Joining Horizon Europe: exciting opportunities for our research
January 15, 2021
Update from Professor Dame Jessica Corner Amid the current gloom, some very good news – the UK can look forward to associating with Horizon Europe, the EU’s new €95.5bn framework programme for funding research and innovation. It has emerged from the Brexit deal that UK organisations will be able to fully take part in Horizon …
High-profile guests and fascinating spiders join launch of Institute for Policy and Engagement
November 1, 2019
The University’s Institute for Policy and Engagement was officially launched this week in London, where Professor Shearer West welcomed around 140 guests including leading policymakers, representatives from industry, funding bodies and community and national organisations. Professor West, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University, told guests at King’s Place: “The mission of the Institute – to …
Public engagement grants scheme is launched
April 25, 2019
The University’s Institute for Policy and Engagement is pleased to announce the launch of the Public Engagement Small Grants Scheme. The scheme will run in the 2019-20 financial year to support academics and researchers from across the University to engage public groups with their research with the goal of generating mutual benefit. What funding is available? A limited number of grants are available to support a specific initiative or …
Institute for Policy and Engagement: ensuring our research has the impact it deserves
November 27, 2018
It is now nearly three months since I joined the University of Nottingham to lead the new Institute for Policy and Engagement, writes Stephen Meek, Director of the Institute for Policy and Engagement. The Institute was created to help connect our world-leading research with policymakers locally, nationally and globally, and to brigade our outstanding work on public …
Research Vision: celebrating a remarkable year
June 26, 2018
More than 120 people – including researchers and colleagues from professional services – celebrated our progress and achievements in the first year of the University’s refocused Research Vision. At the event Research Vision: one year on, we heard from some of our inspiring people and learned how we are working together to better support the …
