Category Archives: Science Funding
Government and Research Councils Set Out Open Access Policy
The UK Government has today published its official response to the ‘Finch Report’, the output of a working group led by Dame Janet Finch that considered how to expand access to the published findings of research. To complement the Government’s … Continue reading
Whose Impact is it Anyway?
That was the question that the latest in the ‘Talk Science‘ series of events at the British Library tried to address on Tuesday evening. The event, a panel discussion chaired by William Cullerne Bown of Research Fortnight and sponsored by … Continue reading
NERC/Environment Agency Policy Placement Fellowship
Applications are invited for a nine-month policy placement secondment opportunity based in EA Bristol offices to work on the use of transient and steady state climate change information to improve decision making for climate change adaptation. This is an excellent … Continue reading
Your help needed to develop ‘Climate Change Impacts Report Cards’
A new project to develop a series of ‘Climate Change Impacts Report Cards’ for the terrestrial and freshwater environments has started under the Living With Environmental Change programme, supported by Defra and NERC. These report cards will be accessible, high … Continue reading
Incentivising Private Sector Investment in R & D
UK businesses as a whole invest less in research and development than their major international competitors and there is more that the Government can do to address this disparity. That was the message from Beck Smith, Assistant Director of the … Continue reading
Natural Capital/ Ecosystem Services for Business: New Collaboration Opportunities
Tuesday 13th March 2012 The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) 1 Carlton House Terrace, London Business has been put at the centre of the stage to deliver the sustainable economy that the Government pledges to provide in the … Continue reading
Applications sought for Chair of NERC’s Science and Innovation Strategy Board (SISB)
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is seeking to appoint a new Chair of its Science and Innovation Strategy Board (SISB), to commence from April 2012, and is inviting applications from interested parties. Further information and an application pack are … Continue reading
NERC/Environment Agency policy placement secondment opportunities
Applications are invited for two new, twelve month, full time (part time working will be considered), policy placement secondment opportunities, to work with the Environment Agency based in Bristol. These secondments are offered as part of NERC’s policy placement fellowship … Continue reading
Planet Under Pressure 2012: New Knowledge Towards Solutions
26-29 March 2012 Abstract submission is now open for this major international science conference focusing on solutions to the global sustainability challenge. This is an open call for participants and for abstracts for presentations and posters to be submitted against … Continue reading
BES – NERC Policy Training Workshop
After two days of exciting policy engagement training in London, the Policy Training Workshop organised by British Ecological Society (BES) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has come to a close. The event was attended by thirty NERC funded PhD … Continue reading