eNews January 2013

eNews January 2013


Recruitment for Committee appointments

We are inviting applications from suitably experienced persons to be members of our Committees.

ESRC Committees lead key aspects of our corporate strategy and oversee the development of our research and training investments. They work together to deliver our corporate objectives with an emphasis on delivering excellent social science with scientific, societal and economic impacts.

  • Further information and application form

Funding opportunities

  • Longitudinal Study of Young People (LSYPE) data linkage
  • Transforming' Social Science - Transformative Research Call
  • Research Seminars Competition
  • Dementia initiative
  • NERC / ESRC / IRNH Fellowships
  • ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize
  • ESRC future of UK and Scotland pre and post referendum investment

More funding opportunities

RCUK Global Uncertainties Impact Support Fund

All RCUK GU accredited researchers can apply for up to £5,000 to support supplementary engagement and impact-generating activities at any stage of the project lifecycle, including up to 24 months after the end-date of the grant. Closing date 31 January

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New Year Honours 2013

Some of the prominent social scientists and ESRC grant holders honoured this year included:

  • Professor Ian Diamond, FBA FRSE - Knighthood
  • Professor Simon Charles Wessely - Knighthood
  • Professor John Richard Britton - CBE
  • Professor Judith Anne Freedman - CBE

Our congratulations go to all the recipients.

Full details of these and others honoured can be viewed on the ESRC website.

New centres and large grants funding announced

Following the latest call for the centres and large grants competition, we are pleased to announce overall funding of nearly £30 million for eight new investments.

Prestigious international award

Director of the Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (Relu) - Philip Lowe will be presented with the Bertebos prize 2013 by the King of Sweden, on 28 January.

The award reflects his significant contribution to sustainable rural development, land use management, and interdisciplinarity and specifically recognises the achievements the Relu programme.

Researcher appointed to the Migration Advisory Committee

Professor Jackline Wahba, from the Centre for Population Change has been appointed as a Non-Executive Board Member of the Home Office's Migration Advisory Committee (MAC).

Media training - book now!

Only four places remain on the mid-career researcher media training course being held on 28 February 2013 in London. 

Further details and booking form.

Events

  • 22 January 2013: ADLS Safe Researcher Training - Edinburgh
  • 25 January 2013: ESRC RIBEN Doctoral Event
  • 28 January 2013: Diagnosis, technologies and innovation: a one-day seminar
  • 6 February: STEPS Public lecture: Prof Anne Glover, Chief Scientific Advisor, European Commission
  • Details of all upcoming research seminars

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Media

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