Royal Society Funding Opportunities Presentation
Aimed at PhD and early career researchers
A Research Services research event | |
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Date | 20 February 2014 |
Time | 12:00 to 14:00 |
Place | Harrison Building 103 Video linked to Peter Lanyon Seminar 10 (Penryn Campus) |
Provider | Research Services |
Organizer | Research and Knowledge Transfer Events |
Tel | 01392722321 |
Event details
Information
This session will deliver an overview of the Royal Society's funding schemes and will be relevant to final-year PhD students and researchers from post-doctoral level upwards working in the areas of life and physical sciences (excluding clinical medicine) and engineering. The session may be particularly valuable for early career researchers, although the full remit of the Society’s schemes will be covered.
Programme
12.00 Royal Society Presentation
12.45 Presentation from Royal Society research fellow (Dr Steve Penfield)
13.15 Networking session with lunch
14.00 End
About the Royal Society
Founded in 1660, the Royal Society is the independent scientific academy of the UK, dedicated to promoting excellence in science. The Society is the world’s oldest scientific academy in continuous existence and celebrated its 350th anniversary in 2010.
The Society's backbone is its Fellowship, which is made up of 1400 of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK and the Commonwealth. Each year, the Fellows elect 44 new Fellows and eight new Foreign Members, chosen for their scientific achievements - an honour that is regarded as the highest accolade a scientist can receive next to a Nobel Prize.
The Society is an independent, charitable body and performs a number of roles including influencing policymaking, promoting public engagement with science and funding leading scientists. Over £40 million is spent annually by the Royal Society across the grant-making schemes and in 2012-2013 1270 researchers at 120 different institutions, including 744 fellowship holders were supported.
Funding schemes covered in this session
Early Career Fellowship schemes:
University Research Fellowships, Sir Henry Dale Fellowships, Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowships, Newton International Fellowships.
Senior Fellowship schemes:
Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowships, Wolfson Research Merit Awards, Research Professorships.
Innovation Schemes:
Industry Fellowships, Brian Mercer Feasibility Award, Brian Mercer Award for Innovation, Paul Instrument Fund.
Research Capacity/Infrastructure Schemes:
Research Grants, Leverhulme-Royal Society Africa Awards, Wolfson Laboratory Refurbishment Scheme, Royal Society-DFID Africa Capacity Building Initiative.
Collaboration and Travel schemes:
International Exchanges Scheme, India-UK Scientific Seminar Scheme.
Attachments | |
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presentation.ppt | PowerPoint presentation (17581K) |
RS_talk_SDP.pptx | Steve Penfield Presentation (115K) |
Location:
Harrison Building 103