If you are thinking of applying for EU funding in the coming year, you need to be at this event!
This session will be delivered by the UK Research Office’s BU account manager, Maribel Glogowski.
UKRO is the European office of the UK Research Councils. It delivers a subscription-based advisory service for research organisations (in the main UK HEIs) and provides National Contact Point services on behalf of the UK Government. UKRO’s mission is to maximise UK engagement in EU-funded research, innovation and higher education activities. As a BU member of staff, you can sign up to receive email alerts direct to your inbox.
The annual visit with take place from 11:30am – 15:15pm in The Octagon, Sir Michael Cobham Library on Talbot Campus on Tuesday, 25th of October. Lunch is provided.
This event has been developed with UKRO to include up to date information about EU funding relevant to BU’s current and future bidding activities.
The intended learning outcomes of this session are:
- To find out about current EU funding thinking
- To raise personal awareness of funding calls with relevance to BU
Within the update, the session will specifically include:
- How UKRO and RKEO can help with your EU applications
- Creative Europe and Erasmus+
- Accessing the Societal Challenges
Maribel is based in Brussels, along with the rest of the UKRO team, so is BU’s perfect partner for keeping us up to date with funding developments in the EU.
Please book your place via Organisational Development. Spaces are filling up quickly and we need to confirm final numbers for catering this week.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Emily Cieciura (RKEO, Research Facilitator: EU & International) or Dianne Goodman (RKEO, Funding Development Team Co-ordinator)
25th Oct – UKRO Visit to BU
Save the date – 10 October 2018 – UKRO Annual Visit to BU










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