A number of our outreach volunteers were recognised at this year’s Public Engagement with Research Unit (PERu) awards on 10 Dec this year. Marty Climenhaga, Angie Bywater and Kai Ming Chang were given awards for Outstanding Commitment and Ana Perdomo Marin was awarded Best Social Media Support for building …
The EBNet outreach team put some of their Circular Bio-economy activities on offer at the University of Southampton’s Dragonfly Day. Dragonfly Day is an on-campus day designed for Year 9 female students to encourage young women to consider the benefits of further study and careers in science and engineering. Dragonfly Days are a popular …
The Environmental Biotechnology Network Business Interaction Voucher (BIV) call opens on 6 Jan 2020 and will close on 28 Feb 2020, with successful applicants notified on a date to be confirmed. Application form and guidance is on our funding web page. BIVs enable industry partners to ‘buy’ an academic’s time …
There are a number of cross-over areas between the two NIBBs, and the area of metals bio-remediation is one of them. Manchester hosted some fascinating talks on this topic, including some on engineering cell vesicles for nanoparticle production; using phyto- remediation for metal recovery; deploying microbes to treat e-waste and …
UPDATE 11/03/20 – This event has been postponed to a date yet to be confirmed. We will post the updated details here when we know them. The next Early Career Women in Water (ECWW20) conference has been announced and the website is now live. Keynote speakers include: Prof Elise Cartmell, …
EBNet was proud to sponsor the Student and Young Professionals’ Poster Award at this year’s AquaEnviro European Biosolids & Organic Resources Conference & Exhibition,19-20 November 2019 in Manchester. Network co-Manager Angie Bywater presented the top prize of £250 to Hamed Ghazisaidi, University of Toronto for his winning poster on …
CCnet – Carbon reCycling Conference10-12 Feb 2020, East Midlands Conference Centre and Orchard Hotel, University of NottinghamRegistration now open. Deadline for abstracts and registration is 6 January 2020. Free to CCNet members.
KTN: GCRF AgriFood Africa Innovation Awards Deadline: 6 January 2020 Up to £800k will be available to support a maximum of 20 awards. INNOVATE UK: Smart Grants Deadline: 8 Jan 2020 Projects can cost up to £2m, of which up to 70% can be funded depending on the size of …
Profiting by Innovation – Innovate UK in the East Midlands8 January 2020, Nottingham KTN: Inspiring Investment: A one-day intensive on how to perfect your investment pitch14 January 2020, London Nature inspired solutions – What is hot in the North?13 February 2020, Edinburgh EBNet Research Colloquium22-23 January 2020, University of EdinburghJoin …
Mixing in the Water Industry12 November 2019, Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire Join a team of industry experts to consider the latest advances and best practices in mixing. Town Meeting for BBSCR “Industrial Biotechnology for Improving Production of Higher Value Chemicals funding” call19 November 2019, Holiday Inn BloomsburyThis Town Meeting will give potential …
HVB: Business Interaction Vouchers – £10KDeadline: 8 January 2020 HVB:Training fund – £1KDeadline: MonthlyNetwork members can request funds of up to £1000 for a training activity including training course fees and/or accommodation and visits to other laboratories in the UK for training purposes. BBSRC: Industrial biotechnology for improving production of …
Meet and network with IB business leaders, policy-makers, investors, innovators and technical experts. More information here.
The registration for the Town Hall Meeting on 19 November for Improving Production of Higher Value Chemicals funding call has now been extended until Tuesday 12 November. Please ensure that you register your interest using the online form that can be found here.
Fellowship positions are available from Teagasc in Ireland. If you know somebody who might be interested, feel free to disseminate. Note that deadline for the expression of interest is 13th November 2019 and the person should have a PhD by the time of completing the full application (January 2020). Here …
There was stiff competition at the University of Sheffield’s biodigester hackathon, organised by Helen Wright and sponsored by RS Components, Grass Roots and the Alumni Association. Each team consisted of cross-disciplinary first and second year engineering students, mentored by a third year student. The students were challenged to build a …
