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 – 10/2/14

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement

1.    Schools Partnership Coordinator role: deadline for applications 16 February

2.    Being Human – a festival of the humanities, 15 – 23 November: deadline for applications 21 February

3.    Future Brunels – student volunteers required: deadline 25 February

4.    Bristol Festival of Nature – propose an exhibit: deadline 26 February

Funding and awards

5.    EEF Research Use round: deadline 28 February

6.    STFC Science in Society Small Awards: deadline 10 April

7.    Institute of Physics public engagement grant scheme: deadline end of April

8.    Institute of Mathematics education grant scheme: ongoing

Events and training

9.    Andrea de Bortoli seminar: 11 February, Arnolfini

10.  Co-design workshop on mainstreaming non-cognitive methods in resilience education and suicide prevention across Bristol: 17 February, School of Geographical Sciences

11.  Science Café: What your dentist might not tell you!: 24 February, Tobacco Factory

12.  Public engagement with postgraduate education conference: 27 February, University of Surrey

13.  Beltane impact and influence workshop: 27 February, University of Edinburgh

14.  UWE evolving science communication conference: proposal deadline 5 March

News and opportunities

15.  Students and staff wanted for science busking at the Bristol Festival of Nature

16.  Speakers needed for Soapbox Science at the Festival of Nature: deadline 28 February

17.  Communicating your science – a Genetics Society workshop: application deadline 3 March

18.  Applications open for STFC Public Engagement Fellowships Scheme: deadline 7 March

19.  Applications open for the 2014 British Science Association Media Fellowships: deadline 16 March

20.  Complete the NCCPE survey and win £100 Amazon voucher

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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’.

Engagers' Digest 19/12/13

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement
1. New EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account scheme
2. NCCPE Engage competition: deadline 31 March 2014

Funding
3. The Royal Institution administered STEM enrichment and enhancement grants: deadline 31 January
4. The Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize: nominations deadline 31 January

Events and training
5. British Science Association/Wellcome Trust Science Communication Conference: proposal deadline 10 January
6. British Science Festival proposals for family programme: deadline 10 January
7. Connected Communities Research Development Workshop on Addressing the Challenges of Disconnection, Division and Exclusion: deadline 30 January
8. Should genes be public? 18 February 6.30pm, M Shed

Other news
9. New RCUK publication Inspiration to Engage: Concordat for Engaging the Public with Research
10. Food Lab project looking for a for microbiology PhD student

Engagers' Digest 6/12/13

In this edition:

University of Bristol engagement
1. New EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account scheme
2. NCCPE Engage competition: deadline 31 March

Funding
3. Royal Society Partnership Grants scheme: deadline 6 January
4. Engineering Professors’ Council ‘Engaging in Engineering’ awards: deadline 3 February

Events
5. BIG Little Event on STEM communication: 8 January, Birmingham
6. Introduction to the Media: 20 January, London
7. No Boundaries 2014: 25-26 February, Watershed, Bristol
8. FameLab 2014 regional heats and video heat: various dates

Other news
9. British Society for Plant Pathology (BSPP) outreach internship: deadline 15 December
10. New report: Environmental Citizen Science