Engagers' Digest 14/04/2015

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement
1. European Green Capital Internal Mingle: 11 May, Bristol
2. Schools Lecturette Workshop: 20 April, Bristol
3. University of Bristol Engagement Awards: deadline 10 June
4. Are You Holding a Bristol 2015 event?

Funding and awards
5. Redland and Cotham Amenities Society grant for urban environment postgrad projects: UoB
deadline 15 May
6. Being Human Festival get involved: deadline 17 April

Events and training
7. Pint of Science Festival: 18-20 May, Bristol
8. Wellcome Trust, Public Engagement Masterclass: deadline 1 June
9. Science in Public 2015 registration: 7-10 July

News and opportunities
10. Biology Week 2015: 10-18 October

Engagers' Digest 18/12/14

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement
1. Successful bid: Green Capital, Student Capital: Unleashing the power of Bristol Students

Funding and awards
2. ESRC, Research Facilitator for Local Government: deadline 13 January
3. Wellcome Trust, Investigator awards in society and ethics: deadline 23 January
4. Take 1… minute for chemistry in health video competition: deadline 30 January
5. Nominations for Michael Faraday Prize: deadline 30 January
6. British Pharmacological Society Outreach Grants: deadline 16 February

Events and training
7. 2015 Science Communication Conference: proposal deadline 9 January
8a.Participatory Action Research (PAR) Workshop 1: Getting started on your PAR project
8b.Participatory Action Research (PAR) Workshop 2: Engaging with the PAR process
9. Present your research at the British Science Festival 2015: application deadline 23 March

News and opportunities
10. Opportunity to take part in the 2015 Bridgwater Science Festival
11. HM Treasury and BIS publication: Our plan for growth

Engagers' Digest 18/11/14

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement
1. University of Bristol Engage conference – follow up
    a. Questions and Answers
    b. Table discussion notes and presentations
    c. Moving the date of the UoB Engage conference
2. Collaboration with the University of Bristol: creating impact through social science
3. Getting engaged with Bristol 2015: European Green Capital
4. #UoBEngage – follow engagement opportunities on Twitter

Funding and awards
5. Wellcome Trust Sustaining Excellence Awards: deadline 18 February 2015

Events and training
6. Festival of Economics 20 – 22 November
7. 5Hz: November dates
8. An introductory guide to good practice – please highlight to your community partners: 3   December
9. NCCPE Engage conference 2014 – registering for an individual session: 3-4 December, Bristol
10. Passionate about science, engineering or maths? FameLab needs you! Bristol heat, 10 December, 7pm

News and opportunities
11. Engage more cohort patients in research
12. Female built-environment volunteers required (professionals/students): 27 November
13. SET for Britain: deadline 5 December
14. Access to understanding science-writing competition: deadline 9 December
15. Do you deliver shows, workshops or other activities that help promote science, engineering and maths to schools? STEM directories.
16. Interested in running some engagement activities with nursery aged children at the Southville Centre?

Engagers’ Digest 10/07/2014

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement
1. University of Bristol Engage conference at At-Bristol – 18 September

Funding and awards
2. Royal Society of Chemistry outreach fund, £2,000 - £15,000 – deadline 31 July
3. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) research engagement award – deadline 12 September
4. Royal Academy of Engineering’s grant scheme, £3,000 - £30,000 – deadline 22 September
5. Wellcome Trust Arts Awards – deadline 7 November

News and opportunities
6. YouTube, science and the Wellcome Trust: star in an animated online series – deadline 16 July
7. Seeking social researcher for schools talk in Swindon school
8. Science Museum seeking research group for three-day live event in August
9. ‘The New Room Bristol’ – historically significant Methodist building seeking partnerships with University of Bristol academics for museum project

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Engager’s Digest 25/3/14

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement

1. Schools Public Engagement training: 25 April (introductory) and 8 May (planning and sharing best practice)

2. Engagement opportunities for researchers with the School-University Partnerships Initiative (SUPI): ongoing
3. Bristol Food Connections volunteering opportunity: apply by 17 April

Funding and awards

4. Wellcome Trust Provision for Public Engagement funding: ongoing
5. Institute of Physics public engagement grant scheme: deadline 25 April

6. BIS funding scheme for science and society/public engagement: deadline 16 May

7. Wellcome Trust arts awards: deadline 27 June

Events and training

8. The Software Sustainability Institute’s Annual Collaborations Workshop: 26-28 March

9. BBSRC's Public Engagement training course: 28 March

10. Registration for the BIG Event now open: early bird discount before 31 March

11. INVOLVE conference call for presentations: deadline 4 April

12. Beltane Public Engagement Network media training workshop 2-4 May: booking deadline 4 April
13. After the REF: Taking stock: 6 May, Bristol 

News and opportunities

14. UK Science Festivals Network seeks festival organisers to help with survey: deadline 31 March

15. The Bristol Green Capital 2015 company board seek new members: deadline 4 April

16. Science Stalls for Einstein’s Garden at the Green Man Festival: deadline for applications 14 April

17. Volunteers needed for the Bristol Festival of Nature: free training 14 and 24 May

Engagers’ Digest 26/2/14

Engagers’ Digest 26/2/14

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement

1. Future Brunels – student volunteers required: deadline 7 March

2. Bristol Festival of Nature – propose an exhibit: deadline 7 March

3. University of Bristol Engagement Awards: deadline 9 April

4. Do you have a public engagement story to share? ongoing

Funding and awards

5. Wellcome Trust Broadcast Development Awards: deadline 17 April

6. Wellcome Trust People and Society Awards: deadline 25 April 

7. Institute of Mathematics Education grant scheme: ongoing

Events and training

8. British Science Association - public engagement workshop for researchers: 3 March, Dana Centre, London

News and opportunities

9. Opportunities for postgraduate researchers to take part in Three Minute Thesis: deadline 4 April

10. Volunteers needed: English Literature & Language IGCSE

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Engagers' Digest 21/1/14

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement
1. NCCPE Engage Competition: entry deadline 31 March
2. Speakers needed for Soapbox Science at the Festival of Nature: deadline 28 February

Funding and awards
3. Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellowships: deadline for applications 21 February
4. The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Rooke Medal for the public promotion of engineering: nominations deadline 24 February
5. New Neuroscience and Education funding round: deadline 6 May

Events and training
6. Join the Bristol Green Capital Partnership: 27 January, 2pm – 5pm
7. The British Interactive Group (BIG) Event: proposal deadline 24 January
8. ‘The Planet in Our Hands: Responding to Climate Change’: 4 February, 7pm – 8pm, Bristol
9. NCCPE Free Engagement Training: 18 February, Bristol
10. 2014 ASDC Education Conference, 28 February, London
11. I’m a Geoscientist – Get me out of here! Launch Event: deadline for applications 17 March

News and opportunities
12. Doors Open Day Volunteer Opportunities: deadline 31 January
13. Opportunities for researchers on the British Council in France’s ‘Science in Schools’ programme: deadline 31 January
14. New Generation Thinkers 2014: deadline 6 February
15. The Biochemical Society’s Science Communication Competition: deadline 10 April
16. British Science Association publish new ebook – Science Communication: State of the Nation 2013
17. Magicians in Residence Project
18. The Science Gallery seek proposals for their new exhibition ‘Strange Weather’: deadline 14 February
19. ‘I’m a Scientist: Get me out of here!’ are looking for Scientists and Healthcare Professionals to take part in their online ‘Hungry Zone’.