Environmental Biotechnology Network

IBioIC Funding

IBioIC are offering a range of funding, some ongoing and some with April closing dates. See details below. Funding Body Name Funding Amount Closing Dates Scope Eligibility IBioIC Innovation Fund Project Call Up to £100,000 03/04/2020 Scottish academic- industrial partnerships. Large pieces of innovative R&D work. Academic/Industrial Collaboration IBioIC IBioIC …

FEB 20 Funding Roundup

Privilege Finance Dissertation Sponsorship 28 February 2020 Suitable for U-Graduate and MSc students, this has a max. award of £1000. British Society for Cell Biology 2020 Competitions 29 February 2020 NBIC 3rd POC Call 6 March 2020 Ecosurety Exploration Fund10 March 2020Reduce the environmental impact of packaging, batteries or WEEE …

FEB 20 Events Roundup

AgroRES Interreg Europe Seminar: renewable technologies for farms9 March 2020, Higher Fingle Farm, Exeter CIEEM: 2020 Spring Conference: Assessment and Mitigation of Air Quality Impacts on Biodiversity4 March 2020, Sheffield Specialist in Land Condition (SiLC) Annual Forum 20206 March 2020, The Royal Geographical Society, Burlington House, London GCRF Demonstrate Impact …

UKRI-BBSRC Collaborative Training Partnerships (CTP2) funding call is now open

The UKRI-BBSRC Collaborative Training Partnerships (CTP) scheme is a doctoral training programme directed at industrial research challenges and delivered by consortia led by businesses in collaboration with Research Organisations. Its ambition is to build capacity and address strategic skills challenges in the UK bioeconomy[1] at doctoral level and provide candidates …

Early Career Researcher Conference – 25 Jun 20

This event was held as an online conference on Thursday 25 Jun. All voting closed on the 14th of July. This entirely free event connects EBNet ECR members* to share research and experiences across the range of Environmental Biotechnology activity nationwide. Due to recent events, this was a “virtual” conference. …

PDRA Job – University of Surrey

Apply by 14 Feb 20 Dr Claudio Avignone-Rossa is recruiting a Postdoctoral researcher to work on microbial electrochemical systems for water treatment, in a collaborative project between the Systems Microbiology Group at the University of Surrey and the Department of Water Pollution (National Research Center, Egypt), funded by the British Council through …

Academic and Industrial Opportunities in BEE, 27-28 Apr 20, Warwick

This Bioelectrical Engineering Innovation Hub 2020 Workshop will be held at the Radcliffe Conference Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK, CV4 7SH on 27-28 April 2020. Fragmented individual studies on a diverse range of biological systems, conducted over the last decade show that electrical forces and electrochemical gradients are fundamental …

UK Water Industry Research Annual Conference – 19th March 2020, London

TRANSFORMING THE WATER SECTOR THROUGH COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH & INNOVATION Join senior representatives from water companies, regulators, the supply chain, academia, other utilities and related industries to share ideas and ambitions that drive greater innovation in the water industry. An impressive line-up of speakers has been secured for the day, including:  …

ISCF Decarbonising Industry

Industrial Decarbonising Research and Innovation Centre. A champion appointed by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will develop plans for a new centre which will help to achieve the government’s net zero ambitions by addressing challenges to the decarbonisation of the industrial sector. Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, of Heriot-Watt University, will work …

EBNet sponsors the Early Career Women in Water (ECWW20) Conference, 17th March 2020, Cranfield

To celebrate and make Women in STEM more visible, Cranfield University is organising the Early Career Women in Water (ECWW20) conference to be held on 17 March 2020. The event will provide a platform for female early career researchers and young water professionals to promote their work and research, thereby …