News and events

Details of news and events relating to the Bridging the Gaps project can be found here, along with summaries of past events.

Funding awarded

The BTG Expert Panel will meet on 3rd April to assess applications to the fourth development fund round. The deadline for this round was 14th March; an extra £10k is being contributed by Research and Knowledge Transfer for applications outside the EPSRC remit, and included was an additional call for projects using Second Life or a similar virtual enviroment.

Find out more about who has won BTG awards in the past.

Other news

  • We are trialling a new virtual research environment, which allows project groups to easily share ideas and documents - contact Richard Holding for more information.
  • Two projects were funded following the Diagnostics Retreat on 31st January - 1st February 2012; further funding will be given to an initiative to create an ongoing network of researchers and clinicians interested in Diagnostics research.
  • The University of Exeter received an extra £100k of funding from EPSRC for Bridging the Gaps activities during July 2011-June 2012;  this is being used to fund awards under the Bio-E bioengineering initiative between Exeter, Bath, Bristol and Cardiff, to boost the development fund and to support themed events.
  • We have our own virtual lecture theatre and meeting place in Second Life! This can be used by anyone in the University for virtual meetings. If you would like to find out more, please see our guide to Second Life.

Upcoming events

31 May: Making an Impact

A workshop led by Professor John Bessant to explore how research ideas can be translated into products, processes and services with economic, societal or environmental impact

Past events

Details of previous Bridging the Gaps events, including downloadable documents and presentations, are available by following this link to our archive pages.

Other events

The University hosts a diverse portfolio of events both centrally and across the academic Colleges. Many of these will be relevant to the Exeter Science Exchange. Find out about other events across the University on the following pages: