UoS Med Res Team

EPSRC Healthcare Partnerships call for expression of interest. C.D.20/10/09 http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/CallsForProposals/healthcare.htm

MRC welcomes funding applications for research into CFS/ME http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Highlightnotices/CFSME/index.htm

High priority research areas - MRC welcoming applications http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Highlightnotices/index.htm

Wellcome Trust Early Career Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/2009/News/WTX055985.htm

NIHR i4i funding call http://bit.ly/GWUtF

Interesting article from AMRC CE on the NIHR and partnership with research charities http://ceoamrc.wordpress.com/

MRC Annual Review 08/09: A Day of Discovery http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Newspublications/News/MRC006273

NICE to advise on Med Tech Innovations http://bit.ly/GwRHs

Pretigious Wellcome Postdoc Fellowship Preliminary Applications Opens for 2010 http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/2009/News/WTX056138.htm

University Researchers and the Job Market resource http://bit.ly/38C2jp

RCUK reviews grants indexation policy http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/news/090807-2

NIHR SDO Management Fellowships Evaluation Call http://www.sdo.nihr.ac.uk/mf261.html

Times letter: Minister and surgeons on NHS ‘pressure’ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article6789149.ece

Deepest sympathies following the death today of Manchester University's former VC - Prof. Alan Gilbert, who stepped down last month.

HEFCE Research report - Capturing Research Impacts: A review of international practice http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rdreports/2009/rd23_09/

Universities UK to ask HEFCE to reduce REF 'impact' weighting score to 20%

Public involvement improves research says NIHR report http://www.invo.org.uk/index.asp

HEFCE Report on the pilot exercise to develop bibliometric indicators for the REF http://bit.ly/HHJcA

RCUK Business plan competition invites researchers to indulge their entrepreneurial side http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/news/090929

HEFCE's Second consultation on the assessment and funding of research http://bit.ly/1amd8Y