Engagers' Digest 17/10/14

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement
1. Schools public engagement training Tier 2 (planning and sharing best practice):1 December, University of Bristol
2. Thinking Futures Festival - call for volunteers
3. Are you looking to run an event in 2015 as part of Bristol Green Capital?
4. Need some help with your writing?

Funding and awards
5. NERC bursaries for Communicate 2014: 4 - 5 November, At-Bristol: deadline 9am 20 October
6. MRC/AMS policy internship: deadline 31 October
7. ESRC celebrating impact prize: deadline 20 November
8. AHRC Digital transformations small grants: deadline 27 November
9. Society for Microbiology Science education and outreach grants: deadline 1 April 2015

Events and training
10. Home Movie Day: 18 October, Bristol
11. Improving how we involve equalities communities in the research process: 11 November, Bristol
12. Sustainable event management for 2015 and beyond: 25 November, CREATE Centre
13. INVOLVE 2014: Changing Landscapes: 26-27 November, Birmingham
14. NCCPE Engage conference 2014: 3-4 December, Bristol – early bird rates to 31 October

News and opportunities
15. Opportunity to be a Governor: Little Mead Primary Academy, Southmead
16. Fancy getting involved in an exciting global science event?  

Engagers’ Digest 19/06/2014

University of Bristol engagement

1. Last chance to apply for two student internship positions in the Centre for Public Engagement – application deadline 23 June, 9am

2. Applications open for event proposals for Thinking Futures Festival – deadline 3 July

3. Schools public engagement training (introductory session) – 3 July

4. Researchers’ Night 2014: University of Bristol researchers urgently required to assist with theatre/ science project – expressions of interest by 3 July

 

Funding and awards

5. Royal College of Pathologists public engagement grant scheme – deadline 30 June

6. Science Learning+ grants – deadline for phase one, 10 July

7. Call for funding from the Cabot Institute – deadline 8 September

 

Events and training

8. Increasing the impact of health research ­­through policy engagement – 30 June

9. Networking lunch with British Council from Japan – 17 July

 

News and opportunities

10. National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement Engage (NCCPE) competition winners announced

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Engagers’ Digest 5/06/2014

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement

 

1. Two student internship positions in the Centre for Public Engagement – application deadline 23 June, 9am

2. Applications open for event proposals for Thinking Futures Festival – deadline 3 July

3. Schools public engagement training (introductory session) – 3 July

 

Events and training

 

4. Breaking news and building bridges: how journalists and academics can be friends – 10 June 2014

5. People & Research West of England (PRWE) course: Involving the public in your research – 25 June

6. Increasing the impact of health research ­­through policy engagement – 30 June

 

News and opportunities

 

7. Find out what your brain looks like when you listen to songs – participate in the 5Hz project throughout June

8. Communicate science in a new way! Science busking at Festival of Nature – 14 June

9. Volunteer opportunities with The Big Bang Fair – 26 June

10. Volunteers needed for At-Bristol activities – 27 & 28 June

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Engagers’ Digest 14/05/2014

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement

1. Day in a life of a PhD student: Universities Week Twitter project – deadline for expressions of interest 6 June

2. Paid evaluation work at Bristol Festival of Nature – 14 & 15 June

3. Thinking Futures Festival: deadline 3 July

Funding and awards

4. Science Communication Awards 2014 – deadline 30 May

5. Wellcome Trust People and Society Awards – deadlines July and October 

6. The Biochemical Society scientific outreach grants – deadline September

7. British Ecological Society outreach grants – deadline 8 September

Events and training

8. Research in context: training and training the trainer day – 17 & 26 June

News and opportunities

9. Volunteers required for Bridgwater Science Festival, 30 May

10. Volunteers required for Women in Science workshop, 20 June

11. Find out what your brain looks like when you listen to songs – participate in the 5Hz project

12. Breaking boundaries: thinking differently about public involvement in research – deadline for comments 28 May

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Engagers’ Digest 29/4/2014

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement

1. Schools public engagement training – planning and sharing best practice: 8 May

2. Next round of EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account public engagement awards: deadline 30 May

3. Paid evaluation work at Bristol Festival of Nature: 14-15 June

4. #UoBEngage – follow engagement opportunities on Twitter

Funding and awards

5. Seven x £50 travel bursaries for PhD workshops on public engagement/ impact: deadline 2 May

6. Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Bristol and Bath design research project: deadline 22 May

7. Science Learning+ grants: deadline for phase one, 10 July

Events and training

8. Pint of Science, Bristol: 19 -21 May

9. Biochemical Society – science communication training day: 11 June 2014

10. Increasing the impact of health research ­­through policy engagement: 30 June 2014

News and opportunities

11. Festival of Nature – naturalists wanted

12. Find out what your brain looks like when you listen to songs – participate in the 5Hz project

13. Online community engagement – from tools to strategy

14. At-Bristol science centre – volunteers needed with a passion for science communication

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Engager’s Digest 10/3/14

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement

1. NCCPE Engage competition: entry deadline 31 March 

2. University of Bristol Engagement Awards: deadline 9 April

3. Advertise for volunteers with the UoB Students’ Union Volunteering Hub: ongoing

Funding and awards

4. NC3Rs launches small awards scheme: application deadline 25 April

5. The RIO’s Challenge Fund round three now open: deadline for applications 2 May 

6. Society of Biology Science Communication Awards 2014: deadline 30 May

Events and training

7. London PUS Seminar ‘Public attitudes to science in 2014 – how far have we come in 25 years in Britain?’: 19 March, London School of Economics

8. British Science Association citizen science and social media event: 20 March, Dana Centre, London

9. Patient and public involvement in research – best evidence and future directions: 1 April, Vassall Conference Centre, Bristol

10. 'Communicating health, communicating disease' film discussion: 25 March, London School of Hygiene and Disease Medicines

News and opportunities

11. PLOS Genetics call for blogs: deadline 14 March

12. SHARE researcher development think tank, Oxford: 21 March

13. I’m a Geoscientist – Get me out of here! Launch event: deadline for applications 17 March

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Engagers' Digest 26/4/13

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement
1. Thinking Futures Festival: deadline 3 June

Funding
2. British Ecological Society Outreach Grants - deadline 17 September

Events
3. Patient and Public Involvement Conference: abstract deadline 1 May
4. Transforming Postgraduate Research: Engaging with the Digital World: 17 June
5. Two Science Communication Bursaries for UWE science communication programmes

Other news
6. Public Engagement Ambassadors
7. Royal Society of Chemistry video competition: take 1…minute for chemistry in health

Engagers' Digest 9/4/13

In this edition:
University of Bristol engagement

1. Applications for the Vice-Chancellor's Impact Award: deadline 5pm 7 June
2. Outreach in the Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences

Events

1. Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) training – 2 events: 17 April
2. Bright Club Bristol: 6 June (training 7 May)

Other news

1. ESRC media training for social science researchers
2. The 2013 Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize: deadline 28 April
3. Society of Biology’s Science Communication Awards 2013: deadline 31 May
4. Society for Applied Microbiology Communication Award: deadline 14 June
5. Volunteering for Bristol.99/BioBlitz and Bristol Festival of Nature

Engagers' Digest - 2/11/12

In this edition:

Events

1. An introduction to public involvement in research: 20 November, Bristol
2. Evaluating Digital Public Engagement Impacts: 27 November, Warwick
3. Universities Association for Lifelong Learning Annual Conference: proposals for papers by 30 December

Other news

1. Careering Around – there’s still time to get involved: 7-8, 12-14 November 
2. South West Crucible – a development programme for future research leaders: deadline 25 November 
3. Outreach opportunity with FRUNI

Engagers' Digest - 19/10/12

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement

1. Reminder: Are you interested in being a school governor? Information meeting 26 October, Bristol
2. Volunteering at the Great Environment Debate: 9 Nov 2012

Events

1. Institute of Physics outreach workshops: 7 and 21 November, London
2. British Science Association AGM: 28 November, Bristol
3. Creating Impact Case Studies for the REF: 16 January 2013, Bristol

Other news

1. FameLab UK 2013 – looking for the new voices of science communication
2. Engagement opportunity in engineering: Everyone's Energy
3. NCCPE Public Engagement Associates: application deadline 16 November
4. New report: Impact of Patient, Carer and Public Involvement in Cancer Research