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The Overview Effect

The overview effect is the term given to the cognitive shift experienced by some astronauts when viewing the Earth from space. In this exhibition, moving image works by artists Tang Han, Ruth Waters and Rachel Rose will explore ideas around our time on Earth, offering a shift in perspective through their depictions of the natural world.

February - May 2024, Science Gallery London

Announcement of opportunity: 2024 Exploration Science

This year, the UK Space Agency is looking to support projects which contribute knowledge relevant to future human and robotic exploration missions. Exploration covers the regions where humans do, or may in the near future, live and work, namely low-Earth orbit (LEO), the Moon, and Mars. 

Deadline for science overviews (for PDRA and fellowship applicants only) is 4pm on Thursday 11 April 2024.

Deadline for full proposals (for all applicants) is 4pm on Thursday 2 May 2024.

Access to High Performance Computing facilities 2024

This opportunity provides an open and flexible route to computational support for high quality projects across the entire UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) remit. This application process is purely for compute resource for up to 12 months. No funding is available to successful applicants.

Application deadline: 23 April 2024 4:00pm UK time

Innovate UK & UKRI Survey: Identifying the UK's important future technologies

Innovate UK in collaboration with UKRI would like to draw on the wisdom and knowledge of the UK scientific community to help identify the new discoveries and developments that could turn into the important technologies of the future - particularly those that will have the greatest economic or social impact in 2050 and beyond.

Survey close: 21 April 2024

CHEOPS Guest Observers (GO) Programme: 5th Announcement of Opportunity (AO-5)

CHEOPS offers the GO observers space-based ultra-high precision photometry for the observation of exoplanet transits, eclipses, occultations, phase-curves, and more. Observation window spanning from 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025 (inclusive). 

Proposal submission close: 25 April 2024

STFC Late-stage commercialisation scheme 2024

This funding opportunity aims to support the PPAN community to develop technology and science towards commercialisation. Projects must currently be between technology readiness level (TRL) five to seven. The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £600,000.

Application deadline: 8 May 2024 4:00pm UK time

IOSM 2024

IOSM 2024 is the first-of-its-kind event bringing together experts from the global In-Orbit  Servicing and Manufacturing industry. The packed agenda includes sessions from industry professionals on UK and international IOSM strategy, current and planned IOSM applications, enabling technology and regulation, skills and investment. 

8-9 May 2024, Harwell, Oxfordshire

STFC Public Engagement Spark Awards 2024A

Apply for funding to engage the public with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) supported science, people, technology or facilities. Proposals must include a subject matter expert in an STFC funded area. The cost of your project can be up to £20,000. STFC will fund 100% of the project cost.

Application deadline: 9 May 2024 4:00pm UK time

Use of AI in Screening Individuals of Interest

HMGCC Co-Creation is offering to fund organisations for this 12-week feasibility project to show how AI tools can assist with screening and support the national security mission. Full funding is provided for time, materials, overheads and other indirect expenses.

Competition close: Thursday 9 May 2024

NExT PhD Workshop

The NExT PhD workshop is the Summer School of the NExT Institute, targeting UK PhD students working in theory, experiment and phenomenology within particle physics, astrophysics and cosmology - to be held from 15th - 18th July 2024 at the Cosener's House, Abingdon.

Registration deadline: 17th May 2024

UKSA Mars Exploration – open community session

The UK Space Agency Exploration Team is hosting a Mars Exploration open community session to look back at past Mars Exploration endeavours significant to the UK as well as looking ahead, to help UKSA shape the future of UK Mars Exploration Science.  

Thursday 6 June 2024, 10am - 4:30pm, Natural History Museum, London 

Gravitational Waves consolidated grants: 2024

Apply for funding to support gravitational waves research. Proposals must meet STFC’s particle astrophysics gravitational waves remit. Projects will be funded for three years.

Application deadline: 6 August 2024 4:00pm UK time

Advanced Cosmology and Extragalactic School 2024 (ACES24)

ACES is targeted at STFC funded PhD students undertaking projects in cosmology and extragalactic astronomy. The aim of ACES is to update participants’ knowledge of current topics in cosmology and extragalactic astronomy and provide training in state-of-the-art tools and techniques. 

2-6 September 2024, University of Sussex

European Low Gravity Research Association (ELGRA) 2024 Symposium

Held jointly with SPAN (Space Academic Network), the ELGRA Conference is a great opportunity to present work and build relationships across the wider international European Low Gravity Research Association and its partners.

3-6th September 2024, Liverpool

Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships

The programme is aimed at outstanding mid-career STEM researchers and will provide grants of up to £8m over a ten-year period. The large, investigator-led grants are awarded to a single Principal Investigator (PI) to enable them to establish an outstanding team of researchers to address challenging research questions. 

Application deadline: 2 October 2024

Open Calls

EPSRC open fellowships Dec 2023: responsive mode

Open fellowships are designed to be flexible and enable you to design a programme around your individual needs, with freedom to design a package that fits your career ambitions, research needs, and personal and professional development requirements. Your fellowship can focus on research in one or a combination of: discovery science; innovation; instrumentation and technique development; software engineering.

 

Stephen Hawking Postdoctoral Fellowship

Apply for a postdoctoral fellowship focusing on a range of disciplines in the area of theoretical physics with the aim of reflecting Stephen Hawking’s work in bringing science into popular culture. Your fellowship can be up to 3 years long. This is prorated for part-time fellows, at a minimum of 50% full time equivalent. There is no limit on how much funding you can request. 

 

STFC Visions

Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Visions aims to identify ground-breaking, early-stage concepts that have the potential to be developed into ambitious initiatives and infrastructures, transforming the research and innovation landscape and shaping the future of our economy and society. The most compelling concepts will be prioritised for further development and will be used in the development and delivery of STFC strategy and may contribute to cross-UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) initiatives as appropriate. If you plan to submit a Visions concept, please also let the BEAMS Research Coordination office know at ovpr.beams@ucl.ac.uk

 

Support and Guidance

Developing Grants and Fellowships Sharepoint

UCL’s three Research Coordination and Facilitation Teams have joined forces with Organisational Development to develop a combined website providing resources and guidance to help researchers navigate some of the complexities of applying for, and securing, research funding.

UCL Research and Innovation Portal

This Portal is for academic and project researchers and professional service staff to find guidance and resources for delivering high-quality research and innovation projects at UCL. 

UCL Innovation & Enterprise

UCL Innovation & Enterprise works with UCL staff, students and partner organisations to turn knowledge and ideas into the solutions that benefit us all. Take your ideas out into the world, through industry partnerships, consultancies, funding, and commercialisation opportunities.