ukDeadline: 10 May 2016 [90]

BBSRC fellowshipsThe Biotechnology and Biological Scienc-es Research Council invites applicationsfor the David Phillips fellowships. Thesesupport researchers who wish to establish

their first independent research group inany area of science within the council'sremit, which includes research on plants,microbes, animals, and tools and technol-ogy underpinning biological research.Each fellowship is worth up to £1 millionat 80 per cent full economic cost.Web id: 1162893Email: postdoc.fellowships@bbsrc.ac.ukDeadline: 12 May 2016 [91]

Leverhulme prizesThe Leverhulme Trust invites nominationsfor the Philip Leverhulme prizes. Theserecognise the achievement of researcherswhose work has attracted internationalrecognition and whose future career is

promising. Prizes are worth £100,000 each.Web id: 205620Contact: Bridget KerrEmail: bkerr@leverhulme.ac.ukDeadline: 16 May 2016 [93]

CRUK fellowshipCancer Research UK invites applicationsfor the following fellowships:

•advanced clinician scientist fellow-ship. Web id: 1186517•clinician scientist fellowships.

Web id: 189108Email: rachael.panizzo@cancer.org.ukDeadline: 23 May 2016 [94]

Animals in researchThe National Centre for the Replacement,Refinement and Reduction of Animalsin Research (NC3Rs) invites outlinesfor its PhD studentships. These supportthe training of graduate scientists froma broad range of scientific backgroundswithin one of the three areas of replace-ment, reduction and refinement and inany area of medical, biological or vet-erinary research. Awards are worth up to£90,000 each over three years. The totalbudget is worth £1.08 million.Web id: 1159302Email: studentships@nc3rs.org.ukDeadline: 23 May 2016 [96]

Wellcome senior fellowshipsThe Wellcome Trust invites applicationsfor the following fellowships:

•senior research fellowships in basicbiomedical science. Web id: 251190

•senior research fellowships in clinicalscience. Web id: 254862Email: sciencegrants@wellcome.ac.ukDeadline: 24 May 2