ESRC Festival of Social Sciences 2026
This year’s festival runs from 17 October to 7 November and researchers can get involved in 2 ways: they can either take part in our…
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International Research Funding Circular – 29 May 2026
Please see the latest European and International research funding information, event and opportunity updates. News 1. NEW: European Universities Urge Council to align with Parliament on…
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International Research Funding Circular – 22 May 2026
Please see the latest European and International research funding information, event and opportunity updates. News 1. NEW: FCDO Global Research & Technology Development (GRTD) platform: https://www.grtd.fcdo.gov.uk/ The Foreign,…
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Economics Research Seminar – Dr Despoina Alempaki
Title: Moral Narratives Need Norms Date: Tuesday 9 June 2026 Time: 13:30 to 14:30 Venue: NUBS.4.06 If you would like to attend, please register using…
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International Research Funding Circular – 15th May 2026
Please see the latest European and International research funding information, event and opportunity updates. News 1. NEW: MSCA “Choose Europe for Science” 2025 call results: https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/whats-new/news/msca-choose-europe-for-science-2025-call-results The…
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Opportunity to help shape new UKRI grant role
UKRI is currently developing a new grant role that will enable members of the public to be included in research teams on funding applications. Since…
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Celebrating Success – Dr Weizheng Zhang
Congratulations to Dr Weizheng Zhang his and co-authors: Fuduan Yang (Northwest Normal University); Prof Chao Ye (Fudan University), whose paper entitled “Buzzing the production of…
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Celebrating Success – Dr Yan Jiang
Congratulations to Dr Yan Jiang for the following recent successes Dr Yan Jiang, with co-authors Jiaqi Luo (PGR student) and Prof. Ying Yang, has published…
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Economics Research Seminar – Dr Enrico Bertacchini
Title: The Economic Impact of World Heritage Designations: Identification Strategies and Evidence from Italian Sites Date: Wednesday 13 May 2026 Time: 13:30 to 14:30 Venue:…
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International Research Funding Circular – 8th May 2026
Please see the latest European and International research funding information, event and opportunity updates. News 1. NEW: Make more use of Horizon Europe funding, Zaharieva tells…
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Impact Academy Research Seminar – Professor Steve Quarrie
Title: Generating Impact in Horizon Europe Projects Date: Wednesday 13 May 2026 Time: 12:30 to 13:30 Venue: NUBS.2.03 If you would like to attend, please register using…
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International Research Funding Circular – 1st May 2026
Please see the latest European and International research funding information, event and opportunity updates. News 1. NEW: ERC Scientific Council readjusts rules for resubmission: https://www.ukro.ac.uk/news/erc-scientific-council-readjusts-rules-for-reapplication/ The ERC…
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Smart Support Workshop – Open Research Through the Research Lifecycle
There are spaces available on the Open Research Through the Research Lifecycle Smart Support Workshop on 14th May. Please see the workshop details and how to…
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Writing Workshop (8th July 2026)
We currently have places available on an upcoming one-day workshop, Getting Published: Effectively Communicating Your Research, taking place on 8th July 2026, and I would…
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Economics Research Seminar – Dr Giulia Briselli
Title: Are Men’s Attitudes Holding Back Fertility and Women’s Careers? Evidence from Europe Date: Wednesday 29 April 2026 Time: 13:30 to 14:30 Venue: NUBS.4.23 If…
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International Research Funding Circular – 24th April 2026
Please see the latest European and International research funding information, event and opportunity updates. News 1. NEW: UKRI Horizon Europe Guarantee Studentship Data Collection: https://www.ukro.ac.uk/news/ukri-horizon-europe-guarantee-studentship-data-collection/ The Horizon…
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ESRC Virtual Townhall
ESRC will be hosting a virtual meeting on Thursday 30 April, from 11:30 to 12:30, where they will share an update on UKRI’s new mission…
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North East Combined Authority – Call for Expressions of Interest (EoIs)
Acknowledging that the potential for investible projects exceeds the funding available through the Local Innovation Partnership Fund (LIPF), The North East Combined Authority is now…
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Celebrating Success – Dr Wee Chan Au
Congratulations to Dr Wee Chan Au and her co-author from King’s College London who has had paper entitled “Being the boss, being bossed: Social entrepreneurs’…
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Celebrating Success – Dr Erwei (David) Xiang
Congratulation to Dr Erwei (David) Xiang for the following recent successes Dr Erwei (David) Xiang was recently invited to join BBC Radio 5 Live as an…
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Celebrating Success – Dr Periklis Boumparis
Congratulations to Dr Periklis Boumparis, and his co-authors Prof Chris Florackis (University of Liverpool) and Dr Huseyin Temiz (Samsun University) whose paper entitled “ESG Disclosure,…
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International Research Funding Circular – 17th April 2026
Please see the latest European and International research funding information, event and opportunity updates. News 1. NEW: UK and EU finalise agreement to bring UK into…
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Apply to Observe a Wellcome Funding Advisory Committee
Are you planning to apply for a Wellcome grant in the next two years? If so, Wellcome offers the opportunity to observe funding advisory committees….
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Economics Research Seminar – Dr Andrea Salas Ortiz
Title: Reflecting public contributions to R&D in pharmaceutical pricing policy: a quantitative framework Date: Wednesday 22 April 2026 Time: 13:30 to 14:30 Venue: NUBS.2.05 /…
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Open Research: What does it mean in Humanities and Social Sciences?
An interactive workshop designed to consider what open research looks like for HaSS disciplines ‘Open research’ is often defined through the lens of Science, Technology,…
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The British Academy Leverhulme Small Research Grants
The British Academy Leverhulme Small Research Grants scheme is now open, with the funder’s deadline for submission set for Wednesday 3 June 2026 at 5.00pm…
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Open Research Events at Newcastle
Open Access Help Drop-in Sessions 21 April , 12.00-12.30, online. https://newcastle-uk.libcal.com/event/4504117 ReproducibilTea: ‘Are Nature papers guaranteed to be great? The experience of replicating a paper.’ 23…
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Newcastle University Open Research Conference 2026
Navigating Ethics, Research Culture, and Governance Following the success of last year’s inaugural Open Research Conference, this year’s conference will take place on June 16th in…
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ESRC call: React Awards (Pilot): outline
Two new ESRC calls are now open. Please find below an overview of the scheme and further details can be found on UKRI’s website (links…
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International Research Funding Circular – 10th April 2026
Please see the latest European and International research funding information, event and opportunity updates. News 1. NEW: EIT Community – New European Bauhaus – update: https://www.ukro.ac.uk/news/eit-community-new-european-bauhaus-update/ From…
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International Research Funding Circular – 2nd April 2026
Please see the latest European and International research funding information, event and opportunity updates. News 1. NEW: New European Bauhaus – NEB Facility survey, https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/5f5811cf-51d6-fbfb-e68c-c59163056529 The UK…
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Getting those Grants
Getting those Grants: How to Prepare Yourself for Funding and Write Your Proposal Are you an independent researcher who is working towards submitting a research…
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International Research Funding Circular – 27th March 2026
Please see the latest European and International research funding information, event and opportunity updates. News 1. NEW: LLM Use Rapidly Expands in Horizon Europe Proposals but…
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Research Impact Training and Retreats – spaces available
There are still spaces available for the sessions below. For full details and to book (or express your interest in future sessions), please click on…
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Celebrating Success – Dr Vu Trinh
Congratulations to Dr Vu Trinh whose paper, “From Boardrooms to the Biosphere: Global Corporate Climate Governance in Action” has been accepted for publication by Oxford Intersections, a…
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2026 Tri-University Conference – Call for papers
The Tri-Uni Conference 2026 will be held in person at the School of Management, Xiamen University, China, from 7 to 10 September 2026. 2026 Tri-University…
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Celebrating Success – Professor Darren Duxbury
Congratulations to Darren Duxbury and his co authors whose paper entitled “Behavioral drivers of intentions to use cash: UK survey evidence” has been published in…
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International Research Funding Circular – 20th March 2026
Please see the latest European and International research funding information, event and opportunity updates. News 1. NEW: India is moving towards joining Horizon Europe, says government…
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Finance Research Seminar – Dr Juan Arismendi Zambrano
Title: Arbitrage in a Relative Factor Economy Date: 29 April 2026 Time: 14:00 to 15:00 Venue: FDC.1.16 If you would like to attend, please register…
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Opportunity to observe university research funding panel (NERC)
n order to help you understand how research funding selection panels work, we’d like to invite motivated colleagues at the relevant application stage, to observe…
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