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16 February 2022

Royal College of Pathologists – Public Engagement Innovation Grant Scheme: Deadline 1 June 2022

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The Public Engagement Innovation Grant Scheme provides financial support for the delivery of pathology-related activities and events in the UK.

Grants of up to £1,000 are available for individuals or organisations who wish to develop pathology-related public engagement activities or events.

The Innovation Grant Scheme aims to:

inspire innovative and creative pathology related public engagement projects and activities
raise public awareness of, and engagement with, pathology, in particular with those who would not normally engage with the topic
develop the science communication skills of pathologists and laboratory scientists
stimulate discussion about pathology between pathologists and the public in order to motivate, inspire and enthuse both parties about the value of pathology and its role in prevention, diagnosis and treatment

How to apply

The Public Engagement Innovation Grant Scheme 2022 is now open.

If you would like to apply for funding for an eligible project, please download the documents and return the completed application form to publicengagement@rcpath.org by 23:59 on Wednesday 1 June 2022.

RCPath grant scheme applicant guidelines 2022

RCPath grant scheme information 2022

RCPath grant scheme application form 2022

Should you require any further information, please contact publicengagement@rcpath.org

Alternatively, please contact Adam Morris (BU Engagement Officer) if you would like advice on planning or submitting your application publicengagement@bournemouth.ac.uk

15 February 2022

Monitoring & Evaluating Impact: Free online training session Monday 28 February 2022

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Free online training session: Monday 28 February 2022 9:30-11:00am

About this session

Evidencing impact from research remains a huge challenge.

This workshop from Fast Track Impact will build on the paper by Mark Reed et al, “Evaluating impact from research: A methodological framework” (recommended reading prior to the workshop) to consider methods for evidencing impact in three particularly challenging areas: capacity building, policy and cultural impacts.

The three speakers will provide a variety of insights, case studies, methods and tips from their specialisms in evaluating impact.

Rachel Blanche (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh) will discuss how arts-based methods can be used to capture impacts in non-arts contexts and settings, representing a source of untapped potential for evaluation practice.
Poppy Townsend (UKRI) will consider how to evaluate capacity building impact from data services.
Mark Reed will discuss the evaluation of policy impacts.

The session includes significant time for group interaction, and participants are encouraged to bring their own evaluation challenges to the group for discussion.

Register here

15 February 2022

Royal Society of Chemistry Inclusion & Diversity Fund – Application Deadline: Monday 25 April 2022

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Do you have a great idea for a project that will help make the chemical sciences community more inclusive and diverse?

About the fund

The Inclusion & Diversity Fund provides financial support for innovative products, activities and research projects.

Previous recipients of funding have included projects related to gender, disability, socio-economic background, language, race and ethnicity, the LGBT+ community and more. These have been delivered via initiatives such as data collection and analysis, workshops, conferences and hackathons.

Who can apply

The grant scheme is open to everyone (individuals and organisations). This includes, but is not limited to, members of the Royal Society of Chemistry, member-led groups, researchers in academia or industry, museums, community groups, not-for-profit organisations, arts groups and libraries.

Previous recipients of any of our grants are welcome to apply for funding. This can be to scale-up a project that already exists or to fund the development of an original project. Applicants should not resubmit an unsuccessful application unless invited to do so.

How to apply

You can use this preview of the application form to help you prepare your answers, but applications must be submitted through the online SmartSurvey form using the button below.

Apply here

Application deadlines

The Inclusion & Diversity Fund accepts applications throughout the year, which are reviewed in two rounds per year.

Deadlines	Round 1	Round 2
Application submissions due by:	Monday, 25 April 2022	Monday, 19 September 2022
Funding decisions returned by:	Friday, 10 June 2022	Friday, 4 November 2022

For more information, please contact the Inclusion and diversity team: diversity@rsc.org

Alternatively, please contact Adam Morris (BU Engagement Officer) if you would like advice on planning or submitting your application publicengagement@bournemouth.ac.uk

15 February 2022

Upcoming Research Impact Workshops – book now!

Training alazar

We have five RKEDF Impact-related workshops coming up over the next month; please use the links below to book onto them via OD:

Impact and Funding Applications: 16th February at 15:00

Influencing Policy – with Professor Mark Reed: 1st March at 13:00

Getting started with research Impact: what is it?: 8th March at 14:00

Inspirational Impact – a lunchtime seminar with Professor Zulfiqar Khan: 24th March at 13:00

Evidencing Impact – with Saskia Gent: 29th March at 9:30

We’d be delighted to see you there!

If you have any questions, please contact the Impact Advisors – Amanda Lazar or Beth Steiner

11 February 2022

Society for Microbiology – Science and Outreach Grant: Deadline Sunday 10 April 2022

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Grants of up to £1,000 are available to support relevant science teaching or promotion initiatives, or to support developments likely to lead to an improvement in the teaching of any aspect of microbiology.

A variety of educational outreach activities to promote public engagement with microbiology will be considered for support. These might include:

Talks, workshops, demonstrations, posters, leaflets, broadcasts, activities at science festivals and audio-visual or computer-based packages.
Activities that take place as part of a National Science and Engineering Week event at the applicant’s place of work

Up to £1,000 will be awarded to contribute to the expenses of the proposed activity. Activities as part of organisation open days or UCAS days will not be eligible for funding.

Maximum award: £1,000
Deadlines: 10 April 2022 & 2 October 2022
Eligible membership categories: Full Concessionary and Postgraduate Student Members
Minimum membership: None required

Find out more and apply now

Applications to the first round of the 2022 scheme (for activities taking place after 1 June 2022) are now open and will close on Sunday 10 April 2022.

Enquiries about this scheme should be made by email to grants@microbiologysociety.org.

If you would like advice on submitting your application, please contact Adam Morris (Engagement Officer).

10 February 2022

Hard to reach or hard to engage?

international, PG research, Publishing, student research, writing Edwin van Teijlingen

Congratulations to FHSS PhD students Aniebiet Ekong and Nurudeen Adesina on the acceptance of their paper by MIDIRS Midwifery Digest [1]. This methodological paper reflects on their data collection approaches as part of their PhD involving African pregnant women in the UK.

This paper provides a snapshot of some of the challenges encountered during the recruitment of pregnant Black African women living in the UK for their research. Though there are several strategies documented to access/invite/recruit these ‘hard-to-reach population’ these recruitment strategies however were found to be unsuitable to properly engage members of this community. Furthermore, ethical guidelines around informed consent and gatekeeping seem to impede the successful engagement of the members of this community. It is believed that an insight into the experience and perceptions of ethnic minorities researchers will enhance pragmatic strategies that will increase future participation and retention of Black African women across different areas of health and social care research. This paper is co-authored with their BU PhD supervisors: Dr Jaqui-Hewitt Taylor, Dr Juliet Wood, Dr Pramod Regmi and Dr Fotini Tsofliou.

Well done !

Pramod Regmi

Ekong, A., Adesina, N., Regmi, P., Tsofliou, F., Wood, J. and Taylor, J., 2022. Barriers and Facilitators to the recruitment of Black African women for research in the UK: Hard to engage and not hard to reach. MIDIRS Midwifery Digest (accepted).

10 February 2022

British Ecological Society Outreach Grant: Deadline Friday 18 March

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Apply now for outreach grants of up to £2,000 from the British Ecological Society

Applications for the Outreach Grant should promote and engage the public with the science of ecology. Grants will not be awarded for purely nature conservation purposes or any activity that does not promote the science of ecology.

Projects will be supported that:

Increase public understanding of, and engagement with, ecology
Stimulate discussion about ecology and its implications for society
Inspire and enthuse people of all ages about the science of ecology, especially those not previously interested
Develop skills in communicating the science of ecology

Find out more and apply now

Application deadline: 5pm on Friday 18 March 2022

If you would like advice on submitting your application, please contact Adam Morris (Engagement Officer).

9 February 2022

Talks on Science, Health, and Data Communications Winter/Spring 2022

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The Science, Health, and Data Communications Research Centre invites you to our Winter-Spring 2022 research series. These talks are open to the public, and encompass topics on representations of bodies in the media, managing your health data, immersive media, and community responses to suicide.

Register for events on EventBrite.

SHDC-RC is an emerging interdisciplinary, cross-faculty centre seeking to explore the ways in which specialised knowledge and information is communicated to the public, including policy-makers and front-line workers, and how mass communication (such as journalism and entertainment media) conveys and represents these areas to audiences.

Carina Westling: Audience Experience in Immersive Media Contexts

Date: Thursday, 17 February 2022 at 14:00 GMT
Further details and registration.

Juhan Sonin – Own Your Healthcare Experience: an Open Source Path

Date: Thursday, 3 March 2022 at 14:00 GMT
Further details and registration.

Alex Ketchum – Toolkits for Engaging in Public Scholarship

Date: Thursday, 10 March 2022 at 14:00 GMT
Further details and registration.

Ann Luce – Supporting communities to respond to suspected suicide clusters

Date: Thursday, 17 March 2022 at 14:00 GMT
Further details and registration.

Susan Oman – ‘Following the Data’ to understand well-being data

Date: Thursday, 31 March 2022 at 14:00 BST
Further details and registration.

Catalin Brylla – Destigmatising ‘non-normative’ Bodies through Media Rep

Date: Thursday, 5 May 2022 at 14:00 BST
Further details and registration.

Jennifer Rudd – From Climate Change Ignorant to Climate Change Educator

Date: Thursday, 19 May 2022 at 14:00 BST
Further details and registration.

8 February 2022

OPEN: Internal Expressions of interest for the Leverhulme Research Leadership Award

Funding opportunities apekalski

Bournemouth University invites expressions of interest from early and mid-career researchers at Bournemouth University, looking to build a research team to tackle a distinctive research problem.

The purpose of this scheme is to support talented scholars who have successfully launched a university career and are now looking to build a research team of sufficient scale to tackle a distinctive research problem. This opportunity will allow for the development and demonstration of research leadership of a modest team, whose research has potential to significantly change the established landscape in a particular field of inquiry.

Institutions are permitted to submit only one application. Applicants should have held a university post for at least two years, but not have developed their research such that the trajectory of their contribution has not been firmly established.

More information about the scheme is available from the Leverhulme Trust. Candidates are advised to check the eligibility criteria very carefully.

Candidates who are interested in making an application to the Leverhulme Research Leadership Award are asked to first submit the expression of interest application by 12pm 1^st March 2022 to apekalski@bournemouth.ac.uk . The application form and assessment criteria can be found here: I:\RDS\Public\1. Leverhulme Research Leadership Awards Competition 2022.

Timeline:

08-02-2022	RDS advertise Expression of Interest (EoI)competition for call
12pm on 01-03-2022	EoI deadline (EoIs to be sent to RDS)
By 02-03-2022	Papers (applications) sent to DDRPPs
By 18-03-2022	DDRPPs panel meeting decision and feedback disseminated to applicants
18-03-2022	RDS to contact Leverhulme to provide the Trust with the applicant’s name, departmental affiliation, and email address. Access will then be granted to the Leverhulme Trust Grants Management System
March – June	Applicants develop proposals with the support of RDS
w/c 30-05-2022	e-Submission checks performed by RDS
10-06-2022	Leverhulme Research Leadership Award Deadline

If you have further questions or queries, please contact Alexandra Pekalski (apekalski@bournemouth.ac.uk) to discuss your suitability for this opportunity.

8 February 2022

Q&A sessions for Research Impact Fund and Public Engagement Fund

Funding opportunities, Public engagement alazar

The second call for the funds is now live. Book now for Q&A sessions on applying for funding.

The deadline for applications to both funds is Monday 28th February at 17:00. There will be two further Q&A sessions to answer any queries you may have about applying, at 14:00 on 21st February and 10:00 on 24th February. You can book here.

Applicants are strongly advised to contact Impact Advisors Beth Steiner or Amanda Lazar (RIF) or Engagement Officer Adam Morris (PER) to discuss their proposals.

Research Impact Fund

The Research Impact Fund is split into two strands:

	Aim	Amount	Who can apply?
Strand 1	To support the development of new research partnerships and networks, to lay the groundwork for future research projects, i.e., to engage with key stakeholders, and establish partnerships and networks to support the co-creation of research questions	Up to £2,000	Early career researchers (within 7 years of completing their doctorate, or equivalent experience, not associate professors / professors) and staff new to research (have not published an academic output, or received internal or external funding for research)
Strand 2	To provide support for emerging impact from your own existing underpinning research, i.e., to support the development of research impact across BU and begin to identify potential case studies for post-REF2021 exercises	Up to £4,000	Academic staff who have existing published research which has the potential for impact, or is starting to result in impact

What we’re looking for

Applicants must demonstrate a clear understanding of how their own research – whether proposed or existing – can lead to impact. The UKRI defines research impact as “an effect on, change or benefit to the economy, society, culture, public policy or services, health, the environment or quality of life, beyond academia”.

How to apply

Research Impact Fund. Please first read the policy and guidance notes. Then submit the relevant online form. PDF versions are supplied so you may preview the form, but must not be submitted. Supporting statements from HoDs may be submitted via email.

Strand 1 application form

Strand 1 application form pdf version

Strand 2 application form

Strand 2 application form PDF version

Applications must be submitted by Monday 28th February at 17:00. If you have any questions about either of the funding calls, please email Amanda Edwards.

Public Engagement funding stream

This call is for researchers at all stages of their careers to support the development and delivery of public engagement with research activities.

What we’re looking for

You will need to demonstrate that your proposed activity will involve a two-way interaction between you and your chosen public. The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE) defines public engagement as “the myriad ways in which the activity and benefits of… research can be shared with the public”.

“Engagement is, by definition, a two-way process, involving interaction and listening, with the goal of generating mutual benefit.” NCCPE

How to apply

Public Engagement funding stream Please first read the policy and applicant guidance. Then submit the online application form. A PDF version is supplied so you may preview the form, but must not be submitted. Supporting statements from HoDs may be submitted via email.

Applications must be submitted by Monday 28th February.

If you’d like to discuss your application with Adam Morris (Engagement Officer), please make an appointment.

BU’s Research Principles

Applications to the Public Engagement with Research funding stream are assessed by the Research Impact Fund Panel. To put the Research Impact Fund into strategic context, under BU2025, the following funding panels operate to prioritise applications for funding and make recommendations to the Research Performance and Management Committee (RPMC).

There are eight funding panels:

HEIF Funding Panel

GCRF Funding Panel

Research Impact Funding Panel

Doctoral Studentship Funding Panel

ACORN Funding Panel

Research Fellowships Funding Panel

Charity Support Funding Panel

SIA Funding panel

Please see further announcements regarding each initiative.

These panels align with the BU2025 focus on research, including BU’s Research Principles.  Specifically, but not exclusively, regarding the Research Impact Funding Panel, please refer to:

Principle 5 – which sets of the context for such funding panels,
Principle 6 and Outcome 9 – which recognises the need for interdisciplinarity and the importance of social science and humanities (SSH).

8 February 2022

Reminder – RKEDF Workshop Monday 14 March: Introduction to Community Engagement

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This is a brand new session for 2021-22 – providing an introduction to what is involved when developing mutually beneficial research partnerships with communities. It will also help you decide whether it is the favoured approach for you and your community partners.

The session will be delivered by the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement and is aimed at those working in universities who want to know more about community engagement and are interested in the potential of applying a community-engaged research approach.

Learning objectives:

Consider your knowledge and understanding of community engagement and community engaged research
Explore the continuum of collaborative research with communities
Think about what helps to build strong community engagement and enhance your skills by experimenting with these ideas
Reflect on how community engagement relates to your own work and roles.

By the end of this session, you will:

Understand how community engagement works
Be aware of how community engagement relates to your own work
Have an understanding of what makes strong community engagement

Workshop	Date	Time	Location
Introduction to Community Engagement	Monday 14th March 2022	14:00 – 16:30	Online

To book a place on this workshop please complete the booking form.

For any queries, please contact Organisational Development.

8 February 2022

We can help promote your public engagement event or activity

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At BU we promote and celebrate the work done to engage public audiences with BU research.

The public engagement with research team in Research Development and Support (RDS) can help promote your event to relevant audiences through our regular newsletter and social media channels. It also helps us to stay informed on the public engagement work being carried out by BU.

Please note: we are keen to promote BU public engagement with research activity wherever possible, but completing this form does not guarantee that we will be able to promote your event. To be considered for inclusion, your event or activity must be;

Focused on BU research, either solely or as part of a wider programme.
- Events or activities that do not involve BU research, such as marketing or recruitment events, will not be accepted.
Intended for and open to non-academic audiences, either entirely or as a portion of the audience.
Submitted, at the latest, in the first two weeks of the month preceding the event.
- For example, an event taking place in June should be submitted via the form any time before 14 May. This is due to lead times on producing and sending the newsletter.

Event descriptions may be edited for consistency in style with other content. If you have any questions about this process, please contact us.

7 February 2022

Wessex REACH Initiative – ECR group discussion dates

Suzy Wignall

Are you interested or involved in research?
Wessex REACH Initiative- training/mentorship/funding support

The Wessex REACH Initiative is an NIHR funded Incubator working to increase health and social care research capacity in the Wessex region. To help ensure that everyone has access to the training and support they need, we are undertaking a series of group discussions to explore experiences of accessing training/mentoring/funding opportunities. All discussions will be held online.
We would really like to speak to anyone who is in the early stage of their research career. You may be an early career researcher, a first time Principal or Lead Investigator or someone who has not held research funding previously but would like to.
Available dates
Mar 21: 12pm-1pm
Mar 28: 10am-11am
Mar 29: 11am-12pm
Apr 4 : 1pm-2pm
Expression of interest

Email your preferred date to info@wessexreach.org.uk

Further enquiries:

Eunice Aroyewun, info@wessexreach.org.uk

1 February 2022

Congratulations again to PhD student Sulochana Dhakal-Rai

international, open access, Publishing, student research, writing Edwin van Teijlingen

Congratulations to Bournemouth University’s PhD student Sulochana Dhakal-Rai on the publication today of the latest paper from her research thesis. This latest paper ‘Factors contributing to rising cesarean section rates in South Asian countries: A systematic review‘ has been published in the Asian Journal of Medical Sciences [1].

The paper is part of her PhD study of the rising CS rate in Nepal. This systematic review is co-authored with her BU PhD supervisors, Dr. Juliet Wood, Dr. Pramod Regmi and Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen as well as her Nepal-based supervisors Dr. Ganesh Dangel (FHSS Visiting Faculty) and Dr. Keshar Bahadur Dhakal. This is the sixth paper from Sulochana’s interesting and highly topical PhD thesis. The previous five were published in 2018, 2019 and 2021 [2-6].

Congratulations!

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

CMMPH

References:

Dhakal-Rai, S, van Teijlingen E, Regmi,PR, Wood J, Dangal G, Dhakal KB. (2022) Factors contributing to rising cesarean section rates in South Asian countries: A systematic review, Asian J Med Sci 13(2): 143-174.
Dhakal-Rai, S, van Teijlingen E, Regmi,PR, Wood J, Dangal G, Dhakal KB. (2021) Caesarean Section for Non-medical Reasons: A Rising Public Health Issue. J Karnali Acad Health Sci 2021;4(2)
Dhakal-Rai, S., van Teijlingen, E., Regmi, P., Wood, J., Dangal, G., Dhakal, K.B. (2021) A brief history and indications for cesarean section. J Patan Acad Health Sci, 8: e1-e10.
Dhakal-Rai, S., van Teijlingen, E, Regmi, P, Wood, J, Dangal, G, Dhakal, KB. (2021) Classification of Caesarean Section: A Scoping Review of the Robson classification. Nep J Obstet Gynecol. 16(32):2-9.
Dhakal-Rai, S., Regmi, PR, van Teijlingen, E, Wood, J., Dangal G, Dhakal, KB. (2018) Rising Rate of Caesarean Section in Urban Nepal, J Nepal Health Res Council 16(41): 479-80.
Dhakal Rai, S., Poobalan, A., Jan, R., Bogren, M., Wood, J., Dangal, G., Regmi, P., van Teijlingen, E., Dhakal, K.B., Badar, S.J., Shahid, F. (2019) Caesarean Section rates in South Asian cities: Can midwifery help stem the rise? J Asian Midwives, 6(2):4–22.

31 January 2022

Request for feedback – MHRA clinical trials consultation

NHS, Research Ethics Suzy Wignall

The Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (the MHRA) have launched a public consultation into clinical trials.

The aim of the consultation is to streamline approvals, enable innovation, enhance clinical trials transparency, enable greater risk proportionality, and promote patient and public involvement.

There will be a 1 hour meeting on Monday 14th February at 1pm until 2pm, where you can offer your thoughts and feedback for BU’s institutional response.

If you wish to attend the meeting, please get in touch to be added to the invitation.

If you are unable to make the above time but wish to offer your thoughts, please email clinicalresearch@bournemouth.ac.uk to ensure your feedback is included.

28 January 2022

Second Call for Research Impact and Public Engagement funds – apply now!

Funding opportunities, HEIF, Public engagement alazar

We are pleased to announce a further call for applications to the Research Impact Fund and the Public Engagement funding stream

The deadline for applications to both funds is Monday 28th February at 17:00. There will be two further Q&A sessions to answer any queries you may have about applying, at 14:00 on 21st February and 10:00 on 24th February. Links for booking via OD will be shared on the Research Blog when they are available.

Applicants are strongly advised to contact Impact Advisors Beth Steiner or Amanda Lazar (RIF) or Engagement Officer Adam Morris (PER) to discuss their proposals.