Engagers Digest

The Engagers Digest is a regular e-mail listing of public engagement opportunities, which we send to interested staff and students at the University of Bristol. We're going to start posting it on the blog so people can refer to it easily; here's last week's edition:

1. Answer questions for Bang Goes the Theory. It's based on an online forum, so is a great way to engage with the public in a supportive environment where you can also get constructive feedback about communication.
2. The British Science Festival takes place at the University of Surrey on 5-10 September 2009.
3. The British Interactive Group's Little Event takes place on 7 September at Thinktank in Birmingham.
4. The inaugural meeting of the Physics Communicators Group takes place from 10.30 to 4.30 on 9 September at the Institute of Physics in London.
5. The first ever Festival of Innovation takes place at the Science Museum near Swindon. To get involved, contact Cheryl Hewer
6. Communicate 2009, the conference for environmental and conservation communicators, takes place in Bristol on 21-22 October 2009.
7. Some forthcoming deadlines for public engagement grant schemes:

• ESRC Festival of Social Science activity sponsorship (up to £2,000): 9 October 2009
• Wellcome Trust Society Awards (over £30,000) and Broadcast Development Awards (up to £10,000): 9 October 2009
• Wellcome Trust Public Engagement Awards in the History of Medicine (over £30,000): preliminary application 20 October 2009
• Wellcome Trust Arts Awards and People Awards (up to £30,000): 23 October 2009
• National Science and Engineering Week Awards (up to £2,000): 2 November 2009


• Royal Society Partnership Grants (£250-3,000): 6 November 2009
• BBSRC Public Engagement Awards (up to £5,000): 15 January 2010