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Deadline: 23 Oct 2025 This scheme is part of the Royal Society’s Industry programme, and facilitates short dynamic engagements between scientists employed in industry or academia (including postdoctoral researchers), enabling the parties to collaborate on a mutually beneficial project. Awards can be held full time for 3-6 months, or 50% …
A recent review paper looks at the application of anaerobic digestion (AD) for treatment of tannery wastes – including waste generated in leather production, and sludges from the treatment of tannery effluents. Leather production has historically been a notoriously polluting process, and despite technology improvements it continues to produce a …
Date: Thurs 16 Oct 2025 15-17:00 UK Register here BBSRC has announced its Engineering Biology Scale-up Infrastructure Preliminary Activity (EBSI PA) â a new initiative to scope and develop a plan for national scale-up infrastructure supporting researchers and innovators. This is envisioned as an 18-month community-led project that will investigate: Current …
Funder webinar: 7 Oct 2025 12-13:00 UK Register here Submission deadline: 19 Nov 2025 The Royal Societyâs Career Development Fellowship scheme for 2026 is a 4-year programme that aims to support retention in STEM of researchers from underrepresented groups, particularly those making the transition from postgraduate to early postdoctoral stages. …
The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has launched a report with 10 recommendations for the sector and the UK Government to capitalise on the drive to net zero and a circular economy. The report is based on an independent review commissioned by CIWMâs Policy & Innovation Forum, looking at …
Application deadline: Wed 22 Oct 2025 09:00 UK Duration: 2-month fixed period from 15 June to 25 August 2026 The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Summer Programme Fellowship offers an opportunity for pre/postdoctoral researchers to receive orientation on Japanese language and culture and research systems as well …
Date: 3 Oct 2025 12-13:00 UK Venue: Online, free to attend The Chartered Institiution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) and the Constructed Wetland Association (CWA) are inviting water professionals to a webinar presenting comprehensive evidence on treatment wetlands as established biological treatment systems in the UK. Based on the …
Webinar & Networking: Tues 30 Sept 17:00 UKÂ Register here Application Deadline: Wed 15 Oct 2025, 17:00 UK The Elemental Hub has launched Catalysing New UK-US Critical Minerals Research Partnerships, a scheme designed to strengthen transatlantic collaboration on critical minerals and materials (CMM). Funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and …
Application deadline: Sun 21 Sept 2025 23:00 UK Dates: 09:00 on 20 Nov to 17:00 on 21 Nov 2025 Venue: Radisson Hotel York (day 1) & Biorenewables Development Centre, York (day 2) IB scale-up course: From concept to kilos: scaling-up in biorefining The Biomass & Biorefinery Network (BBNet) is accepting …
Abstracts deadline: 3 Oct 2025 Conference: 7-10 July 2026, A Coruña, Spain The call for abstracts is now open for WasteEng 2026, the 11th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation. The event covers thermal, chemical and biological processes. Conference topics include several that are especially relevant to …
Online briefing: 22 Sept 2025, 10-11:00 UK Competition deadline: 3 Nov 2025, 11:00 am UK Resource efficiency for resilience and sustainability: Feasibility Studies is an open competition for UK registered organisations to apply for a share of up to ÂŁ1.1 million for feasibility studies in novel, sustainable, low carbon materials …
Date:Â 18 Nov 2025 13-14:00 UK, online The Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) is hosting a webinar on Pilot Plant Protocol and Scale-up: “Aerobic fermentation is the most common way to produce products by bioprocessing. Mechanically agitated systems are the most common way of dispersing gasses into liquids, due to …
Earlier this year UKWIR published a study entitled Circular Economy – Water Treatment Sludges, which aimed to assess the current uses and marketplace for water sludges. The work forms part of UKWIRâs Big Question 11Â –Â how do we embed and maximise a sustainable circular economy within the water sector …
Date: Tues 25 Nov 2025, 14-15:30 UK Venue: Online The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) is holding its first online Women in Science: Building Careers, Shaping Futures event which aims to bring together leading experts to share their personal journeys, professional insights, and the challenges and triumphs they have experienced …
The International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) and the Association for the Study of Solid Waste (ARS) are hosting the 2025 ISWA World Congress on 27-29 October in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The theme of the 2025 Congress is ‘Towards a wasteless future or a wasteful planet?‘. For details of registration and …
