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Good Luck and Congratulations!

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December was unusually busy and January has also seen a great deal of activity around bids being submitted and awarded, with Schools winning consultancy contracts, research grants and organising Short Courses and Master Classes.  For DEC, congratulations are due to Chris Benjamin for his consultancy contract with TMSS, to Jonathan Cobb, Zulfiqar Khan, Reza Sahandi and Ian Swain respectively for securing match-funding for studentships and good luck to Siamak Noroozi and David Newell with their forthcoming short courses.

For HSC congratulations are due to Caroline Ellis-Hill for her award from the NIHR, to Jonathan Parker for winning both an award and a consultancy contract, to Anthea Innes for her consultancy contract with ECE Architecture, to Peter Thomas for his two consultancy contracts, and good luck to Sarah Cheesman with her short courses and also to Sue Way, Denyse King, and Alison Taylor with theirs.

Congratulations to the MS for Jian Zhang’s award for Intuitive Motion Data Retrieval and Synthesis, to Stuart Allan’s for his Gambrinus Fellowship, to Melanie Gray and Mike Molesworth for their consultancy contracts with Revelation Marketing, to Stephanie Farmer for her consultancy contracts, with Micronav and YYS International, and good luck to David McQueen with his short course on Media policy post-Leveson. 

For ST congratulations go to Heather Hartwell for securing match-funding for a studentship, to Adam Blake for his contract for a collaborative project with Price Waterhouse Cooper for delivery to HMRC and good luck to Richard Gordon with his forthcoming short courses, including training diplomatic staff.

For ApSci, congratulations are due to Emma Jenkins for her Early Career Researcher award from the AHRC, to Andrew Ford who, in addition to winning two NERC awards, has also secured consultancy contracts with Anesco and the Intellectual Property Office, to Genoveva Esteban for her KTP with Sembcorp Bournemouth Water Ltd, to Dave Parham for his consultancy contract, to Laura Basell and Tim Darvill for their awards from English Heritage, and to Richard Stillman, who has won had an award from Natural England, and secured contracts with DEFRA and the Marine Management Organisation. 

For applications and bids submitted, good luck to George Filis in the BS, who has submitted an application to the European Commission for a Marie Curie IAPP, and Dinusha Medis’ for an application to the Intellectual Property Office to investigate 3D Printing and IP Implications for SMEs, and to Heather Hartwell of ST for her application to the European Commission for a Marie Curie IAPP award, to Lisa Stuchberry for her two contracts with Bournemouth Borough Council,  and with Bangor University, Bournemouth and Pool College and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council, to Heather Hartwell for her British Academy application, to Keith Hayman for his tender, and to Jon Hibbert with his Bournemouth Borough Council contract.

Good luck to Abdelhamid Bouchachia (DEC) for his application to the European Commission for an award to investigate Cognitive Robot Companion for Dynamic Learning, and to Tian Feng, Hongnian Yu and Keith Phalp who are also applying to the European Commission, to Zulfiquar Khan for his application to the World Bank and his forthcoming conference on Advances in Engineering Design and their Industrial Applications, to Sarah Williams for her application to the Health Foundation, to Andrew Mayers with his application to the Department for Education,  and to Jacqui Taylor for her HEA application.

In HSC, good luck goes to Keith Brown who is applying for three separate KTPs, and also contract for research with Somerset County Council, to Caroline Ellis-Hill for her application to The stroke Academy, to Anthea Innes, who has submitted an application to the European Commission, another to the MRC and a consultancy contract with Guild Care, to Peter Thomas who has submitted an application to NIHR, to Edwin Van Teijlingen for his application,  to Sarah Hean for her contract with the Health Foundation, to Association for Medical Education in Europe, to Lee-Ann Fenge-Davies for her HEA application and to Clare Cutler’s contract with the Alzheimer’s Society.

Good luck is due to Jian Zhang (MS) who has submitted two European Commission applications, to Heather Savigny with her AHRC application, Lihua You who has an application in to the Royal Academy of Engineering, Dean Wright with his consultancy contract with the iHEED Institute, and to Tom Watson with his application to The Arthur W. Page Center.

Finally good luck in ApSci to Adrian Newton, who has applications submitted to NERC and to the Yayasan Sime Darby Foundation, to Richard Stillman for his application to the Leverhulme and to Daniel Franklin for his NERC application and Mark Maltby for his AHRC application, to Rob Britton for his application to the The Fisheries Society Of The British Isles, to Tim Darvill with his English Heritage contract, to Bronwen Russell with her consultancy contract with Waddeton Park Ltd, and good luck to David Ossleton with his series of short courses for Forensic Lawyers.

Best wishes

Matthew

Good luck & Congratulations!

Awarded & submitted bids

I would like to offer congratulations to Julie Robson and Chris Chapleo (Business School) for being awarded funding from the TSB Classic KTP, Stephanie Farmer (Media School) for securing a contract with XPRIZE, Jonathan Monteith (ApSci) for his successful application to Anesco.

Congratulations are also due to Karina Gerdau-Radonic (ApSci), Adrian Newton (ApSci), Roger Herbert (ApSci) and Paola Palma (ApSci) for arranging their various short courses.

I would like to wish good luck to Andrew Ford (ApSci) for his application for a NERC Grant, Samuel Nyman (DEC) for his application to EPSRC – EOI, Jonathan Parker and Sara Crabtree for their application for funding from ESRC, Kris Erickson (Media School) for his application to ESRC, Chris Chapleo and Tim Ford, Ke Rong and Donald Nordberg (Business School) for their applications for funding to BA/Leverhulme, Sarah Williams (DEC) for her application for funding to the Bupa Foundation,  Stephanie Farmer (Media School) for her application to Pumpseal UK, Lihua You (Media School) for his application to Royal Academy of Engineering, Ana Adi (Media School) for her application to KidZone Direct, Max Lowestein (Business School) for his application to SLSA, Lindsay Watson (Media School) for her application for funding from Skillset, Adrian Newton (ApSci) for his application to EC FP7 Collaborative Stage 1 (of 2), Jon Williams and Lu Esteves (ApSci) for their application to EC FP7 Collaborative Stage 1 (of 2), David Parham (ApSci) for his application to English Heritage.

Best wishes

Matthew

Good luck & Congratulations!

Awarded & submitted bids

Congratulations to Roger Herbert (ApSci) for his matched funding from Natural England, Zhidong Xiao (Media School) for securing funding from Wuhan Vocational College of Software and Engineering to run Wuhan Teachers Training Programme in Computer Animation, Anthea Innes and Clive Andrewes (HSC) for their funding from TSB, Kip Jones (HSC) for securing funding from ESRC, Caroline Ellis-Hill (HSC) for running the Masterclass: Systematic Reviews and Jonathan Monteith (ApSci) for his funding received from Blandford Forum Town Council.

Good luck to Raian Ali (DEC) for his application to Marie Curie, to both Zulfiqar Khan (DEC) and Venky Dubey for their applications to EPSRC/DST, Hongchuan YU (Media School) for his application to AHRC, Heather Savigny (Media School) for her application to the British Academy, Rosie Read (bid led by Bradford University) for her ESRC dementia initiative, Mary-Ann Robertson and Clive Andrewes for their application to the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospital, Chris Shiel (ApSci) for her EC – FP7 Collaborative Stage 1 (of 2) application, Anita Diaz (ApSci) for her application to the Higher Education Authority, Richard Stillman (ApSci) for his applications to the Marine Management Organisation – RPS  and HR Wallingford, Peter Comninos (Media School) for his EC FP7 Collaborative Stage 1 (of 2) application and Anthea Innes and Samuel Nyman (HSC) for their EC FP7 – Health – collaborative project Stage 1 (of 2) application.

Best wishes

Matthew

Good luck & Congratulations!

Awarded & submitted bids

It’s been a great fortnight for the School of Applied Sciences! Congratulations to Richard Stillman (ApSci) for his matched funding from Natural England and his funding from The British Association for Shooting and Conservation, Paul Cheetham (ApSci) for his funding from Inforce, Adrian Newton (ApSci) for his funding from Forestry Commission, Bronwen Russell and Jonathan Monteith (ApSci) for their funding from Dorset County Council and CgMs Consulting and Genoveva Esteban (ApSci) for her funding from SembCorp.

Good luck to Anthea Innes, Patricia McParland, Samuel Nyman and Stephen Page (BUDI, HSC) for their application to ESRC – Dementia Initiative, David Secchi and Fabian Homberg (BS) for their application for a Leverhulme Research Grant, Vanora Hundley (HSC), Edwin Van Teijlingen (HSC) and Ann Luce (Media School) for their cross-School application for a Leverhulme Research Grant, Sarah Hean and Will Haydock (HSC) with their application to Offender Health South West, Anthea Innes (HSC) for her application to NHS Bournemouth and Poole, Lesley Milne, Vanora Hundley and Edwin Van Teijlingen (HSC) for their application to the Wellbeing of Women – Midwives International Fellowship Award, Anthea Innes, Patricia McParland and Clare Cutler for their applications to South West Dementia Partnership – Dementia Challenge Fund, Amanda Korstjens (ApSci) for their application to Primate Conservation Incorporated and to Dave Parham (ApSci) for his applications to English Heritage,

Best wishes

Matthew

Good Luck and Congratulations!

Awarded & submitted bids

Congratulations to Venky Dubey (DEC) for securing funding from the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia (NIAA)/Obstetric Anaesthetists Association (OAA), Christos Gatzidis (DEC) for securing funding from the European Commision – Leonardo programmes, Crispin Farbrother (School of Tourism) for the implementation of the Hospitality Services – WSET Short course series

Good luck to Venky Dubey and Alexander Pasko (DEC) for their application for funding from the Wellcome Trust and Julie Robson and Chris Chapleo (Business School) for their application to the Technology Strategy Board

Good Luck and Congratulations!

Awarded & submitted bids

Congratulations to Dean Wright (Media School) for securing funding from both Air-site Ltd and Dorling Kindersley Ltd and Kathy Hodder (ApSci) for securing funding from Fieldwork Ecological Services Ltd.

Good luck to Jaqui Hewitt-Taylor (HSC) for her Nuffield Foundation Outline application, Heather Hartwell (School of Tourism), Barry Richards (Media School), Darren Lilleker (Media School), Anita Diaz (ApSci), Rob Britton (ApSci) and Elena Cantarello (ApSci) for their applications to EC – Marie Curie – IEF and Jian Chang (Media School) for his application to EC – Marie Curie – IIF.

Good luck & Congratulations!

Awarded & submitted bids

Congratulations to Alessandro Inversini (School of Tourism) for securing funding from the EC Lifelong Learning Programme, Mark Dover (Applied Sciences) for securing funding from Dataloft, Phillipa Gillingham (Applied Sciences) for her funding from the Environment Agency, Bronwen Russell and Jonny Monteith (Applied Sciences) for their funding from the East Coker Preservation Trust, Martin Smith (Applied Sciences) for running the Temporary Mortuary short course to cover Mass Graves Cancellation, David Osselton (Applied Sciences) for running the Forensics for Lawyers short course series.

Good luck to Anthea Innes (Health and Social Care) for her application to the TSB KTP, Jonathan Parker (Health and Social Care) for his application to the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, Genoveva Esteban (Applied Sciences) for her application to Sempcorp, Roger Herbert (Applied Sciences) for his application to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee.

Best wishes

Matthew

Good luck and Congratulations!

Awarded & submitted bids

Congratulations to Rudy Gozlan for securing a NERC Algorithm Studentship, Alan Fyall for securing funding from the ESRC and for Developing a Citizen Brand Ambassador Workshop to be held on 10 July 2012 with 60 participants, Shuang Cang for securing funding from the European Commission, Mike Molesworth for securing funding from Work Research Limited, Dean Wright for submitting a project to Lennox Blackwood, Jonathan Parker for securing funding from the Higher Education Academy and Steve Calver for securing funding from both The National Trust and Teachers Building Society.

Congratulations also to Anthea Innes for securing funding from NIHR, Luisa Cescutti-Butler for the bid to hold the Examination of the Newborn Study Day on 12 September in Bournemouth, Bronwen Russell for her various submissions to Distributed Generation Limited, Waddeton Park Ltd, Balfour Beatty Construction Scottish and Southern Limited and Anesco, Kathy Hodder for her submission to Fieldwork Ecological Services Ltd, Tim Darvill for successfully securing funding from Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society, Martin Smith for securing the BABAO Conference, Ruth Towse and Martin Kretschmer for What Constitutes Evidence for Copyright Policy and Kip Jones for Pathways to Impact: diversity and the rural community at the ESRC Festival of Social Science.

Good luck to Indre Zliobaite for submitting a Grant application to EPSRC – First Grant scheme, Trevor Hearing for submitting a project to NESTA, Peter Thomas and Zoe Sheppard for submitting a bid to NIHR, Alan Fyall for submitting an application for funding to the Crown Estates via Big Lottery Fund, Heather Hartwell for submitting a tender to Food Standards Agency, Edwin Teijlingen for submitting an application for funding to MRC, Jacqui Taylor for her submission to Southampton Solent University, Dorothy Fox for her submission to Louth Leader Partnership, Steve Calver for his submission to Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation, Jian Zhang for his submission to EPSRC – Health Care Tech Challenges for Engineering, Vanora Hundley, Edwin Teijlingen, Anne Luce and Catherine Angell for their application to RDF – Small Grant Scheme 31 May 2012, Peter Thomas and Zoe Sheppard for their funding application to NIHR (The Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust leads), Venky Dubey for his application to NIHR.

The Research Blog wins a GOLD Heist award!

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Last week the BU Research Blog won a prestigious Gold Heist Award in the Best Internal Communication Campaign category at a glittering awards ceremony in Leeds. HURRAY! 😀

The Best Internal Communication Campaign category examines awareness campaigns aimed at staff, students or both. Judges were looking for a project with the purpose of improving internal knowledge, awareness and engagement. There were 10 institutions short-listed in the category.

The judges commented that the Research Blog was a innovative within the sector and a ‘great way to motivate and engage with staff, bringing a sense of community’.

The Heist Awards have grown continually over the past 20 years to become the premier awards programme for Education Marketing within further and higher educaton and its aim is to recognise and celebrate professionalism and innovation in the sector.

Thank you to everyone who contributes to the Research Blog by subscribing to the daily digest, adding posts, alerting us to news stories, adding comments, etc, and also to CEMP for designing and maintaining the Blog.

Good luck and Congratulations!

Awarded & submitted bids

Congratulations to Tania Humphries-Smith (DEC) for securing funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering for an industry visiting professor, Zulfiqar Khan (DEC) for winning a contract with My Floodmate Ltd to research a revised flood barrier and for a contract with IT & Engineering Services Ltd, Richard Stillman (ApSci) for securing funding from Cefas for phase 2 of the Bridgewater Bay Project and for a contract with HR Wallingford, Roger Herbert (ApSci) for a contract with Natural England to research marine food webs, Tim Darvill and Bronwen Russell (ApSci) for securing further funding from English Heritage for the AIP project, Carol Bond and Marilyn Cash (HSC) for a contract with NHS Bournemouth and Poole, and to Adam Blake and Nicky Pretty (ST) for winning funds from UK Music 2009 Ltd to research the potential impact of the live music bill legislation.

Congratulations are also due to Martin Smith (ApSci) for running the BABAO Conference in Bournemouth later this year, Bronwen Russell (Bournemouth Archaeology, ApSci) for securing a contract with Wardall Armstrong, Stephanie Farmer (RedBalloon, MS) for securing a contract with Poole Tidal Energy Project and another contract with Mobile Media, Mike Molesworth (CEB, MS) for winning two contracts – one with JC Decaux Airport Advertising and one with ITV Cross Media Communication and Partnership, and to Vanessa Edwards (MS) for running the Journalism 4G Conference later this year and for running the Media Mash Up short courses.

Good luck to Emma Jenkins (ApSci) for submitting an early career researcher grant to the AHRC, Genoveva Esteban (ApSci) with a bid to SempCorp, Eileen Wilkes (ApSci) for a bid to the British Academy to continue her research at Mount Folly in Devon, Adrian Newton (ApSci) for a bid to the STFC, Rudy Gozlan, Anita Diaz and the CEES Group (ApSci) for submitting three bids to the European Commission’s Erasmus Mundus scheme, Anita Diaz (Raian Ali (DEC) for an FP7 bid to the European Commission, a large bid to the EPSRC and a bid to Google, Venky Dubey (DEC) for a bid to UKIERI, Christos Gatzidis (DEC) for a bid to hold the 5th IEEE VS-Games 2013 Conference in Bournemouth, Hamid Bouchachia (DEC) for a large bid to the European Commission, Jian Jun Zhang (MS) for submitting a bid to the Leverhulme Trust’s Research Leadership Scheme, Stuart Allan (MS) for a bid to Humanities in the European Research Area, Venora Hundley and Edwin van Teijlingen (HSC) for a bid to the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation to research women’s self-help groups and empowerment, Jonathan Parker (HSC) for a bid to the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, Kip Jones (HSC) for a bid to the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, Peter Thomas (HSC) for a large collaborative bid to the NIHR, and to Khurshid Djalilov (BS) for two bids – one to the ESRC and the other to the Centre for Economic Policy Research.

Good luck also to Jan Wiener (DEC) for submitting a bid to Army of Angels, Jacqui Taylor (DEC) for two bids to the HEA, Joanna Hawkes (ST) with a bid to the National Osteoporosis Society, and to Steve Calver and the MRG team (ST) for a bid to work with Dorset Police.

Thanks

Matthew

 

BU Research Blog is short-listed for a national award!

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Hurray! The BU Research Blog has been short-listed for a Heist Award in the Best Internal Communication Campaign category. The Heist Awards have evolved over the last 20 years to become the premier awards programme for marketing in the sector and exist to recognise and celebrate professionalism and innovation in education marketing.

The Best Internal Communication Campaign category is for awareness campaigns aimed at staff, students or both and the judges are looking for a project with the purpose of improving internal knowledge, awareness and engagement.

Just to get short listed is a great achievement so thank you to everyone who contributes to and reads the Research Blog and who has made it a success.

The awards event will take place on Thursday 31 May in Leeds. Fingers crossed we win! 😀

 

Good luck & Congratulations!

Awarded & submitted bids

Congratulations to Richard Berger and the CEMP team (MS) for securing a number of CPD contracts with various individuals / organisations, Keith Brown (HSC) for securing four contracts with county councils, Clive Andrewes (HSC) for winning two contracts with Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust, Peter Thomas (HSC) for winning funds from the NIHR for the PREVIEW project (in collaboration with Keele), John Tarrant (HSC) for organising an event on patient care in anaesthesia, Carol Bond and Louise Worswick (HSC) for securing funding from Dorset PCT, and to Jo Tyler (MS) for winning a contract with Best Rate Deals Ltd.

Congratulations are also due to Steve Calver and the MRG team in ST for securing a number of contracts, Charlie Wilkinson (BS) for securing a significant number of CPD contracts with Guernsey Training Agency, Bronwen Russell and the Bournemouth Archaeology team (ApSci) for a contract with Swanage Town Council to undertake some 3D scanning, Mark Dover (ApSci) for a couple of contracts with Dataloft, Mark Maltby (ApSci) for winning a couple of small contracts with English Heritage. David Osselton (ApSci) for securing a consultancy contract with the Home Office, Dave Parham (ApSci) for securing funds from English Heritage to continue the SWASH project, Roger Herbert (ApSci) for organising the Marine Taxonomy and Habitat Survey in May 2012, Jian Jun Zhang (MS) for organising the Computer Graphics International conference in June 2012, and to Liam Toms (MS) for a contract with KidZone Direct.

Good luck to Anthea Innes (HSC) for submitting a large bid to the EC FP7 Health programme in collaboration with 2 UK institutions and 5 institutions in the EU, Alessandro Inversinii (ST) for a bid to the EC, Kip Jones (HSC) for a bid to the AHRC to continue impact work from the Rufus Stone film, Zulfiqar Khan and Mark Hadfield (DEC) for submitting a bid to Interreg on the Green Energy Channel Cluster, Tania Humphries-Smith (DEC) and David Kilburn (ST) who both submitted bids to the HEA’s Teaching Development Grant scheme, Fabian Homberg, David Secchi, Dinusha Mendis and Martin Kretschmer (BS) for a collaborative bid to the Intellectual Property Office, Howard Davis and Melanie Klinkner (BS) for a bid to the Nuffield Foundation, Keith Brown (HSC) for a bid to the States of Jersey Community and Social Services, Adam Blake (ST) for a bid to Matrix Evidence Ltd, David Kilburn (ST) for a bid to Philips Lighting Ltd, Ann Hemingway (HSC) for a couple of bids to NHS Bournemouth and Poole, Clive Andrewes (HCS) for a number of bids for PDU accreditations and re-accreditations, Daniel Franklin (ApSci) for a bid to Marine Management Organisation, Bronwen Russell and the Bournemouth Arch team for a bid to the British Museum, and to Jacqui Hewitt-Taylor, Carol Bond and Melanie Ledwith (HSC) for a bid to the Sir Halley Stewart Trust.

Good luck to the academics in the School of Tourism who have submitted a collaborative bid to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (Adam Blake, John Fletcher, Alan Fyall, Stephen Page, John Brackstone, Neelu Seetaram, Phil Alford, Steve Richards, Steve Calver).

BU submitted a number of applications to the HEA’s Doctoral Programme – good luck to Adele Ladkin and Lorraine Brown (ST), Mike Molesworth (MS), Richard Berger (MS), David John (DEC), and Jenny Moon (MS). Good luck to you all!

Matthew

Good luck & Congratulations!

Awarded & submitted bids

I am delighted to be able to congratulate Richard Berger and Bronwen Thomas / Julia Round in the Media School for being awarded grants from the AHRC! Congratulations – this is a huge success and a great achievement for the University.

Also in the Media School congratulations are due to Kris Erikson for winning a grant from the Intellectual Property Office to undertake a project to inform the Hargreaves Review, Rosie Cullen for arranging the Southern Script Festival 2, Stephanie Farmer (Red Balloon) for securing a contract with New Master Planning to produce a short film, Matt Northam for winning another contract with Drum Cussac, Jon Wardle for securing a contract with Sony to provide CPD, Richard Berger for arranging the CEMP Media Education Summit 2012, and to Graham Goode for winning a contract with Dorset Wildlife Trust,

Congratulations are also due to Richard Stillman in the School of Applied Sciences for winning a contract with Ducks Unlimited to undertake bird modelling in the Humboldt Bay, Bronwen Russell and Jonathan Monteith for winning a contract with Dorset Ecology, and to Kathy Hodder for securing a contract with Fieldwork Ecological Services.

In HSC, congratulations are due to Joanne Holmes for securing a contract with Partners in Care, and to Peter Thomas, Zoe Sheppard and Sarah Thomas for winning a contract to deliver consultancy services to Poole Hospital NHS Trust.

In the School of Tourism congratulations to Adam Blake who has secured a small consultancy contract with Tourism Respect.

Good luck to Richard Stillman (ApSci) with a bid to Darts Farm, Fabian Homberg (BS) for submitting a bid to the Intellectual Property Office, Martin Kretschmer (BS) for submitting a large bid to the AHRC, Carol Bond and Marilyn Cash (HSC) for a bid to Bournemouth and Poole PCT to evaluate the implementation and use of RISC software, Anthea Innes and Michele Board (HSC) for a bid to the NIHR, Tim Darvill and Bronwen Russell (ApSci) for a bid to English Heritage to continue the AIP project, Christos Gatzidis (DEC) for a bid to the European Commission, Carrie Hodges (MS) for submitting a bid to the British Academy to investigate transforming promotional cultures, Stephanie Farmer (MS) for a collaborative bid with Bovington Tank Museum to REACT, Jenny Piesse (BS) for a bid to the ESRC’s follow-on fund, Martin Kretschmer (BS) for an FP7 bid to the European Commission, Anthea Innes, Edwin van Teijlingen, Sarah Hean, Marilyn Cash, Fran Biley, Lee-Ann Fenge, Helen Buckley (HSC) for a bid to the Joseph Rowntree Society to review risk, trust and relationships in an aging society, Jonathan Parker (HSC) for a bid to the Higher Education Academy’s Doctoral Programme, and finally to Dan Franklin (ApSci) for a bid to NERC’s New Investigator Grant call. Good luck to you all!

Matthew