The University has been awarded Institutional Strategic Support Funding (ISSF) from Wellcome. In addition to supporting research, there are two funding schemes to support FBMH academic staff and postgraduate students to develop and deliver public engagement activity...
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The Wellcome Photography Prize is now open for entries.
The Wellcome Photography Prize is now open for entries. We are inviting photographers, researchers and other image makers from all disciplines to enter the prize, which celebrates compelling imagery that captures stories of health, medicine and science. The overall...
Wellcome Image Awards 2017: open for entries
The Wellcome Image Awards celebrate the aesthetic beauty of scientific images, the research behind them and the incredible techniques used to create them. The awards, which were first held in 1997, celebrate the best in science image making. Winners receive prizes up...
Applications invited: Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund for Public Engagement (closes 23 November 2015)
The University has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund (ISSF) to support a portfolio of biomedical research activities that harmonises with our research strategy and provides added value to our research activities. The scheme is open to...
Wellcome Image Awards – call for entries
Are you a scientist, photographer or artist? Then submit your images now for the Wellcome Image Awards. The deadline for submissions is 9 September 2015. The winning images will go on display in science centres and public galleries around the world. Images are judged...
Wellcome Trust ISSF Public Engagement Funding Available – Deadline 26 June 2015
Wellcome Trust ISSF Public Engagement Call Projects are sought under this call that are imaginative and substantial projects that engage a broad range of the public in a variety of ways. For example, these could involve activities with sections of the public who are...
Celebrating Art/Science Engagement
Hosted by the Public Programmes Team at The Nowgen Centre, Wednesday, 13 May 2015 from 14:00 to 16:00, Manchester M13 9XX, United Kingdom Engaging the public with current research is becoming ever more important, and in order to reach above and beyond the usual...
Engagement with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds
MESSAGE FROM THE WELLCOME TRUST: We are delighted to announce the publication of our ‘Experiments in Engagement’ reports, which look at how to effectively engage young people from disadvantaged backgrounds with ‘the s word’. Experiments in Engagement: Research into...
Science Learning+: exploring the impact of informal science learning
Science Learning+ supports research to explore and understand the power of informal learning experiences inside and outside of school. Learning can happen anywhere and at any time. Science Learning+ aims to make a transformational step to improve the knowledge base...
Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2014 Now Open
The Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2014, in association with the Guardian and the Observer, is now open. The Prize offers an amazing opportunity for anyone with an interest in science to join a new generation of science writers. Submit your 800-word article by...
Could you be the next Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellow? Applications for 2014 now open.
Now in its fourth year, the Wellcome Trust Engagement Fellowships scheme aims to support and develop upcoming stars in public engagement with science. You have until 21 February 2014 to apply for an Engagement Fellowship, which provides the freedom, resources and...
Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize – get inspired and check out the writing tips series
The 2013 Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize in association with Guardian and Observer is currently open for entries (deadline 28 April). For full details of the competition see here. To encourage entrants, we're running a series of blog posts and videos interviewing...
Applications open for the Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize 2013 (closes 28 April)
The hunt is on to find the next generation of undiscovered science writing talent: applications are open for the annual Wellcome Trust Science Writing Prize, in association with the ‘Guardian’ and the ‘Observer’. The annual award invites non-professional science...
Wellcome Trust Neuroscience event at the Barbican Centre – volunteers needed
Wonder: Art and Science on the Brain: 6 – 9 April 2013 The Wellcome Trust have asked if we can find volunteers for the an event at the Barbican Centre in April; travel and subsistence will be reimbursed but not overnight accommodation. They are looking for both PhD...