BU Research Blog

13 February 2025

New BU health publication in Portuguese

international, Publishing, writing Edwin van Teijlingen

Congratulations to Dr. Debbie Almeida in the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, who published her latest article late last month colleagues and students. This article SKIN TEARS: FRICTION INJURIES IN THE ELDERLY AND NURSING DIAGNOSES is in Portuguese and addresses the decline in organic functioning predisposes to a reduction in the human body’s response capacity, increasing the state of vulnerability and fragility of the elderly, especially in relation to the skin. This work aimed to organize nursing diagnoses to support nurses in proposing intervention and care for elderly people with friction injuries or skin tears. Exploratory study, carried out in two stages, with a literature review from December/2022 to March/2023, and structuring of nursing diagnoses. Eleven studies published in the last ten years on skin tears in elderly people were analyzed and 14 nursing diagnoses were structured. Preventive, care and therapeutic measures for skin tears were addressed, as aspects to structure nursing diagnoses for elderly people. Assertive diagnoses are fundamental for the correct planning and implementation of committed and safe assistance, influencing the quality of life of the person assisted

Well done!

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

Reference:

Tobse, L., Santos, dos Santos, B.B., Costa da Cruz, D.M.O., de Paulo, J.G., Almeida, D.G. (2025). SKIN TEARS: LESÕES POR FRICÇÃO EM PESSOA IDOSA E OS DIAGNÓSTICOS DE ENFERMAGEM. Arquivos de Ciências da Saúde da UNIPAR, 28(3):914–933, https://doi.org/10.25110/arqsaude.v28i3.2024-11494

24 March 2022

From Southern Brazil to Bournemouth, a Global Visiting Fellowship experience in times of Covid-19

Fusion, international lesteves

It was March 2020 when we submitted our application to BU’s Global Visiting Fellowship (GVF). Dr Luciana Esteves (LES, SciTech) reached out asking if I was interested in starting a collaboration taking the opportunity of the GVF scheme. We knew each other but have never worked together before. We thought it was a great opportunity to merge our research interests to assess how an ecosystem-based approach could make coastal vulnerability assessments more integrated to facilitate coastal adaptation. You can find insights about how our collaboration started in this blog.

An international collaboration proposal was born and later approved, great! Then the Covid-19 pandemic hit hard. All research and teaching schedules, timetables, academic calendars, everything became VERY uncertain. We were replanning activities without knowing when we would be able to start. We decided to do whatever was possible remotely. We started to co-supervise a postgraduate student enrolled at UFRGS and helped to kick start the process of establishing a BU-UFRGS MoU. We also organised an online workshop gathering researchers from across Brazil to discuss the methods and challenges of integrating ecosystem-based planning to better understand and manage coastal vulnerabilities in support of coastal adaptation.

It took almost two years for my first visit to BU (and my first ever to the UK) to happen. This was no easy task to coordinate. Federal institutions in Brazil, such as UFRGS, still have many restrictions in place regarding international travel. It was also difficult to find a period of time that was mutually convenient. The academic calendar in Brazil is still far from normal and, in UFRGS, we are still working remotely. At last, I arrived in Bournemouth on 6th March 2022 for a 17-day stay. It was very good to be able to travel and progress with our collaboration in person. Here are some personal impressions and highlights of my time in Bournemouth:

It was great to be able to be on Talbot campus and see BU’s facilities. I leave very impressed by the infrastructure and how sustainability is incorporated into the buildings. This is something you must be proud of!
I gave a lecture on Ecosystem-based management principles applied to environmental planning to undergraduate students (in the Applications of Environmental Science unit). This was the first time since December 2019 that I gave a lecture physically present in a classroom! It felt so good, thank you!
In hybrid mode, I gave a presentation to staff and PhD students about our laboratory and the ecosystem-based approaches we are using to support environmental management to address the needs of local organisations and government.
I have provided demonstrations of the TerrSet model applications for land-use change and ecosystem service mapping to staff and PhD students with potential for future collaboration.
We have proposed a special session for the Royal Geographical Society conference (to be held in Newcastle, 30 August to 2 September 2022).
We have started to write an academic paper and a practical guide for managers (particularly in less developed countries) about the application of ecosystem-based approaches to reduce coastal vulnerabilities and foster coastal adaptation.
We have identified possible calls and drafted a plan to secure funding from Brazil for staff and student mobility.

I’m very glad with the progress made. Luciana was a wonderful host and we worked well together. During my visit, I was contacted by many members of the university (from the administration, researchers and PhD students) and everyone was very polite and respectful. It is clear to me that BU is well-prepared for international collaboration. Besides work, I was very lucky with the weather and managed to visit some amazing places during weekends. The landscapes are beautiful, the Jurassic Coast is breathtaking, and London is a truly vibrant global city.

I look forward to continuing this collaboration beyond this Fellowship. My sincere thanks to all involved.

by Tatiana Silva (tatiana.silva@ufrgs.br)
BU’s Global Visiting Fellow
Associate Professor at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, southern Brazil

24 March 2022

Our Global Visiting Fellowship experience (in times of Covid-19)

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It was 23rd March 2020 when we submitted our application to BU’s Global Visiting Fellowship (GVF) scheme. I’m sure you remember this date well! We received the outcome of the submission around mid-May and confirmation of funds in June. The GVF provides funding to facilitate international collaborations with partners in BU’s priority list and each fellowship lasts 3 years. The funds cover costs for the Fellows to visit BU and for modest research costs (find out more here). As you can imagine, our plans halted and had to be modified throughout the pandemic. Differences in the timing of restrictions imposed by the UK and Brazil created further difficulties. Only very recently we were able to actually progress with our planned activities and organise the visit of Dr Tatiana Silva to BU. Here we provide some insights about how we started this collaboration, our activities and how we are progressing.

The Fellow: Tatiana is Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Institute of Geosciences at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, southern Brazil. Her research applies remote sensing and spatial analyses to support ecosystem-based planning ranging from the local scale (e.g. ports) to state-wide mapping and zoning.

BU host: Dr Luciana Esteves is Associate Professor at the department of Life & Environmental Sciences (SciTech). Her research concerns drivers and consequences of coastal change and how ecosystem-based management can be a more sustainable and effective way to reduce coastal vulnerabilities.

Motivation to apply: International collaboration has always been an important part of my work. At BU, I was Global Engagement Leader for my department and, I continue to actively contribute to BU’s global engagement, particularly with Brazil. I have an extensive network in Brazil and I’m always interested in opportunities to continue working with colleagues there.

How this collaboration started: When BU launched the GVF scheme, I knew that two Brazilian universities were in BU’s list of priority partners (USP and UFRGS). I then assessed who in these universities could be a good collaborator and a good fit to the call. I did my PhD at UFRGS and I was interested in re-establishing links. The call encouraged applications from female staff/fellows so I prioritised potential female colleagues from UFRGS with converging research interests and with greater potential for a successful long-term collaboration. In my search, I found out that Tatiana was working at UFRGS and working with ecosystem-based planning and with track record in international collaboration. Further, she had roles that would make her well-placed to develop and consolidate a long-term partnership. Although I knew Tatiana from the time I was an academic in Brazil, we have never worked together but it seemed a very good fit for this call. I decided to send an email and assess her interest. I was very glad when she replied promptly and positively. We started to discuss our common interests and soon agreed on a plan for our proposal. And here we are!

We think our proposal was successful because: we carefully considered all requirements of the call and proposed a plan that attended to these requirements and, at the same time, enabled us to start a collaboration in a new line of research that was of common interest. The plan included: a special session at a conference, workshops, purchase of software (including student licences), training to students, co-supervision of postgraduate students, and publications.

Difficulties: COVID, COVID and COVID! Remote international collaborations are intrinsically difficult due to differences in time zones, academic calendars, teaching schedules, working styles etc. It’s even more so if it’s with someone you have never worked with. During the pandemic, funds were temporarily suspended and there was little we could do. Activities were replanned but a lot of time was lost. The opportunity for Tatiana to come to BU and for us to actually meet in person took 2 years to realise. Now we are progressing well but our funding ends at the end of July and this is a predicament.

Was this worthwhile? Yes, definitely. It would have been so much better and more enjoyable without the challenges brought by the pandemic, but I believe we have formed a partnership that will be long lasting – which is a key aim of the GVF scheme. We have a number of interesting activities to finish, students have expressed interest to go for placements with Tatiana and the MoU has been approved by both BU and UFRGS, so we have a lot to look forward to. We also found out that we can work well together, which is very important.

You can read Tatiana’s blog about her experience and visit to BU here.

Lu Esteves, lesteves@bournemouth.ac.uk

18 November 2019

Research and Staff Exchange partnership agreement signed with Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil)

international, Knowledge Exchange Natalia Lavrushkina

Academics in FoM have worked for many years in informal collaboration with the Federal University of Santa Catarina’s (UFSC) Food and Nutrition research centre. The most notable collaboration being Veg+ an Institutional Links project jointly funded between the British Council Newton Fund and the Brazilian FAPESC Fund. The aim this project is to address Brazil’s Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) challenges of poor diet and sustainability through innovation in training, research and science. Research has understood the routes to market for small scale family farmers in Brazil strengthening the economic potential of the 5 million ‘family farms’ which employ three quarters of the farm labour force and are responsible for one third of agricultural income. Additionally, consumer research is helping to understand young adults’ consumption of vegetables and the most effective ways that this can be increased.

We are delighted that these institutional links have been formally recognised through a partnership agreement which will support further research development.

This work was supported by an Institutional Links grant, ID 332207684 under the Newton-Brazil Fund partnership. The grant is funded by the UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Foundation for Research and Innovation Support of Santa Catarina (FAPESC), and delivered by the British Council. For further information, please visit www.newtonfund.ac.uk

22 August 2019

FoM Academic attends SDG Workshop in Brazil

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Michael O’Regan, Sport & Event Management (Business School and Faculty of Management) was invited to attend the British Council Workshop on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The workshop, held at the University of São Paulo (Brazil) focused on SDG #12 “Responsible consumption and production” (especially in the UK), and SDG#9 “Build Resilient Infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation” (especially in Brazil). The workshop content and goals aligned fully with BU2025 strategy, given Sustainability is at the heart of life at BU and is embedded in BU culture and the approach that our students and staff value. The workshop was based on collaboration between UK and Brazilian researchers,and was very focused on developing projects, networking and future grant opportunities, so as prioritise the UN SDGs.

08/13/2019 – 09:00 until 08/16/2019 – 17:00

Workshop – UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): International Academic Collaboration for Transformational Industry and its Social and Environmental Impacts

Location: Safra Auditorium, FEAUSP Library

Responsible: Profs. Isak Kruglianskas (FEAUSP) and Luisa Huaccho Huatuco (York University)

Realization: USP, Fapesp and British Council

Summary: (for more information, click here).

As part of the UN’s 2030 agenda, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the new drivers for promoting sustainability among stakeholders in developed and developing economies. SDGs comprise 17 goals, 169 objectives and more than 200 indicators and are meant to reduce inequalities and help organisations facing sustainability issues in all dimensions (economic, social and environmental).

The UK is a developed country with a long history of industrialization. However, in recent years there has been a rise on sustainability concerns, which are now reflected in the UK’s current industrial strategy with a commitment to ‘Cleaner growth’. Brazil is a developing country which is both rich in natural resources and has a wealth of industries. Making progress towards achieving the SDGs is of clear importance to both countries.

The proposed workshop aims to tackle: SDG #12 “Responsible consumption and production” (especially in the UK), and SDG#9 “Build Resilient Infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation” (especially in Brazil).

From the operations and performance management perspective, industrialists are struggling to identify: how can they plan and operationalize their activities according to this new agenda, and how to measure their progress towards achieving SDGs. Despite the attempts to deal with sustainability performance in a systematic and effective way, this issue still lacks consensus and requires new approaches and methods.

This workshop will gather UK and Brazilian academics to discuss key pressing SDGs challenges faced by industrialists. Through action research, the workshop will go beyond presentations and activities by providing tangible actions/measures to be proposed to industrialists to tackle the key pressing challenges. The workshop will help ECRs and post-docs to become established academics and to foster long-term research collaborative relationships among their groups at their home institutions.

28 September 2018

New CMMPH publication on sex trafficking

international, Knowledge Transfer, Publishing, staff profile pages, writing Edwin van Teijlingen

Earlier this month the Journal of Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences published a paper co-authored by Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH) staff. The paper ‘Health consequences of sex trafficking: A systematic review’ [1]. The Journal of Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences is part of the Open Access publishing of Nepal Journals OnLine (NepJOL) supported by INASP.

The review reminds us that sex trafficking is one of the most common forms of human trafficking globally. It is associated with health, emotional, social, moral and legal problems. The victims of sex trafficking when returned home are often ignored. This review explored the health consequences of sex trafficking among women and children. A total of 15 articles were included covering health risks and well-being related to sex trafficking. Sexual and physical violence among victims such as rape and repetitive stress and physical injuries were common. The prevalence of STI (sexually transmitted infections) and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) was also reported as high. Being trafficked at a young age, having been in brothels for a longer period and sexual violence and forced prostitution were linked with a higher risk for HIV infection. Physical health problems reported included headaches, fatigue, dizziness, back pain, memory problem, stomach pain, pelvic pain, gynaecological infections, weight loss, lesions or warts, unwanted pregnancies and abortions. The studies on mental health reported that depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were commonly reported health consequences among sex trafficking victims.

The authors of the review concluded that there is a compelling need for interventions raising awareness about sex trafficking among young girls and women most at risk of being trafficked. Most studies in this review have focussed on the physical health problems of the trafficked victims although there is also remarkable mental burden amongst those victims. Key policy makers, government officials, public health officials, health care providers, legal authorities and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) should be made aware about the health risks and consequences of trafficking. Trafficking consequences should be recognised as a health issue and all the sectors involved including regulating bodies should collaborate to fight against sex trafficking

Related research in this field at Bournemouth University include the Sexual Spaces Project by Prof. Mike Silk and Dr. Amanda De Lisio on ‘Rio’s sex workers after the Olympics’ and the The Gay and Grey Project, funded through a Big Lottery Grant and led by Prof. Lee Ann Fenge.

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health (CMMPH)

Reference:

Simkhada, P., van Teijlingen, E., Sharma, A., Bissell, P., Poobalan, A., Wasti S.P. (2018) Health consequences of sex trafficking: A systematic review Journal of Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health Sciences, 4(1): 130-149.

16 April 2018

Congratulations to Dr James Gavin on his position at the British Council Researcher Links Workshop

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Congratulations to Dr James Gavin, BU Lecturer in Exercise Physiology, on recently being awarded a funded position at the British Council Researcher Links Workshop, which will be taking place from 11 – 15 June 2018 in Botucatu, Brazil.

The Researcher Links programme provides opportunities for early career researchers from the UK and internationally to interact, learn from each other and explore opportunities for building long-lasting research collaborations. The 5 day workshop will provide a unique opportunity for sharing research expertise and networking.

“I’m immensely excited (the closest I’ve come to South America was working in a Brazilian restaurant as an undergraduate) to be able to spend dedicated time working with, and learning from, international ECRs across the health sciences,” says Dr Gavin.

During the workshops ECRs will have the opportunity to present their research in the form of a poster with short oral presentation and discuss this with established researchers and mentors from the UK and partner countries.

“I will present work on my current projects, including: i) Community-based exercise programmes for recovery self-management after orthopaedic surgery: a development study and, ii) the feasibility of inspiratory muscle training (IMT) in reducing falls risk in older adults”, says Dr Gavin.

There will be a focus on building links for future collaborations and participants selected on the basis of their research potential and ability to build longer term links.

“Aside from the prestige of the University of Sao Paulo (THE World University Rankings top 150), I hope to learn cross-cultural skills, particularly in developing and sustaining international research partnerships”, he says. “On return, I look forward to sharing my experiences with my colleagues in Sport, Physical Activity Research Centre (SPARC) and the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, and seek opportunities for supporting a partner ‘international ECR’ to visit BU.”

For more information, contact Dr James Gavin (jgavin@bournemouth.ac.uk).

20 December 2017

Newton Fund – Funding Update

Funding opportunities eknight

Please see the calls currently open, or forthcoming, being offered through the Newton Fund scheme. Some calls are newly opened whilst others have been promoted previously via the BU Research blog. In each case, please refer to the call website for full details including eligibility requirements and thematic priorities:

If you are interested in applying to any of these calls then please contact your RKEO Funding Development Officer, in the first instance.

DEADLINE	TIME	DETAILS OF CALL
28 February 2018	12pm GMT	BRAZIL – CONFAP Fellowships, Research Mobility and Young Investigator Awards for UK Researchers in Brazil (Academy of Medical Sciences, British Academy, Royal Society)
APPLICATIONS ON A ROLLING BASIS	12pm GMT	TURKEY – Fellowships for UK Researchers (British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society)

24 October 2017

Newton Fund – Funding Update

Funding opportunities, international Emily Cieciura

Please see the calls currently open, or forthcoming, being offered through the Newton Fund scheme. Some calls are newly opened whilst others have been promoted previously via the BU Research blog. In each case, please refer to the call website for full details including eligibility requirements and thematic priorities:

If you are interested in applying to any of these calls then please contact your RKEO Funding Development Officer, in the first instance.

DEADLINE	TIME	DETAILS OF CALL
15 November 2017	12pm GMT	BRAZIL – Estimating methane fluxes through inverse modelling (CSSP Brazil) (Met Office)
15 November 2017	12pm GMT	BRAZIL – Meteorological driving data for offline land surface and impacts simulations (CSSP Brazil) (Met Office)
16 November 2017	4pm GMT	NEW! THAILAND – Capacity Building in Software and Hardware Infrastructures and Data Handling through Astronomy (STFC)
27 November 2017	9am GMT	NEW! COLOMBIA – INDIA – INDONESIA – SOUTH AFRICA – THAILAND – Industry Academia Partnership Programme (RAEng)
30 November 2017	4pm GMT	COLOMBIA – Exploring & Understanding Colombian Bio Resources (AHRC, NERC)
30 November 2017	4pm GMT	COLOMBIA – RCUK-Colciencias Research Partnerships Call 2017 (RCUK, AHRC, ESRC)
4 December 2017	4pm GMT	NEW! INDONESIA – MALAYSIA – PHILIPPINES – THAILAND – VIETNAM – (Notification of intent) Understanding of the Impacts of Hydrometeorological Hazards in South East Asia (ESRC, NERC)
5 December 2017	4pm (GMT)	NEW! MALAYSIA – Collaborative research for higher level STEM skills in Malaysia (STFC)
6 December 2017	4pm GMT	BRAZIL – BBSRC-FAPESP Joint Pump-Priming Awards for AMR and Insect Pest Resistance in Agriculture (BBSRC)
7 December 2017	4pm GMT	INDIA – Cultural Heritage and Rapid Urbanisation in India (AHRC)
12 December 2017	4pm GMT	VIETNAM – UK-Vietnam Partnerships for Infectious Disease Research (MRC)
APPLICATIONS ON A ROLLING BASIS		TURKEY – Fellowships for UK Researchers (British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society)

17 August 2017

Newton Fund – Funding Update

Funding opportunities, international eknight

Please see the calls currently open, or forthcoming, being offered through the Newton Fund scheme. Some calls are newly opened whilst others have been promoted previously via the BU Research blog. In each case, please refer to the call website for full details including eligibility requirements and thematic priorities:

If you are interested in applying to any of these calls then please contact your RKEO Funding Development Officer, in the first instance.

DEADLINE	TIME	DETAILS OF CALL
11 September 2017	4pm BST	NEW! INDIA – Addressing the challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance in India (ESRC)
19 September 2017	4pm BST	THAILAND – UK-Thailand Joint Initiative on Infectious Diseases and Non-Communicable Diseases (MRC)
19 September 2017	4pm BST	EGYPT-THAILAND-TURKEY – Institutional Links grants (British Council)
19 September 2017	4pm BST	CHINA-PHILIPPINES – Researcher Links Workshops grants (British Council)
19 September 2017	4pm BST	INDONESIA-PHILIPPINES-SOUTH AFRICA – Researcher Links Travel grants (British Council)
19 September 2017	4pm BST	NEW! MULTI-COUNTRY – South-East Asia Regional Researcher Links Workshops (British Council)
20 September 2017	12pm BST	CHINA – PhD Placements and Supervisor Mobility Grants China-UK (British Council)
20 September 2017	12pm BST	CHINA – UK-China agritech challenge 2017 (Innovate UK, BBSRC)
22 September 2017	12pm BST	INDONESIA-MALAYSIA-PHILIPPINES – Tropical Science and Forecasting Training (Met Office)
26 September 2017	4pm BST	BRAZIL – MRC-CONFAP Call for Health Systems Research Networks (MRC)
3 October 2017	4pm BST	CHILE – Newton RCUK-CONICYT Broadening Impact Call (RCUK)
4 October 2017	12pm BST	CHINA – UK-Guangdong (China) – Urban innovation (Innovate UK)
13 October 2017	4pm BST	NEW! MULTI-COUNTRY – Researcher Links Regional Biodiversity Workshops (Latin America) (British Council)
13 October 2017	4pm BST	NEW! MULTI-COUNTRY – Researcher Links Biodiversity Travel Grants (Latin America) (British Council)
18 October 2017	12pm BST	INDIA – Newton Bhabha UK–India industrial waste challenge 2017 (BBSRC, EPSRC)
24 October 2017	4pm BST	INDIA – UK-India Newton-Bhabha Fund joint call on pulses and oilseeds (BBSRC)
APPLICATIONS ON A ROLLING BASIS		TURKEY – Fellowships for UK Researchers (British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society)
Forthcoming		FORTHCOMING: COLOMBIA – Colombia BIO programme (NERC, AHRC)
Forthcoming		FORTHCOMING: CHINA – UK-China AMR Centre Partnerships Initiative (RCUK)

3 August 2017

Newton Fund – Funding Update

Funding opportunities, international eknight

Please see the calls currently open, or forthcoming, being offered through the Newton Fund scheme. Some calls are newly opened whilst others have been promoted previously via the BU Research blog. In each case, please refer to the call website for full details including eligibility requirements and thematic priorities:

If you are interested in applying to any of these calls then please contact your RKEO Funding Development Officer, in the first instance.

21 August 2017	4pm BST	INDIA – Newton-Bhabha PhD Placements Programme (British Council)
31 August 2017	4pm BST	CHINA – Call for Participation in an International Workshop on ‘Development through the Creative Economy in China ‘ (AHRC)
5 September 2017	4pm BST	EGYPT – Cultural Heritage and Development in Egypt (AHRC)
6 September 2017	12pm BST	MALAYSIA – UK-Malaysia Urban Innovation Challenge (Innovate UK)
6 September 2017	4pm BST	COLOMBIA – RCUK-CIAT Newton-Caldas Fund Sustainable Tropical Agricultural Systems Programme (BBSRC, ESRC, NERC)
6 September 2017	3pm BST	BRAZIL-CHINA-MEXICO-SOUTH AFRICA – Newton Advanced Fellowships (Academy of Medical Sciences, Royal Society)
19 September 2017	4pm BST	THAILAND – UK-Thailand Joint Initiative on Infectious Diseases and Non-Communicable Diseases (MRC)
19 September 2017	4pm BST	EGYPT-THAILAND-TURKEY – Institutional Links grants (British Council)
20 September 2017	12pm BST	CHINA – PhD Placements and Supervisor Mobility Grants China-UK (British Council)
26 September 2017	4pm BST	BRAZIL – MRC-CONFAP Call for Health Systems Research Networks (MRC)
3 October 2017	4pm BST	CHILE – Newton RCUK-CONICYT Broadening Impact Call (RCUK, BBSRC, ESRC, EPSRC, NERC, STFC)
4 October 2017	12pm BST	CHINA – UK-Guangdong (China) – Urban innovation (Innovate UK)
18 October 2017	12pm BST	INDIA – Newton Bhabha UK–India industrial waste challenge 2017 (BBSRC, EPSRC)
24 October 2017	4pm BST	INDIA – UK-India Newton-Bhabha Fund joint call on pulses and oilseeds (BBSRC)
APPLICATIONS ON A ROLLING BASIS		TURKEY – Fellowships for UK Researchers (British Academy, Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal Society)
Forthcoming		FORTHCOMING: COLOMBIA – Colombia BIO programme (NERC, AHRC)
Forthcoming		FORTHCOMING: MULTI-COUNTRY – Latin America Biodiversity Regional Researcher Links Workshops (British Council)
Forthcoming		FORTHCOMING: MULTI-COUNTRY – South-East Asia Regional Researcher Links Workshops (British Council)
Forthcoming		FORTHCOMING: INDIA – RCUK: Pre-call announcement: UK-India AMR Initiative (RCUK)

6 March 2017

Newton Fund – current opportunities

Funding opportunities, international Emily Cieciura

The Newton Fund has announced the following funding opportunities:

22 March 2017	MULTI-COUNTRY – Newton International Fellowship (Academy of Medical Sciences)
22 March 2017	MULTI-COUNTRY – Newton International Fellowships (Royal Society)
23 March 2017	MULTI-COUNTRY – Newton Advanced Fellowships (Royal Society)
2 April 2017 5pm	NEW! BRAZIL – Newton PDE Programme: Call for expressions of interest from UK universities to host Brazilian Master’s Scholars
12 April 2017 4pm	NEW! INDIA – Global Research Programme; addressing the health needs of women and children in disadvantaged populations globally
26 April 2017 4pm	NEW! INDIA – India-UK Water Quality Research Programme
3 May 2017 12pm	BST BRAZIL – Urban innovation in Brazil
17 May 2017 12pm	SOUTH AFRICA – Precision Medicine Programme in South Africa
APPLICATIONS ON A ROLLING BASIS	TURKEY – Fellowships for UK Researchers
FORTHCOMING	INDIA – Bio-technological solutions for reducing industrial waste
FORTHCOMING	CHINA – UK-China Agri-Tech
FORTHCOMING	MALAYSIA – Newton-Ungku Omar Fund Malaysia – UK Urban Innovation

To find out more, please follow the links given above. For general information about the Newton Fund, please go to their website.

If you are intending to apply for a Newton call, please contact your respective Research Facilitator – Lisa Gale-Andrews (HSS & SciTech) or Ehren Milner (FMC and FM)

8 December 2015

Newton Fund – Opportunities for early 2016

Funding opportunities Emily Cieciura

The UK HE International Unit has advised us of the following Newton Fund international opportunities with closing dates in early 2016:

08 January 2016	4.30pm GMT	CHILE- Newton-Picarte Chile-UK Experimental Development Call 2015
11 January 2016		SOUTH AFRICA- DST – NRF Fellowships for Early Career Researchers from the UK 2016
18 January 2016	9am GMT	NEW OPPORTUNITY! KAZAKHSTAN- Industry Academia Partnership Programme – Kazakhstan
20 January 2016	6pm Brasília time	NEW OPPORTUNITY! BRAZIL- Institutional Skills grants – Brazil-UK training programmes
27 January 2016	12pm GMT	INDIA- UK- India research and innovation bridges competition: Agri-food
04 February 2016	12pm GMT	MEXICO- UK- Mexico Collaborative Industrial R&D Competition
23 March 2016	12pm GMT	NEW OPPORTUNITY! CHINA- UK-China research and innovation bridges competition
20 April 2016	12pm GMT	INDIA- UK-India collaborative industrial research and development competition: Clean-tech, affordable healthcare and ICT
APPLICATIONS ON A ROLLING BASIS	N/A	TURKEY- Fellowships for Visiting Scientists and Scientists on Sabbatical Leave

If you are interested in applying for any of these calls, please contact Emily Cieciura, RKEO Research facilitator: EU & International or your Faculty Funding Development Officer.

To keep up to date with Newton Funding and share experiences with other academics, why not join the Newton Fund Network or sign up for their Newton Newsletter? For more general news on international HE activities, take a look at the UK HE International Unit’s International Focus Newsletter. Another way to participate is to attend the international research workshops delivered by The British Council.

17 November 2015

Newton Fund – Current Opportunties

Funding opportunities Emily Cieciura

The UK HE International Unit has advised us of the following Newton Fund international opportunities:

DEADLINE	TIME	DETAILS OF CALL
23 November 2015		DEADLINE SOON! MULTI COUNTRY CALL-Newton Research Collaboration Programme
24 November 2015		DEADLINE SOON! MEXICO-RCUK-CONACYT Research Partnerships Call: UK – Mexico Call for Proposals 2015
02 December 2015	4pm GMT	DEADLINE EXTENDED! CHINA- Grants for UK-China Researcher Links workshops
07 December 2015	12pm GMT	BRAZIL- UK-Brazil collaborative industrial R&D competition
07 December 2015		INDIA-Newton Bhabha PhD Placement Programme
09 December 2015		CHINA- Newton Advanced Fellowships
09 December 2015		CHINA- Newton Mobility Grants
10 December 2015	4pm GMT	INDIA- Atmospheric Pollution & Human Health in an Indian Megacity
11 December 2015		INDIA- Newton Bhabha India – UK Advanced Training Schools
11 December 2015	4pm GMT	BRAZIL- Grants for UK-Brazil Researcher Links workshops
15 December 2015		NEW OPPORTUNITY! VIETNAM- Short-tem research fellowship opportunities in the UK under the NAFOSTED and UK Academies programme
17 December 2015	2pm GMT	MULTI COUNTRY CALL- Supporting Next Generation Policy Making – Pacific Alliance Pilot
08 January 2016	4.30pm GMT	CHILE- Newton-Picarte Chile-UK Experimental Development Call 2015
11 January 2016		SOUTH AFRICA- DST – NRF Fellowships for Early Career Researchers from the UK 2016
04 February 2016	12pm GMT	MEXICO- UK- Mexico Collaborative Industrial R&D Competition
23 March 2016	12pm GMT	NEW OPPORTUNITY! CHINA- UK-China research and innovation bridges competition
20 April 2016	12pm GMT	INDIA- UK-India collaborative industrial research and development competition: Clean-tech, affordable healthcare and ICT
APPLICATIONS ON A ROLLING BASIS	N/A	TURKEY- Fellowships for Visiting Scientists and Scientists on Sabbatical Leave

If you would like to apply for any of the above calls, please contact Emily Cieciura, Research Facilitator: EU & International or your Faculty’s Funding Development Officer.

To keep up to date with Newton Funding and share experiences with other academics, why not join the Newton Fund Network or sign up for their Newton Newsletter? For more general news on international HE activities, take a look at the UK HE International Unit’s International Focus Newsletter. Another way to participate is to attend the international research workshops delivered by The British Council.

28 July 2015

Euraxess – July highlights

Emily Cieciura

The Euraxess July newsletter is promoting the following opportunities that are relevant to Bournemouth University:

CONFAP-UK Academies: Fellowships, Research Mobility, and Young Investigator Awards for UK researchers in Brazil

Brazilian State Funding Agencies, articulated by its National Council (CONFAP), have launched a call for proposals offering support to researchers based in UK Universities and Research Institutions to spend from two weeks to four years working in research in Brazil, in collaboration with local colleagues.

The call offers support for researchers in the UK through:
a) Fellowships
b) Research Mobility Grants
c) Young Investigator Grants comprising a scholarship plus a research funding grant.

These Newton Fund activities offer an opportunity for UK researchers to develop the strengths and capabilities of their research groups through training, collaboration and reciprocal visits with a partner in some of the best research groups in the Brazil.

The second round of applications is now open and will close on 23 October 2015.

Science Slam

Do you have links with an Early Stage Researcher based in ASEAN, Brazil, China, India, Japan or North America? Then direct them to this scheme. First prize is a free trip to Europe, a one-day science communication workshop and a meeting with European Commission representatives in Brussels, Belgium, and a meeting at a European research institution of their choice! Closing dates are in September but applicants will need to check the information for their region.

Environmental sustainability in Europe and India

TECO “Technological Eco-Innovations for the Quality Control of Polluted Waters and Soils” is a new project funded by the European Union and coordinated by the Italian National Research Council (CNR) with the partnership of the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI – India).

The goal of TECO is to improve and promote collaborations between Europe and India in the field of environmental sustainability.

Grants are provided for the mobility of European researchers, engineers and experts to spend up to three months in Indian research institutes or private companies to open new professional collaborations and to develop innovative ideas in the field of new technologies applied to the decontamination of waters and soils.

The deadline is 15 September 2015. The mobility program will start from January 2016.

Newton Funding Opportunities (see also previous blog post)

There are currently 24 opportunities listed as open for applications by the Newton fund.

Locations include: Egypt, India,Indonesia,Kazakhstan,Mexico,Philippines,South Africa,Vietnam, Brazil, Turkey and Chile. A wide range of disciplines is also represented, from Agriculture to Rapid Urbanisation.

British Academy Newton Advanced Fellowships (see also previous blog post)

Newton Advanced Fellowships provide early to mid-career international researchers with an opportunity to develop their research strengths and capabilities, and those of their group or network, through training, collaboration and visits with a partner in the UK.

Sign up to receive your own copy of the Euraxess Newsletter so that you are the first to know about international opportunities.

19 January 2015

Euraxess – new workshops and events

Emily Cieciura

Euraxess UK is a British Council hub, which aids researchers in their career development, supporting mobility and acting as a support mechanism for researchers moving abroad or moving to the UK.

The following items have been highlighted in the current Euraxess Newsletter:

Researcher Links Workshop

Grants are now available for early career researchers to attend a Nutrition Policy to Practice in Pakistan: Exploring the Challenges and Research Opportunities workshop at the Serena Hotel, Islamabad, Pakistan between 8-11 March 2015.

Application forms can be downloaded from the website and the deadline to apply is 30 January 2015. Further eligibility criteria may apply, and applicants should read the Further Information document.

Researcher Links Complex Systems workshop in Brazil

Under the Researcher Links scheme offered by the British Council and FAPESP, there will be a workshop on Complex Systems held at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, between 8-13 March 2015. The workshop is being coordinated by Dr Murilo S. Baptista and Prof José R. C. Piqueira, and will have contributions from other leading researchers.

Early Career Researchers from the UK or Brazil are invited to apply to attend this workshop before the deadline for applications, 23 January 2015.

Newton International and Newton Advanced Fellowships- UK/Mexico/Brazil

Scholarships and grants are announced for UK Researchers focusing on Clinical and Patient oriented research from The Academy of Medical Science/CONACYT -Mexico/CONFAP-Brazil. The duration and terms of the awards vary between partners. Further detailed information can be found on specific programmes can be found on the Academy’s website.

You can sign up to receive the British Council – Euraxess alerts direct to your inbox. For more information about Euraxess, please go to the British Council website. For example, read more about FameLab, part of the Northern Ireland Science Festival, which runs from 19 Feb – 1 March 2015.

22 December 2014

NERC – Announcement of workshop ‘Sustainable Gas Futures’, Brazil, 25 – 27 February 2015

Funding opportunities Emily Cieciura

NERC is inviting applications from UK scientists and industry representatives to attend a jointly organised workshop with FAPESP Sao Paulo Research Foundation in Brazil on 25 – 27 February 2015 to scope the science themes for the this new Newton Fund programme.

The Announcement of Opportunity for participants to attend the scoping workshop, is available on the NERC website. Applicants will need to submit the Expression of Interest form by 12:00 (UK time) on 13 January 2015 to newtonsgf@nerc.ac.uk so that decisions can be made and outcomes known by the 16 January 2015.

For further information contact Michelle Truman (Email: newtonsgf@nerc.ac.uk or Tel: + 44 (0)1793 411700)

19 June 2013

Contacts in Brazil? Funding is available but you need to act super fast!

Corrina Lailla Osborne

The Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) and the British Council are jointly funding a series of workshops to promote research collaboration between Sao Paulo Estate and the UK with a deadline of 14 July 2013 .

The main themes for the workshops are in the areas of Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities (Sports Events and their legacy for the local community could be one of interest at the moment). Each workshop must be coordinated by two leading researchers, one from each country, and target up to 20 early career researchers from each country. Detailed information on the call can be found here .

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