Hello #AcademicMastodon #MastodonAcademic,

when applying for government funding to do research (in the #UK, but I'm interested in other national contexts & policies, too), what sort of 'outputs' are valued most?

Grateful for more nuanced & specific replies in addition to poll responses.

Thank you for your insights

#ResearchFunding
#SocialJustice
#HigherEducation
#AcWri
#Philosophy #ArtificialIntelligence #CriticalRealism
#UKRI
#ESRC
#Interdisciplinarity

The NQCC Announces £30 Million to Develop Quantum Computing Testbeds in The UK https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2355936 #National #Ukquantum #George_Freeman #K_Science_Minister #National_Quantum_Computing_Centre #NQCC #Quantum_Computing_Mission #UK #UKRI #quantumdaily Insider Brief The NQCC will leverage a £30 million investment for the development of quantum computing testbeds. The NQCC will partner with Innovate UK in the project. UK Science Minister George Freeman said the funding will suppo

UKRI Awards £45 Million to Develop Quantum Technologies https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2355871 #National #Ukquantum #Defense_Science_and_Technology_Laboratory #funding #innovate_UK #London_Tech_Week #National_Quantum_Computing_Center #NQCC #SBRI #Transport_for_London #UK #UKRI #quantumdaily Insider Brief UK Science Minister George Freeman announced new funding to support UK’s quantum technologies sector. The funding will include money for position, navigation and timing, quantum computer soft

It was such fun and inspiring #AI4Health research at the Joint conference #CAI4H2023 #UKRI collaborations #Future AI Innovators

It was such fun and inspiring #AI4Health research at the Joint conference #CAI4H2023 #UKRI collaborations #Future AI Innovators

UKRI and the British Academy have founded an EDI Caucus led by Prof. Kate Sang to "identify, assess, and share existing evidence on the effectiveness of current EDI [equality, diversity, and inclusion] practices".

https://www.ukri.org/news/ukri-and-the-british-academy-fund-edi-network-to-boost-ri-in-uk/

#ResearchAndInnovation #DiversityAndInclusion #EDI #DEI #BritishAcademy #UKRI

date: 2023-01-15 22:51:33
by: Guang Yang

See more #updates and #publications of my #group please visit

https://www.yanglab.fyi/

#research #development #opensource #deeplearning #ai4health #medicalimaging #ai #machinelearnig #students #PhD #fellowship #funding #papers #UKRI‍‍‍

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/twitter/statuses/1614757205487534081
#PhdPosition

UKRI is looking for 3 people to join their infrastructure advisory committee

The UKRI Infrastructure Fund has £481M to spend by 2025

"The building blocks of the digital research infrastructure system include:

- large scale compute facilities
- data storage
- stewardship and security
- shared code libraries
- people: the users, and the experts who develop and maintain these powerful resources."

https://www.ukri.org/about-us/work-for-us/join-an-advisory-committee-panel-or-network/ukri-infrastructure-advisory-committee/

#HPC #FOSS #UKRI #OpenData #OpenScience

Our #innovate uk partner #EcoFixKenya extract oil from Croton megalocarpus seeds for commercial uses such as biofuel, lubricants and cosmetics. We are helping develop the Byproducts from the seed cake after oil extraction - these include a biostimulant, insect repellent, fertiliser & animal feed. Smallholders harvest seeds that fall from abundant Croton trees growing across Kenya. #kenya #nowaste #sustainable #naturalproducts #Kew #kewgardens #kewNbS #NRInstitute #UKRI #AAKTP

Nature has published a deep analysis into who gets to be a professor. It's worth looking at.
by @LizzieGibney

"These figures show not only injustice, but also the way UK science is impoverished by losing diversity of thought and experience"

https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-022-04386-w/d41586-022-04386-w.pdf

The piece includes a response from UKRI on how they'll increase diversity. Biggest idea is changing CV format for grant applications.

https://media.nature.com/original/magazine-assets/d41586-022-04386-w/23807106

#ResearchCulture #UKRI

Nice wee video about the recent workshop run in our #3SIP2C GCRF project about plastic pollution in Vietnam 🇻🇳 This was part of the project's first field campaign and we're so inspired already by the level of community engagement, especially with the upcoming generation - they are there future!

In Vietnamese with English subtitles: https://youtu.be/oDpizzq4wwQ

#PlasticPollution #plastic #OceanPlastic #MarineScience #OceanScience #GCRF #UKRI #CommunityResearch #ResearchEngagement

Our PhD student has just heard that her funder, a small Scottish charity (Tenovus Scotland) has increased her stipend in line with #UKRI inflation increases AND they've given her a Covid-extension. I am super-relieved!

It looks like BBSRC will be involved with a new cross-UKRI strategic programme in "Brain Repair and Neurotechnologies". Fantastic, it will be great to see detail. #neurotechnology #ukri

UKRI has released further information about its open access policy: https://www.ukri.org/news/open-access-policy-update-december-2022/

#OpenAccess #UKRI

@rainbowmurray good luck with the bid: I submitted something earlier in the year and it's hard not to lose motivation with this hanging over it all

Also, remember there's the #UKRI guarantee funding FWIW

https://www.ukri.org/apply-for-funding/apply-for-horizon-europe-guarantee-funding/

RT #UKRI #funding

We're searching for entrepreneurial researchers who want to help people live longer healthier lives. Apply for @UKRI_News Catalyst funding and a @zincvcprogramme of support to innovate in the #HealthyAgeing sector. More info: https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/healthy-ageing-catalyst-awards-2023

https://twitter.com/UKRI_News/status/1592185992038989824?t=7_SCG0n9mY_G9e6JZ9f4XQ&s=09

Not all is lost.

UKRI (finally) signs the European Agreement on Reforming Research Assessment.

- More qualitative peer review based assessment supported by quantitative indicators,
- orientation towards impact and society
- and moving on from the publish or perish frantic alley.

#research #ukri #academia #europe #eu
#researchandteach #impact #university #commodon

Useful links here.
https://www.scienceeurope.org/news/rra-agreement-final/

https://www.ukri.org/news/ukri-signs-agreement-on-reforming-research-assessment/

Great to see #UKRI has signed the EUA agreement on reforming #ResearchAssessment https://www.ukri.org/news/ukri-signs-agreement-on-reforming-research-assessment/

Realised we should have posted with #sleep or #circadian, so I reposted this blog I wrote for #UKRI, to get the hashtags going https://www.ukri.org/blog/research-frontiers-how-do-genes-control-sleep/

On the commute home and wondering there are ways encourage large research funders like #UKRI and #WellcomeTrust to move to #mastodon, considering some many of us sitting on their review panel.