Category Archives: Science Funding
Party policies on science and engineering
On March 5th, the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE) wrote to the leaders of the main political parties asking them to set out their policies on science and engineering prior to the election (the letter was also published in … Continue reading
Apply Now for BES – NERC Policy Training Workshop: Deadline 16th April
The deadline for applications to take part in the second BES – NERC Science Policy Interactions workshop is rapidly approaching. There are now only two working days left before the deadline of 5pm, 16th April 2010. The workshop is taking … Continue reading
The Conservative Party’s plans for Science Policy
Adam Afriyie MP, Conservative Shadow Minister for Science and Innovation, joined policy officers and others at The Royal Academy of Engineering this afternoon at an event organised by PolicyNet. Mr Afriyie discussed the Conservative Party’s plans for Science and Engineering … Continue reading
Budget 2010 – What does it mean for HE?
Chancellor Alistair Darling took to the dispatch box this afternoon to deliver the Government’s budget for the 2010 -11 financial year. Announcements of relevance to higher education, science and technology are the introduction of a new ‘University Enterprise Capital Fund’, … Continue reading
Science and Technology Committee Call for Spend on Science to Increase
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee has called for the Government to increase spend on science in order to ensure that the UK can remain competitive and an attractive place to both research and invest in science and … Continue reading
Defra Science Oral Evidence Session
An oral evidence session was held yesterday afternoon by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee to examine Defra’s new Evidence Investment Strategy 2010-2013 and beyond, discussing whether this strategy provides a robust basis for competing demands in tough … Continue reading
‘Higher Ambitions’ for University Education
Last Friday the BES attended two a half-day workshop organised by the Biochemical Society and Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) which provided an overview of the funding landscape for UK higher education. The session emphasised the many pressures and … Continue reading
Launch of the Royal Society Report ‘The Scientific Century: securing our future prosperity’
An event was organised this morning to launch the new Royal Society report ‘The Scientific Century: securing our future prosperity’. The report brought together experts from politics, industry and science to assess the role of funding for scientific research in … Continue reading
Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation Launches Formally
The Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation programme has launched formally, following the approval of the Department for International Development. The ESPA programme, a partnership between the NERC, Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and DFID, was established in 2007 but … Continue reading
New Funding Scheme for Systematics and Taxonomy
A new funding scheme aims to revive research in systematics and taxonomy, a crucial field which has struggled somewhat in recent years. The scheme, announced by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), … Continue reading